"Brenda Ann" wrote:
| I've had weather (particularly cold, snowy weather) affect groundwave
| greatly... especially on the lower end of the AM band. I've managed to
| receive what was KFXD (580 Boise/Nampa/Caldwell, ID (towers in Boise) on
my
| car radio in broad daylight in Astoria, Oregon during a heavy snowstorm
that
| stretched from the Oregon coast to the Rocky Mountains.. this was a near
| local signal level.. During the same conditions several years later, I was
| able to receive, on the inside of a concrete building, on a GE SRII, what
| was then KGW (620 Portland) at Dworshak Reservoir near Orofino, ID..

I've noticed the same effect(s) when listening to MW, especially when the
snow is wet and heavy - possibly some effect on ground conductivity?

Just a thought...

73,

S.L.


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