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.

--
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

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 23:39:30 GMT, Michael wrote:
Hiya..

Any offerings regarding the longest distance MW, AM broadcast that you ever
got ???

Mine, here in NJ, has been: 580 KMJ in Fresno, CA. It's a 50KW station
that I have been able to hear a few times during exceptional MW conditions.
I had to use SSB, NB, several tweaks to the pbt and my "Frankenstein"
antenna, but I was able to hear the station ID.

Any other war stories out there ???

Not the most distant MW stations I've ever heard, but latley I've been
able to hear quite a few US stations here on Merseyside. WINS has been
particularly strong. A couple of years ago an oldies record show on a
Canadian station (CJON??) was extremely strong and I would have liked to
have phoned up with a record request but they only gave out an 800 number
which you can't call from abroad :-(

--
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!

Here in Sactown, back in the late 80s, heard Trans World Radio, 800 khz,
Bonaire(as clear as a Radio Netherlands broadcast)on a Realistic car receiver!
Got home, and tried to tune it in on a Panasonic RF-2200 (my main s.w. rig of
that time), and nothing. Went back out to the car, and heard nothing but
ststic.

I've heard 730khz XEX Mexico City here in Milwaukee with a cheapie Walmart boom
box with it's filters wide as a barn door.

jw
wb9uai
milwaukee

From my location on central Vancouver Island on Feb 12, 1996 at 615
UTC I heard HJCY Bogota , Columbia on 810 kHz. It was a strange
night as KGO usually booms in here. There was not a trace of KGO.
What I did hear was a station jingle and "Radio Caracol". Was using
a GE Superradio and no external antenna. I heard them poorly under
KGO again in Nov but not since.

My strangest AM radio experience was in the early 1970's on a
hike down the west coast trail on Vancouver Island. I got up a bit
before sunrise and moved down the beach so as not to disturb those
still sleeping. I pulled out my trusty RS Flavor radio (Lime) to get
the news. There were no North American stations audible. But the
band was full from end to end with Japanese stations.
Bob

I've had very good trans-atlantic reception when I was in Montreal. I used to
receive Virgin Radio UK on 1215 kHz, Norway on 1314 kHz, Croatia on 1134 kHz,
France on 1467 kHz on a regular basis. I managed to pull in Saudi Arabia once
on 1521 kHz. I was using a KIWA MW loop and various boatanchor receivers
(HQ-180, SP-600 and R-390A). The KIWA loop is a top-notch antenna - I often
would null out the local Montreal station on 990 kHz and listen to CBC
Winnipeg.

John Barnard

Michael wrote:

Hiya..

Any offerings regarding the longest distance MW, AM broadcast that you ever
got ???

Mine, here in NJ, has been: 580 KMJ in Fresno, CA. It's a 50KW station
that I have been able to hear a few times during exceptional MW conditions.
I had to use SSB, NB, several tweaks to the pbt and my "Frankenstein"
antenna, but I was able to hear the station ID.

Any other war stories out there ???
--
Respectfully,

Michael

Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
Northern NJ
R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
MFJ-1048 preselector
SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
speakers & full software mixer/eq.

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 23:39:30 GMT, "Michael"
wrote:

My longest this fall would be Manitoba to Brisbane, Australia - about
8,400 Miles.
I'm pretty sure I've had Perth in the past to get up to around 10,000
miles. - using about 2300 feet of beverage antenna.

Hiya..

Any offerings regarding the longest distance MW, AM broadcast that you ever
got ???

Mine, here in NJ, has been: 580 KMJ in Fresno, CA. It's a 50KW station
that I have been able to hear a few times during exceptional MW conditions.
I had to use SSB, NB, several tweaks to the pbt and my "Frankenstein"
antenna, but I was able to hear the station ID.

Any other war stories out there ???
--
Respectfully,

Michael

Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
Northern NJ
R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
MFJ-1048 preselector
SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
speakers & full software mixer/eq.