Why not go for all 50 States -- for best bets see URL:
http://ac6v.com/clearam.htm#50

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"Maturin" wrote in message
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I'm new to the hobby of SWL, and currently studying for a amateur
radio license. I'm using a Sony ICF-2010 as my primary radio. I
apologize if my question is OT, but I'm interested in picking up
distant MW signals. One of my better catches would have to be WICC on
600 kHz broadcasting from Bridgeport, CT @ 500 W, and approx. 350
miles from me (reciever is in downeast Maine.) Anyway, my goal is to
pick up a signal from each of the 48 contiguous states. In addition to
the 2010 I've got a Terk loop. Is this setup adequate for my goal
(assuming "luck" as a factor)? I'd add that I'm limited to indoor
antennas at this time. I suppose I will need to pay more attention to
timing....
SNIP Question 2
thanks,
M.

"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
news:GOfyd.12163$JI.5760@fed1read07...
Why not go for all 50 States -- for best bets see URL:
http://ac6v.com/clearam.htm#50

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Great link.

-Brian

Back in the 1950's almost any cheap little transistor radio I owned that
had five or six transistors could at night time pick up some radio
stations in New York City and Denver and Detroit and Minneapolis and a
radio station in either (I forget which city now) Los Angeles or
Sacramento.
cuhulin

wrote:

Back in the 1950's almost any cheap little transistor radio I owned that
had five or six transistors could at night time pick up some radio
stations in New York City and Denver and Detroit and Minneapolis and a
radio station in either (I forget which city now) Los Angeles or
Sacramento.


I would not have thought that there were any CHEAP five or six
transistor radios in the fifties. Didn't the Sixties bring in the less
expensive sets?



mike

m II wrote:
wrote:
Back in the 1950's almost any cheap little transistor radio I owned that
had five or six transistors could at night time pick up some radio
stations in New York City and Denver and Detroit and Minneapolis and a
radio station in either (I forget which city now) Los Angeles or
Sacramento.

I would not have thought that there were any CHEAP five or six
transistor radios in the fifties. Didn't the Sixties bring in the less
expensive sets?

You win. It wasn't until the little Japanese companies flooded the market
with cheapies that the prices became very affordable. Before that, an
all-transistor, American-made radio cost about one week's take-home pay.

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cuhulin

wrote:

The Birth Of Christ And The Birth Of America Are Linked.
www.chuckbaldwinlive.com


There was a white horse at the nativity?

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/kaleidos...me7/birth.html




mike

m II wrote:

wrote:

Back in the 1950's almost any cheap little transistor radio I owned that
had five or six transistors could at night time pick up some radio
stations in New York City and Denver and Detroit and Minneapolis and a
radio station in either (I forget which city now) Los Angeles or
Sacramento.

I would not have thought that there were any CHEAP five or six
transistor radios in the fifties. Didn't the Sixties bring in the less
expensive sets?

The first generation of transistor radios cost several hundred dollars
in today's money, which is similar to the first pocket calculators in
the 70's.


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) writes:
Back in the 1950's almost any cheap little transistor radio I owned that
had five or six transistors could at night time pick up some radio
stations in New York City and Denver and Detroit and Minneapolis and a
radio station in either (I forget which city now) Los Angeles or
Sacramento.
cuhulin

But one of the immediate problems is closer stations getting in the way of
distant stations. A local station will block the use of that frequency,
unless you wait till it goes off the air for some reason. Same if KDKA
is booming in. The problem of receiving distant stations can't come
into play until you can eliminate closer stations.

Michael

An MFJ-1025/26 does this pretty nicely if your offending station is
groundwave, a bit more difficult if your station is skywave. It helps
to disable the MW attenuation (easily done, not easily reversible).
Bruce Jensen