CAPE COD, MA, USA BANDSCANS (AM) - NIGHT & DAY plus a daytime scan from Rockport on Cape Ann The listings were accurate at the time of their compilation. Subsequent changes to broadcast facilities (callsigns, powers, patterns, new stations coming on, old ones going silent, etc.) are generally not reflected here. PART 1: Night-Time Medium Wave Bandscan: Cape Cod, MA, USA prepared 4 SEP 1997 by Mark Connelly - WA1ION The list below contains medium wave broadcast stations that are audible from sites on Cape Cod at night. Many of the stations can be heard just about every night. Others are somewhat tougher DX that might take a few months of serious listening to uncover. I have tried to exclude "super rare" once-in-a-lifetime type stuff. The Newfoundland reports (for foreign DX) and the past 20 years or so of Ernie Cooper's loggings from Provincetown (largely of unusual domestic DX) can point the dedicated DXer to targets too uncommon to cover in this list. My main emphasis here is on the "stable mid-evening period", roughly from two hours after local sunset to two hours after local midnight. Sunset and dawn openings bring forth many additional stations, but many of these cannot be heard on a consistent basis. Besides being a world-class resort area, Cape Cod has a large full- time population, including many retirees. Some sections are heavily developed - overbuilt in the opinion of more than a few. But the area retains much of its traditional feel along old Route 6A where many houses built in the 17th and 18th centuries can still be found. There is still a good deal of undeveloped conservation land, especially in the Cape Cod National Seashore. Typical landscapes include beaches, dunes, pine & oak woods, cranberry bogs, and fresh and salt water marshes. Cape Cod sits below the airline paths from most of Europe to New York and Washington. It is also America's "front door to Europe" when it comes to incoming radio signals. That fact was not lost on Guglielmo Marconi when he established the first USA to Europe wireless communication from his site in Wellfleet. Amateur radio pioneer Irving Vermilya (W1ZE) and the famous WCC maritime communications facility also wrote important chapters in the area's radio history book. Right up through the Cold War years, just before satellites took over, the sky over the Massachusetts coast was the high-speed lane of the Europe - USA information superhighway. The communications traffic ranged from ordinary broadcasts to the most strategic military data. Over the years, numerous medium wave DXers have recognized the same propagational advantages of locations such as Cape Cod and Long Island that the big commercial and government users knew about. Although I am not a full-time resident of Cape Cod, I do have access to family homes at East Harwich and West Yarmouth. The East Harwich receptions were used as the "baseline" for this list. Some of the Latin American (especially Brazilian) logs were made from beach DX sites such as Windmill Beach in South Yarmouth: such receptions are more common there than at the more-inland house sites and, in any event, often require auroral activity to weaken co-channel US / Canadian domestics. Auroral conditions and the use of Beverage antennas at beach sites will actually provide Latin American and African DX beyond what I have listed here. The same is true for Florida and other southern domestics: Ernie Cooper has heard many of these on "graveyard" channels during aurora, but I haven't tried to include them here. European DX is best from September to March. Some of the higher powered Trans-Atlantic stations, especially from Spain and the Arab countries of North Africa, can be heard year 'round. Best results will be at an eastward-facing beach right after local sunset. An antenna system that can provide a cardioid pattern (such as a loop phased against a whip) will go a long way in reducing interfering stations coming from the opposite direction of desired DX. For each frequency, stations are listed with the most common one first and then onward in decreasing order of dominance. This text version can easily be converted to an Excel or Lotus compatible file through a simple BASIC program or a spreadsheet "macro". Corrections / comments on the list are welcomed at my home E-mail address of "WA1ION@ix.netcom.com" or via snail-mail to 30 William Road, Billerica, MA 01821-6079 USA. kHz | stations ----|--------- 530 | R.V.C - Turks & Caicos | CIAO - ON 531 | Spain | Algeria | Madeira | Switzerland 535 | Grenada 540 | CBT - NF | WLUX - NY | CBGA1 - PQ | WQTM - FL | XEWA - Mexico | YVOV - Venezuela | CBEF - ON | HJKA - Colombia | Morocco 549 | Algeria 550 | YVKE - Venezuela | WDEV - VT | WPNW - RI | CHNO - ON | CHLN - PQ | Cuba | RJR - Jamaica 555 | ZIZ - St. Kitts & Nevis 558 | Spain 560 | WGAN - ME | WFIL - PA | WHYN - MA | Cuba | WQAM - FL | YVRH - Venezuela | CHVO - NF 567 | Ireland | Spain 570 | WMCA - NY | CJEM - NB | R. Reloj - Cuba | WSYR - NY | YVLX - Venezuela 576 | Spain 580 | WTAG - MA | WKAQ - Puerto Rico | CJFX - NS | WHP - PA | CFRA - ON | Jamaica | YVMJ - Venezuela 585 | Spain | Tunisia 590 | WEZE - MA | VOCM - NF | Cuba | YVKL - Venezuela | CKRS - PQ 594 | Portugal | Morocco | Saudi Arabia 595 | Dominica 600 | Cuba | WICC - CT | YVQB - Venezuela | HJHJ - Colombia | CKCL - NS | CBNA - NF | ZYK275 - Brazil | Suriname | CIQC - PQ 603 | Spain | Madeira | France 610 | WGIR - NH | WIP - PA | CHNC - PQ | HJKL - Colombia | WIOD - FL | Trinidad & Tobago 612 | Morocco | Ireland | Spain 620 | WZON - ME | WVMT - VT | Cuba | WXLX - NJ | Antigua | HJEL - Colombia | WSUN - FL | ZYH590 - Brazil | WHEN - NY 621 | Canary Islands // Spain | Egypt 630 | WPRO - RI | CFCY - PE | CHLT - PQ | WSKN - Puerto Rico | YVKA - Venezuela 639 | Spain 640 | CBN - NF | Cuba | WNNZ - MA | Guadeloupe | YVQO - Venezuela | WWJZ - NJ 648 | Spain | Saudi Arabia | Gambia 650 | HJKH - Colombia | WRPT - MA | WSM - TN | YVLH - Venezuela | CKGA - NF 657 | Spain 660 | WFAN - NY | Cuba | St. Lucia | YVNA - Venezuela | HJJM - Colombia 666 | Portugal | Spain 670 | YVLL - Venezuela | Cuba | WMAQ - IL | Suriname | WWFE - FL 673 | CKXB - NF 674 | Libya 675 | Netherlands 680 | WRKO - MA | CKXG - NF | WAPA - Puerto Rico | Cuba | WPTF - NC | CFTR - ON 684 | Spain | Serbia 690 | CBF - PQ | Anguilla | HJCZ - Colombia | YVMR - Venezuela | ZYH587 - Brazil | WOKV - FL | HCJB - Ecuador 693 | BBC - U.K. | Azores | Spain 700 | WLW - OH | HJCX - Colombia | YVMH - Venezuela | YVPQ - Venezuela | CHSJ - NB | Jamaica 702 | Morocco | Spain | Slovakia 705 | St. Vincent 710 | WOR - NY | Cuba | YVKY - Venezuela | CKVM - PQ 711 | W. Sahara | Libya | France 720 | CHTN - PE | YVQE - Venezuela | WGN - IL | HJAN - Colombia 729 | Spain | Ireland 730 | CKAC - PQ | WJTO - ME | WACE - MA | XEX - Mexico | Trinidad & Tobago | HJCU - Colombia | HIZ - Dominican Republic 738 | Spain 740 | CHCM - NF | CBL - ON | R. Progreso - Cuba | YVNC - Venezuela | WJIB - MA | WIAC - Puerto Rico | YVNQ - Venezuela | ZYH446 - Brazil 747 | Netherlands | Canary Islands // Spain | Burkina Faso 750 | YVKS - Venezuela | WSB - GA | CKGB - ON | CBGY - NF | Jamaica | HJDK - Colombia 756 | Germany | Spain 760 | HJAJ - Colombia | WJR - MI | R. Reloj - Cuba | YVQQ - Venezuela | Guyana | ZYH588 - Brazil 765 | Switzerland | Senegal 770 | WABC - NY | HJJX - Colombia | YVKK - Venezuela 774 | Spain | Egypt 780 | CFDR - NS | WBBM - IL | YVOD - Venezuela | YVMN - Venezuela | ZBVI - British Virgin Islands | HJZW - Colombia | HJZG - Colombia 783 | Syria | Spain | Portugal | Germany 789.8 | Barbados 790 | WLKW - RI | CFAN - NB | CIGM - ON | Cuba | WNIS - VA | CFNW - NF | WAXY - FL 792 | Spain | France 800 | CJAD - PQ | PJB - Neth. Antilles | CKLW - ON | CHRC - PQ | WCCM - MA 801 | Spain | Jordan 810 | WGY - NY | CJVA - NB | HJCY - Colombia | Bahamas | Spain | ZYH589 - Brazil 819 | Egypt | Morocco | Spain 820 | WNYC - NY | CHAM - ON | WWLZ - NY | HJED - Colombia | YVSH - Venezuela | YVXG - Venezuela | WBAP - TX 827 | Syria 828 | Spain 830 | WCRN - MA | TBN - St. Kitts & Nevis | CFJR - ON | YVLT - Venezuela | WCCO - MN 836 | Azores 837 | Canary Islands // Spain | France 840 | WHAS - KY | Cuba | HJBI - Colombia | YVMY - Venezuela | St. Lucia | ZYK687 - Brazil 846 | Italy 850 | WEEI - MA | CKVL - PQ | WTAR - VA 855 | Spain | Romania 860 | CJBC - ON | R. Reloj - Cuba | HILR - Dominican Republic | HJNJ - Colombia | YVOL - Venezuela | YVYE - Venezuela | ZYJ459 - Brazil | HOL55 - Panama | ZYH592 - Brazil 864 | Egypt | Spain | France 870 | WLAM - ME | WHCU - NY | WWL - LA | Cuba | HJSB - Colombia | LRA1 - Argentina 873 | Spain | AFN - Germany 880 | WCBS - NY | YVYM - Venezuela | YVKU - Venezuela | Cuba | ZYL275 - Brazil 882 | BBC - U.K. | Canary Islands // Spain 890 | WBPS - MA | WLS - IL | Cuba | HJCE - Colombia | HJPM - Colombia 891 | Algeria | Portugal 895 | St. Kitts & Nevis 900 | CKTS - PQ | CKDH - NS | CHML - ON | CJBR - PQ | Cuba | Barbados | XEW - Mexico | YVMD - Venezuela 907.8 | Gambia 909 | BBC - U.K. | Morocco | Azores 910 | WABI - ME | CHRL - PQ | WNEZ - CT | YVRQ - Venezuela | CKLY - ON | WSBA - PA | WRNL - VA 918 | Spain | Syria (?) 920 | CJCH - NS | WHJJ - RI | WIRD - NY | CKNX - ON | WMEL - FL 927 | Belgium 930 | WZNN - NH | CFBC - NB | WPAT - NJ | CJYQ - NF | WBEN - NY 936 | Spain | Germany 940 | CBM - PQ | YVNN - Venezuela | R. Reloj - Cuba | HJGB - Colombia | XEQ - Mexico | WINZ - FL 945 | France 950 | WPEN - PA | CKNB - NB | WROL - MA | CHER - NS | WIBX - NY | YVKG - Venezuela 954 | Spain | Qatar 960 | CHNS - NS | WELI - CT | HJOP - Colombia | R. Reloj - Cuba | YVRB - Venezuela 963 | Portugal 970 | WZAN - ME | CBZ - NB | WWDJ - NJ 972 | Spain | Germany | Ukraine 980 | WTRY - NY | WCAP - MA | CBV - PQ | WWRC - DC | HJES - Colombia | WILK - PA 981 | Algeria | Portugal 990 | WALE - RI | WZZD - PA | WCMF - NY | CBY - NF | CKGM - PQ | YVTA - Venezuela | WHOO - FL 999 | Spain 1000 | CKBW - NS | CFLP - PQ | WMVP - IL | HJAQ - Colombia | YVNM - Venezuela | ZYK522 - Brazil | XEOY - Mexico 1008 | Canary Islands | Spain | Netherlands 1010 | WINS - NY | CFRB - ON | HJOP - Colombia | ZYH625 - Brazil 1017 | Germany | Spain | Turkey 1020 | C.C.R. - Turks & Caicos | KDKA - PA | YVRS - Venezuela 1026 | Spain 1030 | WBZ - MA | HJER - Colombia 1035 | Italy | Portugal 1040 | HION - Dominican Republic | WZNA - Puerto Rico | YVLB - Venezuela | WHO - IA | WJNA - FL | ZYK537 - Brazil 1044 | Spain | Morocco 1050 | WEVD - NY | CHUM - ON | XEG - Mexico 1053 | TalkRadio - U.K. | Spain | Morocco | Romania 1060 | KYW - PA | Cuba | YVLN - Venezuela 1062 | Denmark | Italy | Turkey 1070 | CBA - NB | CHOK - ON | YVMA - Venezuela | HJAH - Colombia | HJCG - Colombia | French Guiana | LR1 - Argentina 1071 | Spain | France 1080 | WTIC - CT | YVQJ - Venezuela | Spain | YVNR - Venezuela 1088 | Angola 1089 | TalkRadio - U.K. | Albania 1090 | WBAL - MD | YVSZ - Venezuela | HJBC - Colombia | CKKW - ON 1098 | Slovakia | Spain 1100 | WTAM - OH | HJAT - Colombia | ZDK - Antigua | ZYK694 - Brazil | YVSW - Venezuela | YVOP - Venezuela 1107 | Spain 1110 | WBT - NC | CKTY - ON | YVQT - Venezuela 1114.9 | Angola 1116 | Spain 1120 | WPRX - CT | WADN - MA | KMOX - MO | YVMF - Venezuela 1125 | Spain | Croatia 1130 | WBBR - NY | YVRL - Venezuela | HJAC - Colombia | ZYJ461 - Brazil 1134 | Croatia | Spain 1140 | WRVA - VA | CBI - NS | Margaritena - Venezuela 1143 | Spain 1150 | WNFT - MA | WRUN - NY | CJRC - ON | CHGM - PQ | CKOC - ON | WDEL - DE 1152 | Spain 1160 | WVNJ - NJ | WOBM - NJ | WSKW - ME | VSB3 - Bermuda 1161 | Spain | France 1170 | WWVA - WV | HJNW - Colombia | YVQV - Venezuela | WLEO - Puerto Rico 1179 | Canary Islands // Spain | Sweden 1180 | Cuba | WHAM - NY | YVNJ - Venezuela | ZYJ463 - Brazil 1188 | Hungary | Morocco | Germany 1190 | WOWO - IN | WBMJ - Puerto Rico | HJCT - Colombia 1197 | Spain | Virgin R. - U.K. | Lesotho | Morocco 1200 | WKOX - MA | WTLA - NY | CFGO - ON | YVOZ - Venezuela | ZYH585 - Brazil 1205 | Cayman Islands 1206 | France | Poland | Israel 1210 | WPHT - PA | VOAR - NF | YVZT - Venezuela 1215 | Virgin R. - U.K. | Spain 1220 | CKSM - PQ | CFVM - PQ | CJSS - ON | WKNR - OH | CKCW - NB 1224 | Spain | Netherlands 1230 | WESX - MA | WERI - RI | WCMC - NJ | WQDY - ME | others 1233 | Morocco 1240 | WBUR - MA | WGBB - NY | WSNJ - NJ | WTME - ME | others 1242 | France 1250 | WKBR - NH | WARE - MA | WMTR - NJ | CHWO - ON | WTAE - PA 1251 | Libya | Hungary | Portugal 1259 | Azores 1260 | CIHI - NB | WPZE - MA | Spain | WSUA - FL 1268 | Cameroon 1269 | Germany | Canary Islands 1270 | WTSN - NH | CJCB - NS | WSPR - MA | CFGT - PQ | WXYT - MI 1278 | Ireland | France 1280 | WADO - NY | WFAU - ME | WEIM - MA | CKCV - PQ | VSB2 - Bermuda 1287 | Spain | Slovakia/Czech Rep. 1290 | WRCP - RI | WKNE - NH | CJBK - ON | WNBF - NY | YVLF - Venezuela | CHRM - PQ 1296 | Spain | R. XL - U.K. | Sudan | BBC - U.K. 1300 | WAVZ - CT | WJFK - MD | WQBK - NY | WJDA - MA 1305 | Spain | Poland 1310 | WLOB - ME | CIWW - ON | WGH - VA | others 1313 | Angola 1314 | Norway | Spain | U.A.E. 1320 | CKEC - NS | WARA - MA | WDER - NH | WATR - CT | CJMR - ON | CJSO - PQ 1323 | Germany 1325 | Morocco 1330 | WWRV - NY | WRCA - MA | CKLD - PQ 1332 | Italy 1340 | WNBH - MA | WMID - NJ | WNHC - CT | CJLS - NS | WWNH - NH | others 1341 | BBC - N.Ireland 1349 | Mauritania 1350 | WOYK - PA | WINY - CT | CKAD - NS | WGPL - VA | WHWH - NJ 1359 | Spain 1360 | CKBC - NB | WDRC - CT | WLYN - MA | CJVL - PQ 1367 | Angola 1368 | Poland 1370 | WFEA - NH | WDEA - ME | WXXI - NY 1375 | St. Pierre & Miquelon 1377 | France | Ukraine 1380 | WKDM - NY | WTMN - NH | WSYB - VT | CFDA - PQ 1385.9 | Guinea 1386 | Kaliningrad | Iran | Greece 1390 | WPLM - MA | WDCW - NY | WEGP - ME | WZHF - VA | WKDR - VT | WLAN - PA | WXTC - SC | CHOO - ON | YVZA - Venezuela 1394.1 | Togo 1395 | Netherlands | Albania 1400 | WIDE - ME | WOND - NJ | WHTB - MA | CJFP - PQ | WLLH - MA | WPCE - VA | WABY - NY | others 1404 | France | Ukraine 1410 | WPOP - CT | CIGO - NS | WDOV - DE | KQV - PA 1413 | Spain | Pristina Kosovo 1420 | WBSM - MA | CKDY - NS | CJMT - PQ | WBEC - MA | WCOJ - PA 1422 | Germany | Algeria 1430 | WNJR - NJ | WENE - NY | WXKS - MA | CKYC - ON 1431 | Ukraine 1440 | WJAE - ME | WWTM - MA | WRRO - OH | Luxembourg | Saudi Arabia 1449 | Italy 1450 | WNBP - MA | WFPG - NJ | WCTC - NJ | WCUM - CT | CHEF - PQ | WRKD - ME | WHIM - RI | CFAB - NS | others 1458 | U.K. | Albania 1460 | CKRB - PQ | WGNA - NY | WBET - MA | WVOX - NY | WKDV - VA 1467 | France 1470 | WZOU - ME | WMMW - CT | WSRO - MA | YVSY - Venezuela | CHOW - ON | WKAP - PA 1475.1 | Benin 1476 | U.A.E. 1480 | WSAR - MA | WZRC - NY | WADR - NY 1485 | Spain 1490 | WPOR - ME | WUSS - NJ | WMRC - MA | WHAV - MA | WXRE - VA | WTVL - ME | CKEN - NS | others 1492.9 | Morocco 1494 | France | Russia 1500 | WTOP - DC | YVRZ - Venezuela 1502 | Angola 1502.4 | Togo 1503 | Spain | AFN - Azores | Poland 1505 | Anguilla 1510 | WNRB - MA | WNLC - CT | WLAC - TN 1512 | Belgium | Saudi Arabia 1520 | WWKB - NY | HJLQ - Colombia | WRAI - Puerto Rico | YVND - Venezuela 1521 | Saudi Arabia | Spain 1530 | WSAI - OH | VOA - Sao Tome | Vatican 1539 | Germany | Spain 1540 | WDCD - NY | CHIN - ON | ZNS1 - Bahamas | KXEL - IA 1544 | Algeria (since moved to 1550) 1548 | VOA - Kuwait | U.K. 1550 | WRDM - CT | CBE - ON | WBSC - SC | HJCB - Colombia 1557 | France 1560 | WQEW - NY | WRHC - FL 1566 | Iran 1570 | WPEP - MA | WFLR - NY | WRHD - NY | WBUG - NY 1575 | Spain | Italy 1580 | CBJ - PQ | WSRF - FL | HJQZ - Colombia 1584 | Spain | Ceuta 1590 | WARV - RI | WSMN - NH | WCBG - PA | WETT - MD | WAKR - OH 1593 | RFE - Germany 1600 | WWRL - NY | WUNR - MA | CHNR - ON 1602 | Spain 1610 | TIS - Wood's Hole MA | TIS - Portland ME | TIS - Bar Harbor ME | Anguilla 1611 | Vatican 1620 | PCH - Netherlands | Argentina | TIS - Westerly RI 1630 | TIS - NYC NY area 1640 | KXBT - CA 1660 | WJDM - NJ 1700 | WCMQ - FL PART 2: Daytime groundwave MW bandscan from East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA (GC = 70.021 W / 41.713 N) near junction Routes 137 & 39: pitch pine forest 2 km from ocean Mark Connelly, WA1ION The dominants on the Cape Cod list were measured at the Harwich cottage in March of 1997 with the Drake R8A connected to a 25 m sloper. Stations indicated as "subdominants" were heard at times prior to that (1994-1997). Generally, to hear subdominants, I had to use a loop, loop-versus-whip cardioid array, or two phased wires to null out the top station on a given frequency. Trips to West Dennis Beach helped fill in the details of some of the marginal daytime signals coming from the south. Positive identification of a few of the weaker Canadian Maritime area stations was facilitated by scans from eastward-facing beaches in the Cape Cod National Seashore (Nauset, Marconi). S-meter readings (made with the Drake R8A / sloper) are usually supplied for dominants only. For an overall merit assessment, especially of stations heard in nulls, use the 0 to 5 rating number. Notes: A=dominant, B=co-dominant, C=subdominant: audible if dominant is phased or looped, D=audible if adjacent "slopper" is nulled, E=poor with only a little audio extractable | | | | 0 to 5| S-meter FREQ | call | ST/P| location; comments | :note | s-units+dB 530 | R.V.C. | -- | Turks & Caicos Islands | 1:A | s 6.5 540 | WLUX | NY | Islip | 3:A | s 7.5 540 | WDMV | MD | Pocomoke City | 1:C | ? 540 | CBT | NF | Grand Falls | 1:C | ? 550 | WPNW | RI | Pawtucket | 4:A | s 9 + 5 550 | WDEV | VT | Waterbury | 2:C | s 8 560 | WGAN | ME | Portland | 5:A | s 9 + 30 560 | WHYN | MA | Springfield | 3:C | ? 560 | unID's | ?? | WFIL-PA/WGAI-NC ID'ed @ W.Dennis | 1:E | ? 570 | WMCA | NY | New York | 4:A | s 8.5 570 | CJEM | NB | Edmundston | 2:C | ? 580 | WTAG | MA | Worcester | 3:A | s 8 580 | CJFX | NS | Antigonish | 1:C | ? 590 | WBNW | MA | Boston | 5:A | s 9 + 36 600 | WICC | CT | Bridgeport | 2:B | s 8.5 600 | CKCL | NS | Truro | 2:B | s 8.5 600 | unID | ?? | WFST-ME ? | 1:C | ? 610 | WGIR | NH | Manchester | 4:A | s 9 + 12 610 | WIP | PA | Philadelphia | 2:C | ? 610 | CHNC | PQ | New Carlisle | 1:E | ? 610 | WSNG | CT | Torrington | 1:E | ? 620 | WZON | ME | Bangor | 4:A | s 9 + 18 620 | WXLX | NJ | Newark | 3:C | ? 620 | WVMT | VT | Burlington | 1:C | ? 630 | WPRO | RI | Providence | 4:A | s 9 + 20 630 | CFCY | PI | Charlottetown | 3:C | s 9 + 5 630 | CHLT | PQ | Sherbrooke | 2:C | ? 640 | WNNZ | MA | Westfield | 3:A | s 8.5 640 | WWJZ | NJ | Mount Holly {when on} | 2:C | ? 640 | CBN | NF | St. John's (ID'ed @ Nauset Beach) | 1:E | ? 650 | WRPT | MA | Ashland | 4:A | s 9 + 5 660 | WFAN | NY | New York | 4:A | s 9 + 18 670 | unID | ?? | prob. WIEZ(PA)/IL/FL/NF/Cuba | 1:E | ? 680 | WRKO | MA | Boston | 5:A | s 9 + 40 690 | CBF | PQ | Montreal | 3:A | s 9 + 5 690 | unID | ?? | CT / FL mix ID'ed @W.Dennis Beach | 1:C | ? 700 | CHSJ | NB | St. John | 5:A | s 9 + 30 700 | WCAT | MA | Orange (mix poss. MD) | 1:C | ? 710 | WOR | NY | New York | 4:A | s 9 + 5 710 | unID | ?? | believed ME / PQ mix | 1:E | ? 720 | CHTN | PI | Charlottetown | 4:A | s 9 + 7 730 | WJTO | ME | Bath | 5:A | s 9 + 15 730 | WACE | MA | Chicopee | 2:C | ? 730 | CKAC | PQ | Montreal | 1:C | ? 740 | WJIB | MA | Cambridge | 3:A | s 9 + 20 740 | WGSM | NY | Huntington | 2:C | ? 750 | CBGY | NF | Bonavista Bay(o/poss.MD/PA/ON/GA) | 1:E | ? 760 | WVNE | MA | Leicester | 4:A | s 9 + 12 760 | WCHP | NY | Champlain | 1:C | ? 770 | WABC | NY | New York | 3:A | s 9 780 | CFDR | NS | Dartmouth | 3:A | s 9 + 5 780 | WABS | VA | Arlington | 1:C | ? 790 | WLKW | RI | Providence | 4:A | s 9 + 8 790 | CFAN | NB | Newcastle | 2:C | ? 790 | WTAR | VA | Norfolk | 2:C | ? 790 | WRUM | ME | Rumford | 1:E | ? 800 | WCCM | MA | Lawrence | 4:A | s 9 + 18 800 | CJAD | PQ | Montreal | 2:C | s 9 800 | CHRC | PQ | Quebec City | 1:C | ? 810 | WGY | NY | Schenectady | 3:A | s 9 810 | CJVA | NB | Caraquet | 2:C | s 7 810 | WYRE | MD | Annapolis (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 820 | WNYC | NY | New York | 3:A | s 9 830 | WCRN | MA | Worcester | 4:A | s 9 + 8 840 | WRYM | CT | New Britain | 1:D | s 5 850 | WEEI | MA | Boston | 5:A | s 9 + 35 850 | WNIS | VA | Norfolk | 1:E | ? 850 | CKVL | PQ | Verdun | 1:E | ? 860 | WSBS | MA | Great Barrington | 1:D | s 5 860 | CJBC | ON | Toronto | 1:D | s 5 860 | WTEL | PA | Philadelphia | 1:D | s 4 870 | WLAM | ME | Gorham | 4:A | s 9 + 22 880 | WCBS | NY | New York | 4:A | s 9 + 16 890 | WBPS | MA | Dedham | 5:A | s 9 + 27 900 | WCLZ | ME | Brunswick | 4:A | s 9 + 23 900 | CKDH | NS | Amherst | 2:C | s 9 + 10 900 | WMVU | NH | Nashua | 2:C | s 9 + 10 900 | WSSR | DE | Georgetown (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:C | ? 910 | WABI | ME | Bangor | 4:A | s 9 + 22 910 | WNEZ | CT | New Britain | 1:C | ? 920 | WHJJ | RI | Providence | 3:B | s 9 + 5 920 | CJCH | NS | Halifax | 3:B | s 9 + 5 930 | WZNN | NH | Rochester | 4:A | s 9 + 22 930 | CFBC | NB | St. John | 3:C | s 9 930 | WPAT | NJ | Paterson | 1:C | ? 940 | CBM | PQ | Montreal | 3:B | s 9 940 | WGFP | MA | Webster | 3:B | s 9 950 | WROL | MA | Boston | 5:A | s 9 + 38 960 | CHNS | NS | Halifax | 3:B | s 9 960 | WFGL | MA | Fitchburg | 2:B | s 8.5 960 | WELI | CT | New Haven | 1:C | ? 960 | WLVW | MD | Salisbury (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:C | ? 970 | WZAN | ME | Portland | 5:A | s 9 + 32 970 | WESO | MA | Southbridge | 2:C | ? 970 | WWDJ | NJ | Newark | 2:C | ? 980 | WCAP | MA | Lowell | 4:A | s 9 + 18 980 | WTRY | NY | Troy | 2:C | ? 980 | CBV | PQ | Quebec City | 1:C | ? 980 | WSUB | CT | New London (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 980 | unID | ?? | believed WWRC-DC & WILK-PA | 1:E | ? 990 | WALE | RI | Providence | 4:A | s 9 + 18 990 | CKIS | PQ | Montreal | 1:C | ? 990 | WZZD | PA | Philadelphia | 1:C | ? 1000 | CKBW | NS | Bridgewater | 3:A | s 9 + 5 1000 | WCMX | MA | Leominster | 2:C | s 8 1010 | WINS | NY | New York | 4:A | s 9 + 6 1010 | WPMH | VA | Portsmouth (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1020 | WNTK | NH | Newport | 3:A | s 9 + 3 1020 | WIBG | NJ | Ocean City | 2:C | ? 1030 | WBZ | MA | Boston | 5:A | s 9 + 37 1050 | WEVD | NY | New York | 4:A | s 9 + 5 1050 | WBNC | NH | North Conway | 1:C | ? 1050 | WCMS | VA | Norfolk | 1:C | ? 1060 | WJLT | MA | Natick | 4:A | s 9 + 5 1060 | KYW | PA | Philadelphia | 1:E | ? 1070 | CBA | NB | Moncton | 3:A | s 9 + 3 1070 | WZBZ | NY | Plattsburgh | 1:C | ? 1070 | mix | ?? | NC / NJ / PA ID'ed @ nearby sites | 1:E | ? 1080 | WTIC | CT | Hartford | 3:A | s 8 1090 | WILD | MA | Boston | 5:A | s 9 + 35 1090 | WBAL | MD | Baltimore | 1:C | ? 1100 | WHLI | NY | Hempstead | 2:A | s 7.5 1110 | WPMZ | RI | Providence | 4:A | s 9 + 18 1110 | WNNW | NH | Salem | 3:C | s 9 + 10 1120 | WADN | MA | Concord | 3:A | s 9 + 18 1120 | WBIS | CT | Bristol | 1:C | ? 1130 | WBBR | NY | New York | 3:A | s 9 + 3 1140 | CBI | NS | Sydney | 1:A | s 4 1140 | WRVA | VA | Richmond (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1150 | WNFT | MA | Boston (relay WKLB-96.9) | 5:A | s 9 + 30 1150 | mix | ?? | CT & DE ID'ed @ W.Dennis | 1:E | ? 1160 | WOBM | NJ | Lakewood | 3:D | s 8 1160 | WVNJ | NJ | Oakland | 2:D | ? 1160 | WSKW | ME | Skowhegan | 2:D | ? 1170 | WKPE | MA | Orleans | 5:A | s 9 + 50 1180 | WJJF | RI | Hope Valley | 2:D | ? 1190 | WLIB | NY | New York | 3:A | s 9 1200 | WKOX | MA | Framingham | 4:A | s 9 + 22 1200 | unID | ?? | (way u/ WKOX ... ME or VA ?) | 1:E | ? 1210 | WPHT | PA | Philadelphia | 2:A | s 7 1220 | WSME | ME | Sanford | 3:A | s 9 1220 | CKCW | NB | Moncton | 2:C | ? 1220 | WRIB | RI | Providence | 2:C | ? 1230 | WESX | MA | Salem | 5:A | s 9 + 31 1230 | WERI | RI | Westerly | 2:C | ? 1230 | WCMC | NJ | Wildwood | 2:C | ? 1230 | unID | ?? | maybe WQDY-ME / WNEB-MA | 1:E | ? 1240 | WUOK | MA | West Yarmouth | 5:A | s 9 + 31 1240 | WGBB | NY | Freeport(ID when WUOK was silent) | 1:E | ? 1240 | WTME | ME | Lewiston(ID when WUOK was silent) | 1:E | ? 1250 | WKBR | NH | Manchester | 3:A | s 8.5 1250 | WARE | MA | Ware | 2:C | ? 1250 | WMTR | NJ | Morristown | 1:E | ? 1260 | WEZE | MA | Boston | 4:A | s 9 + 25 1260 | CIHI | NB | Fredericton | 1:C | ? 1270 | WTSN | NH | Dover | 4:A | s 9 + 26 1270 | WSPR | MA | Springfield | 1:C | ? 1270 | unID's | ?? | VA / NS / NJ / PQ ?? | 1:C | ? 1280 | WFAU | ME | Gardiner | 3:A | s 9 + 5 1280 | WEIM | MA | Fitchburg | 2:C | s 9 1280 | WADO | NY | New York | 2:C | s 8 1290 | WRCP | RI | Providence | 2:A | s 9 1290 | WKNE | NH | Keene | 1:E | ? 1300 | WJDA | MA | Quincy | 4:A | s 9 + 20 1300 | WAVZ | CT | New Haven | 1:E | ? 1310 | WLOB | ME | Portland | 4:A | s 9 + 10 1310 | WORC | MA | Worcester | 1:C | ? 1310 | WICH | CT | Norwich | 1:C | ? 1310 | WVIP | NY | Mt. Kisco (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1310 | WADB | NJ | Asbury Park (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1310 | WGH | VA | Newport News (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1320 | WARA | MA | Attleborough | 3:A | s 9 + 15 1320 | CKEC | NS | New Glasgow | 2:C | s 8 1320 | WDER | NH | Derry | 1:C | ? 1330 | WRCA | MA | Waltham | 3:A | s 9 + 18 1330 | WWRV | NY | New York | 1:C | ? 1340 | WNBH | MA | New Bedford | 3:B | s 9 + 12 1340 | CJLS | NS | Yarmouth | 3:B | s 9 + 10 1340 | WMID | NJ | Atlantic City | 2:C | ? 1340 | WWNH | NH | Madbury | 1:C | ? 1350 | WINY | CT | Putnam | 3:A | s 9 + 3 1350 | WEZS | NH | Laconia | 2:C | ? 1350 | CKAD | NS | Middleton | 2:C | ? 1350 | WSVY | VA | Norfolk (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1350 | unID's | ?? | Norwalk, CT; Princeton, NJ ?? | 1:E | ? 1360 | WLYN | MA | Lynn | 5:A | s 9 + 35 1360 | WDRC | CT | Hartford | 2:C | ? 1370 | WFEA | NH | Manchester | 3:A | s 7 1370 | WDEA | ME | Ellsworth | 2:C | ? 1370 | WALK | NY | East Patchogue (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1370 | WEGM | RI | Wickford | 1:E | ? 1375 | RFO | -- | St. Pierre-Miquelon (ID @ Nauset) | 1:E | ? 1380 | WTMM | NH | Portsmouth | 4:A | s 9 + 22 1380 | WKDM | NY | New York | 2:C | ? 1380 | WNRI | RI | Woonsocket | 1:E | ? 1390 | WPLM | MA | Plymouth | 5:A | s 9 + 36 1390 | WRIV | NY | Riverhead (when on) | 3:C | ? 1400 | WIDE | ME | Biddeford | 3:A | s 9 + 10 1400 | WOND | NJ | Pleasantville | 2:C | ? 1400 | WLLH | MA | Lawrence / Lowell | 2:C | ? 1400 | WHTB | MA | Fall River | 1:E | ? 1410 | WMSX | MA | Brockton | 3:A | s 8 1410 | WPOP | CT | Hartford | 2:C | ? 1410 | CIGO | NS | Port Hawkesbury (ID'ed @ Nauset) | 1:E | ? 1410 | WHTG | NJ | Eatontown (tent. ID @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1420 | WBSM | MA | New Bedford | 3:B | s 9 + 10 1420 | WASR | NH | Wolfeboro | 3:B | s 9 + 7 1420 | CKDY | NS | Digby | 2:C | ? 1430 | WXKS | MA | Everett | 5:A | s 9 + 30 1430 | WNJR | NJ | Newark | 2:C | ? 1440 | WLPZ | ME | Westbrook | 4:A | s 9 + 24 1440 | WWTM | MA | Worcester | 2:C | ? 1450 | WNBP | MA | Newburyport | 5:A | s 9 + 28 1450 | WRKD | ME | Rockland | 2:C | ? 1450 | WFPG | NJ | Atlantic City | 1:C | ? 1460 | WBET | MA | Brockton | 4:A | s 9 + 18 1460 | WVOX | NY | New Rochelle | 1:C | ? 1460 | unID's | ?? | PQ / NJ / VA / Albany, NY ?? | 1:E | ? 1470 | WZOU | ME | Lewiston | 3:B | s 9 + 10 1470 | WSRO | MA | Marlborough | 3:B | s 9 + 10 1480 | WSAR | MA | Fall River | 4:A | s 9 + 28 1480 | WZRC | NY | New York | 1:C | ? 1490 | WPOR | ME | Portland | 4:A | s 9 + 18 1490 | WHAV | MA | Haverhill | 3:C | s 9 + 10 1490 | WUSS | NJ | Pleasantville | 1:C | ? 1490 | WMRC | MA | Milford | 1:C | ? 1500 | WFIF | CT | Milford | 2:D | s 5 1500 | mix | ?? | DC & NJ ID'ed @ W.Dennis | 1:E | ? 1510 | WNRB | MA | Boston | 5:A | s 9 + 33 1510 | WNLC | CT | New London | 2:C | ? 1520 | WGAM | MA | Greenfield | 2:D | s 8 1520 | WTHE | NY | Mineola | 1:E | ? 1530 | WCEG | MA | Middleborough | 3:A | s 9 + 10 1530 | WDJZ | CT | Bridgeport | 2:C | ? 1530 | WOBR | NC | Wanchese (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1540 | WMYF | NH | Exeter | 4:A | s 9 + 28 1540 | WADK | RI | Newport | 2:C | ? 1540 | WDCD | NY | Albany | 1:C | ? 1550 | WNTN | MA | Newton | 3:A | s 9 + 20 1550 | WVAB | VA | Virginia Beach (ID'ed @ W.Dennis) | 1:E | ? 1560 | WQEW | NY | New York | 3:A | s 8 1570 | WPEP | MA | Taunton | 3:B | s 9 + 5 1570 | WNSH | MA | Beverly | 2:B | s 9 + 2 1570 | WRHD | NY | Riverhead | 2:C | s 8 1580 | WLIM | NY | Patchogue | 2:A | s 8 1580 | CBJ | PQ | Chicoutimi | 1:C | ? 1590 | WARV | RI | Warwick | 3:A | s 9 + 10 1590 | mix | ?? | believed WSMN-NH & WETT-MD | 1:E | ? 1600 | WUNR | MA | Brookline | 4:A | s 9 + 22 1600 | WLNG | NY | Sag Harbor | 3:C | s 9 + 10 1600 | WWRL | NY | New York | 1:C | ? 1600 | WMRE | MA | East Longmeadow | 1:E | ? 1610 | TIS | MA | Falmouth (Steamship Authority) | 2:A | s 7.5 1660 | WJDM | NJ | Elizabeth | 1:A | s 6 PART 3: Daytime Groundwave Bandscan - Granite Pier DXpedition Site - Rockport, Cape Ann, MA (GC = 70.621 W / 42.667 N) several monitoring sessions 1993 / 1994 Most receptions were made on a Realistic DX-440 with RTL-2 loop phased against a remotely-tuned whip through the DCP-1 Dual Controller / Phaser. Signal strengths in the groundwave bandscan are rated on a relative 0 - 5 scale: 0 = carrier in noise, 1 = weak with bits of audio, 2 = poor, 3 = fair, 4 = good, 5 = excellent. * = with dominant nulled (loop or loop vs. whip) (Weak signals on the loop / active whip system can actually be fair to good on amplified wires.) FREQ. |SIG.| CALL | LOCATION, COMMENTS -------|----|-------|--------------------------------------------------- 530 | 1 | (TIS) | MA - Tyngsborough 540 | 2 | WLIX | NY - Islip 540 |* 1 | CJSB | ON - Ottawa 540 |* 1 | WDMV | MD - Pocomoke City 540 |* 1 | CBT | NF - Grand Falls 550 | 4 | WICE | RI - Pawtucket 550 |* 2 | WDEV | VT - Waterbury 550 |* 2 | CFNB | NB - St. John 560 | 5 | WGAN | ME - Portland 560 |* 2 | WHYN | MA - Springfield 570 | 3 | WMCA | NY - New York 570 |* 1 | CJEM | NB - Edmundston 580 | 3 | WTAG | MA - Worcester 580 |* 1 | CJFX | NS - Antigonish 590 | 5 | WEEI | MA - Boston 600 | 2 | WICC | CT - Bridgeport 600 |* 1 | CIQC | PQ - Montreal 600 |* 1 | CKCL | NS - Truro 610 | 3 | WGIR | NH - Manchester 620 | 4 | WZON | ME - Bangor 620 |* 1 | WVMT | VT - Burlington 620 |* 1 | WSKQ | NJ - Newark 630 | 4 | WPRO | RI - Providence 630 |* 3 | CFCY | PI - Charlottetown 640 | 2 | WNNZ | MA - Westfield 660 | 4 | WFAN | NY - New York 680 | 5 | WRKO | MA - Boston 690 | 3 | CBF | PQ - Montreal 700 | 4 | CHSJ | NB - St. John 710 | 3 | WOR | NY - New York 720 | 3 | CHTN | PI - Charlottetown 730 | 4 | WJTO | ME - Bath 730 |* 1 | WACE | MA - Chicopee 740 | 4 | WJIB | MA - Cambridge 740 |* 1 | WGSM | NY - Huntington 750 | 1 | CBGY | NF - Bonavista Bay 760 | 4 | WVNE | MA - Leicester 770 | 3 | WABC | NY - New York 780 | 2 | CFDR | NS - Dartmouth 790 | 4 | WLKW | RI - Providence 790 |* 1 | WRUM | ME - Rumford 800 | 4 | WCCM | MA - Lawrence 800 |* 2 | CJAD | PQ - Montreal 800 |* 1 | CHRC | PQ - Quebec City 810 | 2 | WGY | NY - Schenectady 810 |* 1 | CJVA | NB - Caraquet 820 | 1 | WNYC | NY - New York 830 | 0 | CFJR | ON - Brockville (note: WCRN not on the air then) 840 | 1 | WRYM | CT - New Britain 850 | 5 | WHDH | MA - Boston 870 | 3 | WLAM | ME - Gorham 880 | 3 | WCBS | NY - New York 900 | 4 | WCLZ | ME - Brunswick 900 |* 3 | WMVU | NH - Nashua 900 |* 2 | CKDH | NS - Amherst 900 |* 1 | CKTS | PQ - Sherbrooke 910 | 3 | WABI | ME - Bangor 910 |* 1 | WNEZ | CT - New Britain 920 | 4 | WHJJ | RI - Providence 920 |* 2 | CJCH | NS - Halifax 930 | 5 | WZNN | NH - Rochester 930 |* 2 | CFBC | NB - St. John 940 | 2 | CBM | PQ - Montreal 950 | 5 | WROL | MA - Boston 960 | 1 | CHNS | NS - Halifax 970 | 5 | WZAN | ME - Portland 980 | 4 | WCAP | MA - Lowell 990 | 2 | WALE | RI - Providence 990 |* 1 | CKIS | PQ - Montreal 1000 | 2 | CKBW | NS - Bridgewater 1010 | 2 | WINS | NY - New York 1020 | 2 | WNTK | NH - Newport (null 1030) 1030 | 5 | WBZ | MA - Boston 1050 | 2 | WEVD | NY - New York 1050 |* 1 | WBNC | NH - North Conway 1060 | 4 | WBIV | MA - Natick 1060 |* 2 | CJRP | PQ - Quebec City 1070 | 2 | CBA | NB - Moncton 1080 | 3 | WTIC | CT - Hartford 1090 | 5 | WILD | MA - Boston 1100 | 1 | WHLI | NY - Hempstead 1110 | 3 | WHIM | RI - Providence 1110 | 3 | WNNW | NH - Salem 1120 | 3 | WADN | MA - Concord 1130 | 2 | WBBR | NY - New York 1140 | 2 | CJTR | PQ - Trois-Rivieres 1140 |* 1 | CBI | NS - Sydney 1150 | 4 | WMEX | MA - Boston 1160 | 2 | WSKW | ME - Skowhegan 1170 | 4 | WKPE | MA - Orleans 1170 |* 2 | WDIS | MA - Norfolk 1180 | 1 | WJJF | RI - Hope Valley 1190 | 2 | WLIB | NY - New York 1200 | 4 | WKOX | MA - Framingham 1200 |* 1 | unID | ?? - prob. Brewer, ME 1210 | 1 | WGMP | PA - Philadelphia 1220 | 3 | WSME | ME - Sanford 1220 |* 2 | WRIB | RI - Providence 1220 |* 1 | CKCW | NB - Moncton 1230 | 5 | WESX | MA - Salem 1240 | 4 | WUOK | MA - West Yarmouth 1240 |* 1 | WOON | RI - Woonsocket 1250 | 1 | WARE | MA - Ware 1260 | 5 | WEZE | MA - Boston 1270 | 4 | WTSN | NH - Dover 1280 | 3 | WABK | ME - Gardiner 1280 |* 2 | WEIM | MA - Fitchburg 1290 | 2 | WRCP | RI - Providence 1290 |* 1 | WKNE | NH - Keene 1300 | 5 | WJDA | MA - Quincy 1310 | 4 | WLOB | ME - Portland 1310 |* 2 | WORC | MA - Worcester 1320 | 2 | WDER | NH - Derry 1320 | 2 | WARA | MA - Attleborough 1320 |* 1 | CKEC | NS - New Glasgow 1330 | 3 | WRCA | MA - Waltham 1340 | 3 | WWNH | NH - Madbury 1340 | 3 | WNBH | MA - New Bedford 1340 |* 2 | CJLS | NS - Yarmouth 1350 | 2 | WLNH | NH - Laconia (sometimes inactive) 1350 | 1 | WINY | CT - Putnam 1360 | 4 | WLYN | MA - Lynn 1370 | 2 | WFEA | NH - Manchester 1370 |* 1 | WDEA | ME - Ellsworth 1380 | 4 | WCQL | NH - Portsmouth 1380 |* 1 | WNRI | RI - Woonsocket 1390 | 4 | WPLM | MA - Plymouth 1390 |* 1 | WRIV | NY - Riverhead 1400 | 4 | WIDE | ME - Biddeford 1400 |* 3 | WLLH | MA - Lawrence / Lowell 1410 | 3 | WMSX | MA - Brockton 1410 |* 1 | WPOP | CT - Hartford 1410 |* 1 | CIGO | NS - Port Hawkesbury 1420 | 3 | WBSM | MA - New Bedford 1420 |* 2 | WASR | NH - Wolfeboro 1430 | 5 | WXKS | MA - Everett 1440 | 4 | WLPZ | ME - Westbrooke 1440 |* 2 | WVEI | MA - Worcester 1450 | 5 | WNBP | MA - Newburyport 1450 |* 2 | WRKD | ME - Rockland 1450 |* 1 | WKXL | NH - Concord 1460 | 4 | WBET | MA - Brockton 1470 | 3 | WSRO | MA - Marlborough 1470 |* 2 | WZOU | ME - Lewiston 1480 | 3 | WSAR | MA - Fall River 1490 | 4 | WPOR | ME - Portland 1490 |* 3 | WHAV | MA - Haverhill 1490 |* 2 | WMRC | MA - Milford 1500 | 1 | WFIF | CT - Milford 1510 | 5 | WSSH | MA - Boston 1520 | 1 | WGAM | MA - Greenfield 1530 | 2 | WCEG | MA - Middleborough (inactive in 1994) 1530 | 1 | WDJZ | CT - Bridgeport 1540 | 4 | WMYF | NH - Exeter 1540 |* 2 | WADK | RI - Newport 1550 | 4 | WNTN | MA - Newton 1560 | 1 | WQEW | NY - New York 1570 | 4 | WNSH | MA - Beverly 1570 |* 3 | WPEP | MA - Taunton 1580 | 1 | WLIM | NY - Patchogue 1580 | 1 | CBJ | PQ - Chicoutimi 1590 | 2 | WARV | RI - Warwick 1590 | 2 | WSMN | NH - Nashua 1600 | 4 | WUNR | MA - Brookline 1600 |* 1 | WLNG | NY - Sag Harbor /END