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CFLY 98.3 and CBCK 107.5 Kingston
CFLY 98.3 and CBCK 107.5 Kingston, Ontario are both about 100KW at 500 feet, 220 miles away from me. It seems like I have "constant" tropo scatter from them the last few months.
Ridgway PA
2000 feet elevation
Sony XDRF1HD Radio and Kathrein Scala YA7 5 element yagi antenna
The fade ups will come out of nowhere and last 5-15 seconds usually, but sometimes a bit longer. It happens in the morning, at night.. I haven't noticed a time when it isn't happening. I suspect My height, the fact the frequencies are pretty empty here and that the transmitter sites are close to water make this possible. Here's a few recent audio clips of CBCK 107.5 and CFLY 98.3
CFLY Clip #1 (55 seconds long!):https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YejVxi-_wFr8-J8_xGq-EtWtmnvxEe7_/view?usp=sharing
CFLY Clip #2 (1 minute 53 seconds long!): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UVKQq3atcps0-8Fge8FDeXIi4Lw3PcVc/view?usp=sharing
CBCK Clip #1 (38 seconds long):https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XGszf_s4LH3bbxoCTI8lQ6swICMGpoJK/view?usp=sharing
CBCK Clip #2 (55 seconds long)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1512Kk3wBh3iVxqOrfm0xjMur7fn6oNpI/view?usp=sharing
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Re: CFLY 98.3 and CBCK 107.5 Kingston
RadioPaulPA wrote:
CFLY 98.3 and CBCK 107.5 Kingston, Ontario are both about 100KW at 500 feet, 220 miles away from me. It seems like I have "constant" tropo scatter from them the last few months.
I had a consistent tropospheric duct between Detroit and my parent's home in east Toronto. Back in the 70s / early 80s when the GTA FM dial was less crowded I would consistently receive:
WCZY
WNIC
WRIF
WDET
WWWW
WGPR
A few others I can't remember
When there was a real tropo enhancement (certain days mid summer to mid fall), these stations could be as strong as Buffalo. Great radio from this leading market back then.
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Re: CFLY 98.3 and CBCK 107.5 Kingston
I have quite a bit of tape from WRIF and some from WWWW that I will post to the site at some point. Also WCZY I think. ( were they the ones that were known as The Detrot Wheels or something like that ?). Not quite as interesting as the WKNR FM or AM that I have already posted and will continue to.
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Re: CFLY 98.3 and CBCK 107.5 Kingston
"Detroit's New Wheels" was the branding for AOR WLLZ from 1980-96. The station currently has a Top 40 format as WDZH 98.7AMP RADIO.
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"Detroit's New Wheels" was the branding for AOR WLLZ from 1980-96. The station currently has a Top 40 format as WDZH 98.7AMP RADIO.
You are correct that's the one. Again I will say that the AOR stuff is not as interesting as the more experimental formats but nice to have and hear from a historical perspective.
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