On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:45:46 -0400, starman wrote:
Stan Barr wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:58:23 -0400, starman wrote:
Paulb wrote:

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

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Paul

They like to use very long antennas for MW DX'ing.

Rotatable loop antennas are usually considered better for MW as you
can null out local stations.

Loops are not sensitive enough for very long MW reception compared to
other antenna types. The folks down under prefer very long beverage
antennas orientated in the direction that favors Europe.

Sensitivity is not a problem, in my experience. I used to run an active
tuned MW loop and my Rx could hear the background noise on a quiet frequency
easily, any more sensitivity than that is a liability rather than an
advantage. It depends a lot on the local noise levels, I am in a rather
noisy urban environment, if you live out in the Australian outback the
situation would be different, of course. The ability to rotate the
antenna to null out a local broadcaster and hear the dx station underneath
is the big advantage of a loop.

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