I picked up a station in Mexico city from the Texas hill country. With a
crystal set.

Check this out....

http://www.geocities.com/MarkWA1ION/nfdx2001.htm

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

--
Paul

Paulb wrote:

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

--
Paul

They like to use very long antennas for MW DX'ing.


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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:58:23 -0400, starman wrote:
Paulb wrote:

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

--
Paul

They like to use very long antennas for MW DX'ing.

Rotatable loop antennas are usually considered better for MW as you
can null out local stations.

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Stan Barr stanb .at. dial .dot. pipex .dot. com
(Remove any digits from the addresses when mailing me.)

The future was never like this!

Stan Barr wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:58:23 -0400, starman wrote:
Paulb wrote:

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

--
Paul

They like to use very long antennas for MW DX'ing.

Rotatable loop antennas are usually considered better for MW as you
can null out local stations.

Loops are not sensitive enough for very long MW reception compared to
other antenna types. The folks down under prefer very long beverage
antennas orientated in the direction that favors Europe.


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Stan Barr wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:58:23 -0400, starman wrote:
Paulb wrote:

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

--
Paul

They like to use very long antennas for MW DX'ing.

Rotatable loop antennas are usually considered better for MW as you
can null out local stations.

Loops are not sensitive enough for very long MW reception compared to
other antenna types. The folks down under prefer very long beverage
antennas orientated in the direction that favors Europe.

I logged 87 countries from 1959 to 1963, as well as getting verification of
over 2,300 stations total.

The best combination today would be phased beverage antennas if you have the
land... about 1000 feet needed... or phased slopers (big yard needed).

But a loop is sensitive enough under most conditions... it is the most
common antenna of most AM DXers, few of whom can put up 1000 foot aerials.

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:45:46 -0400, starman wrote:
Stan Barr wrote:

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:58:23 -0400, starman wrote:
Paulb wrote:

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

--
Paul

They like to use very long antennas for MW DX'ing.

Rotatable loop antennas are usually considered better for MW as you
can null out local stations.

Loops are not sensitive enough for very long MW reception compared to
other antenna types. The folks down under prefer very long beverage
antennas orientated in the direction that favors Europe.

Sensitivity is not a problem, in my experience. I used to run an active
tuned MW loop and my Rx could hear the background noise on a quiet frequency
easily, any more sensitivity than that is a liability rather than an
advantage. It depends a lot on the local noise levels, I am in a rather
noisy urban environment, if you live out in the Australian outback the
situation would be different, of course. The ability to rotate the
antenna to null out a local broadcaster and hear the dx station underneath
is the big advantage of a loop.

--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb .at. dial .dot. pipex .dot. com
(Remove any digits from the addresses when mailing me.)

The future was never like this!

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Check this out....

http://www.geocities.com/MarkWA1ION/nfdx2001.htm


And from this side of the pond......

http://www.dx.freewire.co.uk/


regards,

Ian