It doesn't matter what radio you get, you are not going to be able to get
what you are looking for on the AM broadcast band. The long distance
reception you may be reading about here are rare events and are usually
audible just well enough to identify and then not for long. At night, you
should be able to get as far north as Washington state on a fairly regular
basis but during the day, forget it.


"James Nipper" wrote in message
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Only if you want the best.

--James--

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I live in Malibu, CA and would enjoy
listening to talk shows out of New York, Chicago and other cities with
great hosts.

"CW" wrote in message
news:vPnkb.815189$Ho3.223307@sccrnsc03...
It doesn't matter what radio you get, you are not going to be able to get
what you are looking for on the AM broadcast band. The long distance
reception you may be reading about here are rare events and are usually
audible just well enough to identify and then not for long. At night, you
should be able to get as far north as Washington state on a fairly regular
basis but during the day, forget it.




Yeah, CW's right. 20 - 25 years ago I could catch bits of KFI through WOI
from Chicago every once in a while. Not any more. The old clear channel
stations now have much less nighttime protection than they used to, and it
was always an iffy proposition anyway.

Frank Dresser

In article vPnkb.815189$Ho3.223307@sccrnsc03, "CW"
writes:


I live in Malibu, CA and would enjoy
listening to talk shows out of New York, Chicago and other cities with
great hosts.

SOMEONE ( name escapes me) in this group used multiple Loop antennas
to null out local stations & , from teh midwest, pick up NY stations..
- probably not on a regular basis thoough..

- There are probably some NY talk shows that are carried by local AM stations
in Calif...

- Then on Sunday Nights, on 7.415, there's John Lightning;
( &- HE'S a New Yorker ...! )

"Diverd4777" wrote in message
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In article vPnkb.815189$Ho3.223307@sccrnsc03, "CW"
writes:


I live in Malibu, CA and would enjoy
listening to talk shows out of New York, Chicago and other cities with
great hosts.

SOMEONE ( name escapes me) in this group used multiple Loop antennas
to null out local stations & , from teh midwest, pick up NY stations..
- probably not on a regular basis thoough..

[snip]

Distance is less of a problem than interference. I can hear most of East
Coast/Southern "clear channel" stations pretty well here in Chicago at
night. The New York stations are more difficult, but mostly because of loud
adjacent channel interference here. But on the West Coast, there's now
usually a powerful local or regional station with a directional antenna,
right on the same frequency. I used to get KSL almost like a nighttime
local, before WJJD/WSCR and others went to 24 hour operation. I suppose
nulling most of it out is possible, but it would take some time and
determination to find out.

If the original poster is more interested in the programming, rather than
the challenge, the Internet radio suggestion is a good one.

Frank Dresser

"CW" wrote in
news:vPnkb.815189$Ho3.223307@sccrnsc03:

It doesn't matter what radio you get, you are not going to be able to
get what you are looking for on the AM broadcast band. The long
distance reception you may be reading about here are rare events and
are usually audible just well enough to identify and then not for long.
At night, you should be able to get as far north as Washington state on
a fairly regular basis but during the day, forget it.



I agree. The best I could do from here in L.A. is ID a few Canadian
stations, but the signals aren't very listenable. I could pick up a rare
signal east of the Mississippi River (KY and OH), but not much further.

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