Daytime Bandscan - Braintree Hill (near Randolph), Vermont Mark Connelly - WA1ION - 26 JUN 1993 Equipment used was a Realistic DX440 portable receiver and the homebrew RTL-2 remotely-tuned loop used in conjunction with the MWT-3 Regenerative Tuner / Controller. Stations that were near the noise level (e. g. strength "1") on the loop were ID'ed by switching over to a 400' / 122-m. longwire running towards the west. Stations listed on the same frequency as a stronger station were usually logged by nulling the dominant. Signal strengths in the groundwave bandscan are rated on a relative 1 - 10 scale: 1 = carrier in noise, 2 = weak with bits of audio, 3 = poor, 4 = poor to fair, 5 = fair, 6 = fair to good, 7 = good, 8 = very good, 9 = excellent, 10 = local (urban quality). Daytime Groundwave Bandscan - Braintree Hill, VT - 26 JUN 1993 FREQ. |SIG.| CALL | LOCATION, COMMENTS --------|----|-------|--------------------------------------------------- 530 | 1 | CIAO | ON - Brampton (tentative, trace) 540 | 2 | CJSB | ON - Ottawa - rock 550 | 9 | WDEV | VT - Waterbury - variety of formats 560 | 7 | WGAN | ME - Portland - talk 560 | 3 | WHYN | MA - Springfield - oldies, sports, news 570 | 4 | WSYR | NY - Syracuse 570 | 2 | WMCA | NY - New York - religion 580 | 7 | CFRA | ON - Ottawa 580 | 5 | WTAG | MA - Worcester - newstalk 590 | 7 | WROW | NY - Albany - light pop mx. 590 | 4 | WEEI | MA - Boston - sportstalk 600 | 5 | CIQC | PQ - Montreal - talk 600 | 3 | WICC | CT - Bridgeport - talk 610 | 7 | WGIR | NH - Manchester 620 | 8 | WVMT | VT - Burlington 630 | 5 | WPRO | RI - Providence - news 630 | 3 | CHLT | PQ - Sherbrooke (tentative, u/ WPRO) 640 | 7 | WNNZ | MA - Westfield - newstalk 650 | 1 | unID | ?? - probably WSM - TN in the noise 660 | 5 | WFAN | NY - New York - sports 670 | 2 | WMAQ | IL - Chicago 680 | 7 | WRKO | MA - Boston - newstalk, Red Sox BB 690 | 8 | CBF | PQ - Montreal - FF 700 | 7 | WCAT | MA - Orange 710 | 5 | WOR | NY - New York 710 | 2 | CKVM | PQ - Ville-Marie (tentative) 720 | 1 | WGN | IL - Chicago o/u CHTN 720 | 1 | CHTN | PI - Charlottetown o/u WGN 730 | 7 | CKAC | PQ - Montreal - FF 730 | 4 | WACE | MA - Chicopee - religion 740 | 5 | WJIB | MA - Cambridge - Muzak 740 | 2 | CBL | ON - Toronto - CBC network: variety 760 | 8 | WCHP | NY - Champlain - religion 760 | 5 | WVNE | MA - Leicester - religion 770 | 5 | WABC | NY - New York - talk 780 | 1 | WBBM | IL - Chicago - news 790 | 5 | WLKW | RI - Providence - "beautiful" / light mx. 790 | 2 | unIDs | ?? - jumble - prob. WTNY-NY, CIGM-ON, WRUM-ME 800 | 8 | CJAD | PQ - Montreal 810 | 7 | WGY | NY - Schenectady 820 | 2 | unIDs | ?? - jumble - prob. WNYC-NY, CHAM-ON, WIQT-NY 830 | 5 | CFJR | ON - Brockville - oldies 840 | 3 | WRYM | CT - New Britain - SS 850 | 8 | CKVL | PQ - Verdun - FF slightly o/WHDH 850 | 7 | WHDH | MA - Boston - newstalk 860 | 5 | WSBS | MA - Great Barrington - light rock 860 | 2 | CJBC | ON - Toronto - FF 870 | 7 | WLAM | ME - Gorham 880 | 5 | WCBS | NY - New York - news 890 | 1 | WLS | IL - Chicago - talk 900 | 8 | CKTS | PQ - Sherbrooke - EE talk 910 | 9 | WNHV | VT - White River 920 | 7 | WIRD | NY - Lake Placid - ID "Adirondack Radio" 920 | 3 | WHJJ | RI - Providence - newstalk, u/ WIRD 930 | 7 | WZNN | NH - Rochester - CNN news 930 | 2 | unID | ?? - something u/ WZNN 940 | 8 | CBM | PQ - Montreal - CBC EE net 950 | 7 | WROL | MA - Boston - religion & ethnic 960 | 9 | WEAV | NY - Plattsburgh 970 | 7 | WYNZ | ME - Portland - nostalgia 980 | 5 | WCAP | MA - Lowell - talk 980 | 3 | WTRY | NY - Troy - oldies 990 | 8 | CKIS | PQ - Montreal - rock 1000 | 1 | unIDs | ?? - maybe WLNL-NY, CFLP-PQ, and/or CKBW-NS 1010 | 2 | WINS | NY - New York - all news 1010 | 1 | CFRB | ON - Toronto 1020 | 7 | WNTK | NH - Newport - news 1030 | 8 | WBZ | MA - Boston - newstalk 1050 | 3 | WEVD | NY - New York - ethnic & nostalgia programs 1050 | 2 | unIDs | ?? - CHUM - ON and/or WBNC - NH 1060 | 6 | CJRP | PQ - Quebec City - FF 1070 | 8 | WKDR | NY - Plattsburgh 1080 | 7 | WTIC | CT - Hartford - newstalk 1090 | 5 | WILD | MA - Boston - soul / rap / Caribbean 1100 | 9 | WYKR | VT - Wells River 1110 | 6 | WUHN | MA - Pittsfield - oldies 1110 | 5 | WNNW | NH - Salem - SS 1120 | 3 | WADN | MA - Concord - folk music, BBC news 1120 | 1 | unID | ?? - u/ WADN 1130 | 5 | WBBR | NY - New York - news / business 1130 | 1 | WCXI | MI - Detroit 1140 | 7 | CJTR | PQ - Trois-Rivieres - FF 1150 | 5 | WMEX | MA - Boston - soft rock // WMJX - 106.7 FM 1160 | 2 | unIDs | ?? - jumble - likely WSKW-ME & WMVI-NY 1170 | 1 | unIDs | ?? - jumble - WHXT-MA & others likely 1180 | 2 | WHAM | NY - Rochester - newstalk 1190 | 2 | WSCM | NY - Cobleskill - talk 1200 | 7 | WKOX | MA - Framingham - C&W // WCLB-105.7 FM 1200 | 2 | CFGO | ON - Ottawa (tentative, u/ WKOX) 1210 | 1 | WOGL | PA - Philadelphia - oldies 1220 | 7 | WKBK | NH - Keene - local ad, ID heard 1230 | 7 | WTSV | NH - Claremont - Red Sox BB, nostalgia 1230 | 5 | WJOY | VT - Burlington likely w/ VT news 1240 | 9 | WSKI | VT - Montpelier 1250 | 7 | WIPS | NY - Ticonderoga - C&W 1260 | 7 | WEZE | MA - Boston - religion 1270 | 8 | WTSN | NH - Dover - Red Sox BB 1280 | 7 | CJMS | PQ - Montreal - FF 1280 | 3 | WEIM | MA - Fitchburg 1290 | 7 | WKNE | NH - Keene - Red Sox BB 1300 | 7 | WPNH | NH - Plymouth - announcements for FM 1300 | 3 | WJDA | MA - Quincy - news, satellite-network nostalgia 1310 | 3 | WORC | MA - Worcester (tentative, in 1320 slop) 1320 | 10 | WWWT | VT - Randolph - C&W local 1330 | 2 | WRCA | MA - Waltham - ethnic, in 1320 slop 1340 | 8 | WDCR | NH - Hanover - modern progressive rock 1350 | 7 | WLNH | NH - Laconia - oldies 1360 | 5 | WDRC | CT - Hartford - nostalgia "Music of Your Life" 1360 | 5 | CJVL | PQ - Ste. Marie de Beauce - FF 1360 | 3 | WLYN | MA - Lynn - Greek & other ethnic 1370 | 7 | WFEA | NH - Manchester - nostalgia, newstalk 1370 | 3 | WBTN | VT - Bennington - light hits, talk 1380 | 9 | WSYB | VT - Rutland - Red Sox BB 1390 | 7 | WDOT | VT - Burlington 1400 | 7 | WTSL | NH - Hanover - Red Sox BB, local ad 1400 | 4 | WLTN | NH - Littleton (tentative, u/ WTSL) 1410 | 5 | CFMB | PQ - Montreal - ethnic (Greek, etc.) 1420 | 7 | WASR | NH - Wolfeboro - nostalgia / BBD 1420 | 5 | WBEC | MA - Pittsfield - oldies 1430 | 7 | WTTT | MA - Amherst - talk 1430 | 7 | WXKS | MA - Medford / Everett - "Music of Your Life" 1440 | 5 | WVEI | MA - Worcester - sportstalk // WEEI-590 1450 | 9 | WSNO | VT - Barre - Red Sox BB 1460 | 5 | WGNA | NY - Albany - C&W 1470 | 5 | WSRO | MA - Marlborough - Red Sox BB, nostalgia 1480 | 9 | WCFR | VT - Springfield 1490 | 7 | WFAD | VT - Middlebury - Red Sox BB 1490 | 3 | unIDs | ?? - one=C&W, other=talk; u/WFAD (WKVT, WEMJ ?) 1500 | 1 | WFIF | CT - Milford - religion, in noise 1510 | 7 | WSSH | MA - Boston - SS o/ CJRS/WNLC 1510 | 5 | CJRS | PQ - Sherbrooke - FF 1510 | 3 | WNLC | CT - New London - talk 1520 | 6 | WGAM | MA - Greenfield - nostalgia 1530 | 2 | unIDs | ?? - two weak stations, likely WCEG-MA & WDJZ-CT 1540 | 7 | WPTR | NY - Albany - news, sports 1540 | 4 | WMYF | NH - Exeter - nostalgia 1550 | 6 | WNTN | MA - Newton - ethnic 1560 | 4 | WQEW | NY - New York - nostalgia / BBD / show tunes 1570 | 6 | CKLM | PQ - Montreal - C&W music, FF talk 1580 | 1 | unIDs | ?? - carriers believed to be WLIM-NY & CBJ-PQ 1590 | 3 | WSMN | NH - Nashua - C&W 1590 | 2 | unIDs | ?? - 1 or 2 others behind WSMN 1600 | 6 | WAQY | MA - East Longmeadow - album rock // 102.1 FM 1600 | 3 | WUNR | MA - Brookline - ethnic 1600 | 2 | WLNG | NY - Sag Harbor (tentative, behind WAQY/WUNR) 1610 | 1 | unIDs | ?? - rumble of TIS stations in noise