Joe McSweeney wrote:
This may not be the best pace to post this, but I figured it would be a good
place to start. I live in Maine and am trying to get a Massachusetts AM
station can anyone recommend a good AM radio or better alternatives to the
regular AM antenna that comes with my AM radio from Radioshack? If there
are other newsgroups to check please let me know.


Jon, your antenna and radio might not be the problem. Depending upon
where you are in ME and where the transmitter may be in MA the problem
might simply be propagation. Signals in the AM broadcast band,
especially those from relatively low powered stations simply don't
travel as far as the signals in the shortwave bands. Duriing daytime
hours most of the signal is dissipated in the ionosphere. At night as
the ionization fades the signals can potentially skip and travel farther
so your best chances are at night. However, some AM stations reduce
there power, go off the air or change their radiation pattern at dusk to
avoid putting too strong a signal into the area of other stations
operating on the same frequency.

Jim, WD9FRF