[AF] Summertime FM DX season is here

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

My best ever DX catch on FM was 96.5 and 97.3 in Sioux Falls, SD from
Norwich CT.

On AM, my best was 680 KNBR San Francisco, CA from Marks, MS

Paul Walker



On 5/11/07, Kevin Tekel <amstereoexp at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Today I happened to stumble across one of my best FM DX catches ever, on
> my stock 1997 Volkswagen car radio.  I tuned in 90.5 MHz, expecting to
> hear local high school station WCVH from Flemington, NJ, but instead I
> heard classical music with a consistent local-quality signal.  After the
> musical piece was over, the announcer IDed the station as "Classical
> Minnesota Public Radio."  That's 90.5 KGAC from Saint Peter, MN, a 75 kW
> Class C1 signal.  Distance to my QTH at time of (mobile) reception was
> about 1,030 miles!  I checked again about two hours later, and the signal
> was still there, coming in just as clearly as before.
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> Any guess as to whether this was tropo or E-skip?  I noticed many local
> stations had very poor reception, with lots of other stations trying to
> come in and making a mess of cochannel interference.  I'm sure if I had
> time to scan the band I would've scored a number of other good FM DX
> catches.
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