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Just an FYI for all you MW DX people out there.

WWVA, out of Wheeling WV. towers went down in

Wednesdays storm. they are right now on another

freq. so, 1.170 was wide open last night, for anyone

in their area. I caught 4 new-to-me id s last night

on this freq. I'm east of Pittsburgh, and they weren't

that strong here, but, it's wide open right now for

DXERs in their area.

enjoy.
Drifter...


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That was some strong stormy weather.Over here yesterday, some trees got
blown down.
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Drifter wrote:
Just an FYI for all you MW DX people out there.

WWVA, out of Wheeling WV. towers went down in

Wednesdays storm. they are right now on another

freq. so, 1.170 was wide open last night, for anyone

in their area. I caught 4 new-to-me id s last night

on this freq. I'm east of Pittsburgh, and they weren't

that strong here, but, it's wide open right now for

DXERs in their area.

enjoy.
Drifter...


Bummer. You're in the skip zone, they normally have a good signal on the
East Coast.

http://fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?...08625&sHours=N

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Default MW DXers. WWVA is down.

On 8/5/2010 1:44 PM, dave wrote:
Drifter wrote:
Just an FYI for all you MW DX people out there.

WWVA, out of Wheeling WV. towers went down in

Wednesdays storm. they are right now on another

freq. so, 1.170 was wide open last night, for anyone

in their area. I caught 4 new-to-me id s last night

on this freq. I'm east of Pittsburgh, and they weren't

that strong here, but, it's wide open right now for

DXERs in their area.

enjoy.
Drifter...


Bummer. You're in the skip zone, they normally have a good signal on the
East Coast.

http://fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?...08625&sHours=N


Hi Dave. not so much the skip zone, as they can play hell here in
daylight. after dark, that freq really gets busy, and WWVA just seems
to ride everyone else. 1.170 is a busy freq in the USA. 10 or 15 years
ago they moved their signals around a bit. back during the days of the
clears, i would get them like KDKA here. local news at noon here showed
all 3 of their towers down. pics should be somewhere on the web. looks
like they will be off for awhile.

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On 8/5/2010 1:44 PM, dave wrote:
Drifter wrote:
Just an FYI for all you MW DX people out there.

WWVA, out of Wheeling WV. towers went down in

Wednesdays storm. they are right now on another

freq. so, 1.170 was wide open last night, for anyone

in their area. I caught 4 new-to-me id s last night

on this freq. I'm east of Pittsburgh, and they weren't

that strong here, but, it's wide open right now for

DXERs in their area.

enjoy.
Drifter...


Bummer. You're in the skip zone, they normally have a good signal on the
East Coast.

http://fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?...08625&sHours=N





http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/mainhe...rticle=7439986

from their home page. i see they still call themselves "the big one".
wonder what the guys on 700, out of Cinci, think about that?

Drifter...



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I know a couple of guys from West By God Virginia, from when I was in
the Army.

We are getting some more stormy weather here, this afternoon.In my area,
it started about half an hour ago.Severe T'storm here in Hinds County
and some other Counties, warnings on tv.Pea size hail is being reported
too.

Nothing scares me worse than tornados! Scares the crap out of me!
cuhulin

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On Aug 5, 11:40*am, Drifter wrote:
Just an FYI for all you MW DX people out there.

WWVA, out of Wheeling WV. towers went down in

Wednesdays storm. they are right now on another

freq. so, 1.170 was wide open last night, for anyone

in their area. I caught 4 new-to-me id s last night

on this freq. I'm east of Pittsburgh, and they weren't

that strong here, but, it's wide open right now for

DXERs in their area.

enjoy.
Drifter...


Thanks for the heads up! I'll check out 1170 tonight.


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Drifter wrote:
On 8/5/2010 1:44 PM, dave wrote:
Drifter wrote:
Just an FYI for all you MW DX people out there.

WWVA, out of Wheeling WV. towers went down in

Wednesdays storm. they are right now on another

freq. so, 1.170 was wide open last night, for anyone

in their area. I caught 4 new-to-me id s last night

on this freq. I'm east of Pittsburgh, and they weren't

that strong here, but, it's wide open right now for

DXERs in their area.

enjoy.
Drifter...


Bummer. You're in the skip zone, they normally have a good signal on the
East Coast.

http://fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?...08625&sHours=N






http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/mainhe...rticle=7439986


from their home page. i see they still call themselves "the big one".
wonder what the guys on 700, out of Cinci, think about that?

Drifter...

Clear Channel owns both blowtorches.
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On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:52:39 -0400, Drifter wrote:

On 8/5/2010 1:44 PM, dave wrote:
Drifter wrote:
Just an FYI for all you MW DX people out there.

WWVA, out of Wheeling WV. towers went down in

Wednesdays storm. they are right now on another

freq. so, 1.170 was wide open last night, for anyone

in their area. I caught 4 new-to-me id s last night

on this freq. I'm east of Pittsburgh, and they weren't

that strong here, but, it's wide open right now for

DXERs in their area.

enjoy.
Drifter...


Bummer. You're in the skip zone, they normally have a good signal on the
East Coast.

http://fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?...08625&sHours=N





http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/mainhe...rticle=7439986

from their home page. i see they still call themselves "the big one".
wonder what the guys on 700, out of Cinci, think about that?

Drifter...


Monitoring 1170 with the Perseus. Looks like there is an IBOC sideband
from 1165 to 1170. Checked - it is WHAM-HD on 1180 covering 1165-1195
in Rochester, NY. So if you hear digital hash on 1170 thats where its
coming from.

Jim
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Just an FYI for all you MW DX people out there.

WWVA, out of Wheeling WV. towers went down in

Wednesdays storm. they are right now on another

freq. so, 1.170 was wide open last night, for anyone

in their area. I caught 4 new-to-me id s last night

on this freq. I'm east of Pittsburgh, and they weren't

that strong here, but, it's wide open right now for

DXERs in their area.

enjoy.
Drifter...




According to their website, WWVA.com at 11PM EDT they are back on the air on
their licensed frequency of 1.170 mHz.



VegasNightOwl




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