Very interesting, Dave.

I guess I just wasn't A M d x ing at the right time to have that experience!
(smile)

I, too, also still enjoy A M d x ing, but with so many lower-power A M
stations now broadcasting at night on what used to be clear channels, it
just isn't like it used to be.

One thing that really brought this home to me was when I was out in Colorado
from 2009 to 2010.

There were A M stations in the Denver area on 670 and 760 A M that would
broadcast at low output power at night, and they would overtake WSCR from
Chicago, and WJR from Detroit.  The frustrating thing was that you could
hear the power-house stations in there, but not well enough for comfortable
listening.  I also have noticed this now on the East coast.
One particularly good example is WoWO in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 1190 A.m.
When I was a kid, that station was a 50 thousand watt monster that ruled
that frequency at night.  Now, I have trouble even picking them up when
visiting relatives, due to a number of stations heterodyning on the
frequency at the same time.  I think one is in New York City, and the other
in Anapolis, Maryland.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ


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Hi Tom,

 From my Clifton New Jersey location I did hear XERF once.  The Canadian
station was the predominant on 1570 but conditions must have been a bit
auroral at the time.  I was able to take advantage of a favorable null of
the Canadian and catch an XERF station id.

I heard another of the classic Mexican stations on an early Monday morning
when WHN was off for transmitter proof of performance and CHUM in Toronto
was nulled.  It was XEG.  They identified as "The one hundred thousand watt
clear voice of Monterrey Mexico".

It's still fun to DX the broadcast band despite the fact that programming
content on AM radio for the most part is abysmal.


Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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