{"id":534,"date":"2012-12-19T18:01:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T23:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midx.wordpress.com\/?p=534"},"modified":"2012-12-19T18:01:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T23:01:18","slug":"1710-khz-2012-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/12\/19\/1710-khz-2012-review\/","title":{"rendered":"1710 KHz: 2012 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

As readers may already know, I tend to obsess a bit over hearing pirates on 1710 KHz. \u00a0For me, it’s a\u00a0nostalgic\u00a0reminder of\u00a0earlier days when pirates were occasionally heard just above the MW band before the X-Band existed. \u00a0It’s been coined the phrase “pirate clear channel 1710” by another DXer. \u00a0Indeed 1710 KHz was a fairly clear channel from my vantage point but 2012 has brought some new full-time residents to the channel, for better or worse, along with the absence of another. \u00a0The Hudson County, New Jersey TIS station continues to be heard throughout the night in these parts while Radio Celestial from the Bronx continues to blast away about 25 hertz to the high side of 1710. \u00a0Both stations make reception of anything else difficult at best here during late night listening sessions. \u00a0Long-time Haitian pirate Radio Soleil Int’l. from Brockton, Mass. was not heard at all here this year. \u00a0I can only assume they have dropped off the air, or something has drastically changed with their equipment. \u00a0In Soleil’s absence, we have two new full time contenders vying for listenership on 1710: Chicago’s “W807<\/a>” and religious Radio Conquista<\/a> from Siler City, NC. \u00a0W807<\/a> has been logged as far away as Detroit and has been a visitor here most nights since its first known re-appearance on October 6th, 2012 (though the roots of the station go back to the 90’s). \u00a0Radio Conquista, though never heard here, also seems to get out well. \u00a0It’s been logged in Florida on more than one occasion by another 1710 DXer. \u00a0The pirate clear channel also saw some activity from Pirate Radio Boston<\/a> in October – a welcome surprise! \u00a0Doctor Benway of Undercover Radio<\/a> continues to\u00a0pursue\u00a0the channel, when the mood strikes him, and has been heard a few times this year reaching out to medium wave listeners. \u00a0Of course 1710 can’t be thought of in the Midwest without the The Big Q coming to mind, popular for its nostalgic\u00a0AM radio format, airing of Chickenman episodes, and classic oldies music spun by the Midnight Man. \u00a0Unfortunately, despite loggings as recent as this week, it remains very difficult to receive unlike previous years when it could be found on 1710 very early into the morning on occasion. \u00a0Something has obviously changed with the station this year and I can only hope the Midnight Man gets the problem sorted out and will return to normal\u00a0business again soon. \u00a01710 always seems full of surprises here, adding mystery to the frequency. \u00a0On November 23rd I heard a station<\/a> relaying the Argentinian FM 92.7 station “La 2×4” that may have been Argentina’s “AM 1710<\/a>” – a legal station in Buenos\u00a0Aires\u00a0that usually relays Radio Milagros FM 94.5 \u00a0Other oddities include reception of \u00a0someone testing<\/a> their gear – confirming that 1710 continues to draw interest.<\/p>\n

Happy Listening in 2013!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As readers may already know, I tend to obsess a bit over hearing pirates on 1710 KHz. \u00a0For me, it’s a\u00a0nostalgic\u00a0reminder of\u00a0earlier days when pirates were occasionally heard just above the MW band before the X-Band existed. \u00a0It’s been coined the phrase “pirate clear channel 1710” by another DXer. \u00a0Indeed 1710 KHz was a fairly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1710-khz","category-pirate","category-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdxer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}