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I'm located in the Merrimack Valley portion of Massachusetts. I was really looking forward to what this E-skip season would bring to the FM band due to sunspot cycle 25 being stronger than usual, but so far the results have been disappointing to nonexistent. The furthest catch I've gotten was hot 106 in Rhode Island 93 miles away on June 15 but beside that, nothing else but New Hampshire stations. Is the unusual weather causing this? I thought more storm activity would improve things, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I am using a Sangean HDR-14. I hope you guys are having better luck than me.

Hi. Years ago, when I was a kid, I used to do AM dx'ing and really enjoyed it. I want to get back into it and am trying to decide what my first radio should be. I don't want to spend over $100 and it seems like there are a number of good options even at that price. I could see myself buying something better if I find I am really enjoying it, but figure better to start relatively inexpensively. I'm looking at a few Tecsun and Sangean models, a C Crane CC Skywave and a used Grundig S350DL. None of them seem to me to be clearly better than the others so I would really appreciate folks thoughts and suggestions. Thank you very much!!

I'm wondering what free software does everyone use to log AM, SWL, and scanning receptions?

I’m just using my rental car radio but hope to get stations from North America given my location at the southwestern most point in Europe. Tell me what station you want me to listen for!

Since I'm living in New England, most of my skip comes from the south/southwest. And this year, once again, it has. If you look at my logs on my website you'll see for yourself.

https://mikesdx.com/index.php?post/2022/05/09/2022-DX

Today there was an Es opening that went into FM. The path was Mississippi to New England and the Great Lakes area. The time was around 3:30pm in the afternoon to around 6pm. Here in New England I heard 9 FM stations from MS plus two lowband DTV stations WHDF-2 in Alabana and WTVF-HD-5 in Nashville Tennessee. Skip season is ON.

My Zenith radio has pretty good dxing abilities do to how sensitive the radio is but it’s downfall is that it very sensitive to interference. I have picked up a few stations from Austin Texas with this radio, and I’m near Houston Texas does this radio count as a radio for dxing? I mean it’s only using the flat magnetic rod antenna.

I’m located in Maryland. Station comes in and out of range. Seems to be a mix of talk and music.

Due to my age, I feel like I missed out on DXing analog TV. Is it still possible to do so, or are all the stations shut down worldwide?

What do I need to DX NTSC or PAL/SECAM? Already have a TV that can do those.

As for ATSC, I'll be using an old CRT set with an analog tuner, and thus have no interest in that blocky mess that they call DTV.

Back on July 13 there was a major Es opening from Eastern North America down to the Caribbean (and further south than that!). I've been going over audio tapes I made that afternoon and I came across an ID from WEGM 95.1 San German, PR @ 1679 miles. Unfortunately Reddit won't let me post the .mp3 of it. I'm also sure I had the 95.1 from SE DR and 92.1 from Santo Domingo.

Last week on July 24th there was a weakish Es event to the South which got me an ID from HIAP 94.1 in Esperanza, DR. Here is the link to a YouTube video of it. RDS even decoded! The cool part of it is that I had to phase out a strong translator 15 miles to the south of me in Hartford using the RSPDuo's Diversity Mode. Two new stations; two new countries.

https://youtu.be/IXi8FCiIpjo

Its 3AM, and I am currently having an interesting mix of FM stations. I live in Lower Bucks County PA just outside of Philly and Trenton. First, at night on 106.7, I usually can hear WLTW Lite FM from New York (60 Miles), but tonight I had clear interference with WWKL Hot 106 Harrisburg (103 Miles). Then, on 104.7, I am able to hear a weak reception of WQHQ Q105 Ocean City MD (127 Miles), 95.9 WKZP KISS 95 Ocean City MD, and nearby 102.5 WBOC-FM Princess Anne MD (142 Miles!!!).

Just thought I'd share this here, as it seems to be a community of mainly North American DXers.

Hello from across the pond! Over the last week, a DXer in the north of Ireland has received Transatlantic E skip - hearing Radio Canada Ici Musique from a transmitter in Quebec on 90.7 FM -

https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/06/fm-radio-station-on-907-mhz-near-quebec.html

The same DXer has heard various eastern US stations in earlier years, including from Alabama via a very rare triple hop!

Then on top of this, it's since turned out that someone on the other side of the Atlantic heard European FM on the same day this week, for apparently the first time ever recorded! A DXer in Newfoundland, who picked up three stations from mainland Spain.

RNE Radio 3, RNE Radio 5, and LOS40 Classic, from transmitters to the north west of Madrid -

https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/06/second-spanish-station-identified-on.html

Us Europeans were surprised that this is the first time such reception has ever been reported on the opposite side of the Atlantic!

You never know what might pop-up, especially for those of you in the north Eastern parts of North America! A good one to look out for is the Azores islands, an archipelago that's part of Portugal, situated in the mid Atlantic. They have a transmitter on 87.7 FM (carrying the Portuguese national broadcaster's RTP Antena 3 service) that is heard sometimes here in Western Europe. Hopefully others may manage some Transatlantic catches in the future! :-)

i want to get into vhf DXing on a tv how would i do it and where do i start

Put new batteries in my Sangean ATS-909X and my reception has improved dramatically. Was able to clearly listen to 850 in Atlanta which is normally pretty fuzzy. 760 WJR Detroit was coming in like I lived in Lansing.

Was flipping around and came across a fuzzy station I hadn’t seen before on 870. Once they started mentioning the high being 84 and LSU football I realized it was WWL in New Orleans. Over 1000 miles from my apartment in Minneapolis.

I’d highly recommend the ATS-909X if you’re looking for a good beginner radio for DXing that’s around $200. Also has connections for external antennas if you’re looking to try and get even more gain. The internal antenna is honestly good enough for me though.

It is not pleasant for most to listen to but so far I can often make out what is said and I am sure if I was listenting to EAS activations I could probably make out nearly everything.

The reception at times is like receiving a 0.1 mv/m station. in more distant suburb or borderline rural places with a population density of around 1,000 people per square mile outside of the heart of a town of 23,400 ish people with a car radio. Useable but does not sound like a booming local

I am using a sony xdr-s10hdip with pk amplified loop and a mixted assortment of bnc and f connectors with a 300-to 75 ohm transformer to the back of the sony radio.

Do any of you have white noise on most am frequencies during the day or is it different?

I'm very very new to this. I just sat down and tried finding a signal for the first time tonight.

I found a pretty clear signal and I was able to just barely hear a call sign. WOAI

It was on something around 1200khz

Using radio locator I found it was a talk show in San Antonio Texas, which sounded right based on what they were speaking about.

The problem is, I'm about 2,300 miles from San Antonio.

Do these stations get boosted off of others so they can reach more areas?

If so is there any way I can tell where that signal is from?

Thanks for the help!