How many AM stations have you picked up while in the contiguous U.S. that do not have call letters beginning with a W, K, C or X? I know that some dedicated DXers have heard stations from Asia, Europe and the Middle East on very sensitive receivers.
I just scan the dial in my car radio when on vacation. Here are the ones that come to mind for me...
1. Radio Martí - 1140 Marathon FL - 100,000 watts - I heard it while in Southern Florida - Not regulated by the FCC so it has no call letters.
2. ZNS-1 - 1540 Nassau, Bahamas - 50,000 watts - Also heard while in Southern Florida
3. Trans World Radio - 800 Bonaire in the Caribbean - I heard it several times, many years ago on a home radio at night in the NYC area. I believe the station was half a million watts in those days. It no longer has that power.
4. VOCM - 590 St. John's, Newfoundland - 10,000 watts - Actually, I wasn't in the contiguous U.S. at the time. I picked up VOCM clearly while in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. But those locations are only a couple of hundred miles from the Maine border, so I think I could hear it there as well. The call sign dates from the 1930s, before Newfoundland was part of Canada.
5. I've heard several Cuban stations while in Florida and even sometimes fighting with stations in the New York area. Radio Reloj at 790 and 950, Radio Enciclopedia on 530 plus others. But they once had C call letters from when Cuba was cooperating with other North American countries, so maybe we shouldn't count Cuban stations.
6. I've heard stations playing Caribbean and Reggae music while in New Orleans and Florida. But the sound was muddled and I didn't hear any talking. Were they from Jamaica? Another Caribbean country? I don't know. So I don't think I can count stations that I could not identify.
I just scan the dial in my car radio when on vacation. Here are the ones that come to mind for me...
1. Radio Martí - 1140 Marathon FL - 100,000 watts - I heard it while in Southern Florida - Not regulated by the FCC so it has no call letters.
2. ZNS-1 - 1540 Nassau, Bahamas - 50,000 watts - Also heard while in Southern Florida
3. Trans World Radio - 800 Bonaire in the Caribbean - I heard it several times, many years ago on a home radio at night in the NYC area. I believe the station was half a million watts in those days. It no longer has that power.
4. VOCM - 590 St. John's, Newfoundland - 10,000 watts - Actually, I wasn't in the contiguous U.S. at the time. I picked up VOCM clearly while in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. But those locations are only a couple of hundred miles from the Maine border, so I think I could hear it there as well. The call sign dates from the 1930s, before Newfoundland was part of Canada.
5. I've heard several Cuban stations while in Florida and even sometimes fighting with stations in the New York area. Radio Reloj at 790 and 950, Radio Enciclopedia on 530 plus others. But they once had C call letters from when Cuba was cooperating with other North American countries, so maybe we shouldn't count Cuban stations.
6. I've heard stations playing Caribbean and Reggae music while in New Orleans and Florida. But the sound was muddled and I didn't hear any talking. Were they from Jamaica? Another Caribbean country? I don't know. So I don't think I can count stations that I could not identify.