QSL WSJS Winston-Salem NC AM 600

This station QSLd an email report from our January expedition to Cape Pt. The 5 kW signal was picked up on a 400 metre BoG antenna. Seems like the night pattern is aimed our way. Kyle Shassburger, who hosts a show on the station, welcomed his South Africa audience in the show! Distance is about 8000 miles or nearly 13000 kms. In the recording you can hear an ad followed by the station cue. Quite a bit of co-channel interference but  no doubt who it is.

QSL from WPAB Ponce, Puerto Rico AM 550

The president of WPAB Ponce in Puerto Rico sent a very polite confirmation letter per email for a reception report in January, along with an invitation to visit them (must put that on my list!). The station came in with a good signal close to dawn one morning at Cape Point. Puerto Rico is quite rare here with only a handful of AM stations logged over the years and none so low in the band as WPAB on 550 kHz, with only 5 kW and an omni-directional antenna, over 6000 miles and 10000 km away. The recording has a clear ID with call letters and frequency, no need to strain the ears on this one!

QSL from KGOW, Houston TX on AM 1560

KGOW in Houston QSL'd a report for their 'SBNation Radio' transmission on AM 1560. The attached audio file shows how well this signal was coming in. Since the QSL, Gow Media has leased the transmitter/antenna to a Vietnamese station. This we have also heard here with good signals. The distance is about 8600 miles (13800 km) but that doesn't stop it from punching in here strongly at times. In the words of the Controller at Gow Media: 'We leased 1560 AM to a Vietnamese station and changed the dial to 94.1 FM using a translator (new technology that doesn’t require a tower).'

QSL from WAOK, Atlanta GA AM 1380

WAOK Atlanta, GA verified my report from our January trip. Station engineer, Robert LaFore, called my report 'amazing', partly because he can't hear it where he lives, 25 miles to the north of the station. Actually, I've had quite a few comments like this from stations: because of the directional nature of their signals, locals often can't hear their own station if they are on the back of the beam. Atlanta is just over 8100 miles from here (13000 km) so the 4.2 kW transmitter is doing a great job! Before the station cue you can hear a call from Miss Virginia as well as the station studio number. The station sent me two WAOK t-shirts in a neat little drawstring bag, along with a notebook and clip.