"DEFCON 88" wrote in message
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On Oct 24, 11:49 pm, "Brenda Ann"
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"DEFCON 88" wrote in message

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OK, the fadeout probably means skywave. Rare conditions can give mid-
day MW
skywave DX. In fact, I had a vague memory of a great high-noon MW
skywave
opening to the northwest. I dusted off my old logs and sure enough, on
January 25 1994 I heard these stations right around noon:

1112 EST - KDAL 610 - Duluth, MN - 5 kw
1139 EST - WKKQ 650 - Nashwauk, MN - 10 kw
1200 EST - CJOB 680 - Winnipeg, MB - 50 kw
1216 EST - WDSM 710 - Superior, WI - 10 kw
1248 EST - WMEQ 880 - Menomonie, WI - 10 kw

Winnipeg (CJOB) is about 1,000 miles away from me. Hearing 1,000 miles
to the
northwest via skywave at high noon on medium wave blew my mind! This
kind of
stuff is why I love to DX medium wave.

They were heard on a Drake R8 and Kiwa loop.

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My most interesting DX was ~ 400 mile ground wave. I was living in
Astoria,
OR, and was able to listen to (then) KFXD 580 in Boise on my car radio all
day long, all winter long.

Interestingly, this works both ways: On a visit to Lewiston, ID, I could
hear several Portland stations, this on a GE Superadio II, during the day
in
the winter. These were (then) KGW 620, KWJJ 1080 and KEX 1190. On a day
with
a heavy snowfall over the entire northwest, KGW sounded just like a local
station... and it wasn't even in their pattern!

There's a part of town in SW Portland (Raleigh Hills) where, on my little
6
transistor pocket radio, any day, any time of year (daytime only!) I could
listen to 610 out of Kennewick, WA just by nulling KGW by turning the
radio
in just the right direction.

Yep... BCBDX really is fun.

Astoria looks like a great location for hearing MW DX from places
across the Pacific like Hawaii, Asia, Australia, etc. Did you ever try
that?


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You have to have a really directional antenna system to null out the strong
regional stations plus the 50KW night time blowtorches. My friend Pat has
DX'ed much of S. America and Asia from his place in Warrenton (just across
the bay). For me, the band was pretty much loaded with Canadian, Mexican and
western US blowtorches. Reports from DX'ers in HI noted reception of KAST
(1370) during daytime hours (their pattern is pretty much aimed at that part
of the Pacific.)