Getting back on topic ... ahem !

Trying to tune in WEEI Boston to hear the Red Sox game. From 0315 to 0325 a
German broadcast kept alternating with the game. The program seemed to be
news or a magazine format; the only word I could understand was "Istanbul".
There were a male and a female speaking.
I was using a Radio Shack SW100 which has analog tuning that is not precise
on the scale. The German was on a very narrow bandwidth, while WEEI was
coming in with several images. But it was definitely between WCRN 830 and a
French Canadian station at 860 or 870. I was not able to bring the German in
on my Degen 1102 with digital tuning to get an exact frequency.
Does anyone know of a US based station with German language programing on
that frequency? What are the chances that it was a transatlantic skip?

Not a chance. 850 *Hz* is far too low a frequency! However, 846 kHz and 855
kHz are valid European frequencies, but it's extremely unlikely to skip
across the pond in May, more likely in the depths of winter. Probably a US
station.
--
Simon Mason

European medium wave stations have been logged this spring from the east coast
of the US. The closer you are to the actual sea shore the better the chance of
it being actual DX. With you being in Boston, it's quite likely. The fact that
you were getting images from a strong local station makes me skeptical though.

Take a look here and see what's possible:

http://www.nrcdxas.org/articles/1st50.html

Living here in the midwest, I have only heard carriers but audio has been
logged in Illinois during really good openings.

I have heard EU and AF on longwave however.

Try again and if you hear it, TAPE IT !

73,

jw
K9RZZ
Milwaukee