On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:52:44 -0700, David Eduardo wrote:

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Michael wrote:
My totally unmodified R75 gets stations on every MW channel.
Without the attenuation removed, it is a pretty dull performer on
MW. I
would imagine you have not been able to detect even the easy TPs
with it.
I can get the TIS stations at LAX and Barstow.
In other words you can't get any TPs.


WTF is a TP?

Trans-Pacific reception.


Like San Diego?

I've never tried to get any stations from East Asia nor South America
on the MW. It seems that would be more a function of filters than MDS.

TPs are often heard from California, including NZ, Australia, Japan,
Siberia, etc., etc. You need selectivity to pry them out between the
domestic channels and sensitivity as the path is long. The ICOM does not
do it well without the mods.

But I'll bet you any tube radio from the '50s would have no problem. I
quit seriously DXing AM stations when I started working at them. I was
14 at the time.