"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
...
Michael wrote:
Any offerings regarding the longest distance MW, AM broadcast that you
ever
got ???

Talk Radio U.K., 1053 and 1089KHz. (both frequencies heard) Exact
distance is hard to estimate, as they have several high-powered
transmitters on both frequencies and there's no way to know which
transmitters I was hearing. (probably the sum of several)

I've heard a loud 1KHz heterodyne against 1520 WWKB, which almost
certainly came from Saudi Arabia, but with no audio heard I'm not
claiming it.

Going the other direction, my best Western DX would be 690 CBU and 1130
CKWX, both Vancouver, Canada. CBU heard battling with flea-powered KOAQ
in western Nebraska and a French-language station in Saskatchewan, with
the 50KW powerhouse in Montreal off the air. CKWX is actually heard
surprisingly often here on the big antenna.

Mine, here in NJ, has been: 580 KMJ in Fresno, CA. It's a 50KW
station
that I have been able to hear a few times during exceptional MW
conditions.
I had to use SSB, NB, several tweaks to the pbt and my "Frankenstein"
antenna, but I was able to hear the station ID.

I kinda hate to throw water on the fire, but are you SURE you heard KMJ?

California is pretty tough even from here, let alone from New Jersey.
Most East Coast DXers report 640 KFI, 680 KNBR (the most reliable
California signal here), and 1070 KNX. I don't think I've ever seen a
report of KMJ from east of the Rockies. KMJ is only 50KW during the day
(they reduce to 5KW at sunset) and is directional during the day. (my
educated guess is they protect Boise and Topeka. The latter null is in
a line to your location.)

I won't say it's *impossible* you heard KMJ but I do think it's rather
unlikely. My guess is you heard some other station (maybe WHP
Harrisburg?) carrying the same network as KMJ and mentioning the
California station.

No question about it. It was KMJ. I've actually heard it three times. The
first time I heard it was by accident while I was MW DX'ing in SSB. I could
tell it was either a powerful distant transmitter or a weaker one that was
not so far away. When it was audible, I heard the station ID as KMJ. I
returned to it several other times when MW conditions were good, and I was
able to hear it on two other occasions. All three times I was able to hear
it, including the first time, were between 9 and 10pm est. The last time I
heard it was a month ago. The signal went from inaudible noise to barely
audible to perfectly audible a few times over a period of about three
minutes before it went out completely.

I can understand why you would question that one though. The first time I
heard it, I didn't believe it myself. That's why I went back to it so many
times :-)

The next time we have prime MW conditions, I'll make a wav file recording of
it if I can get it again and put it up on my web page.

--
Respectfully,

Michael

Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
Northern NJ
R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
MFJ-1048 preselector
SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
speakers & full software mixer/eq.


Keep at it. You *will* hear California soon enough!
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

From my location on central Vancouver Island on Feb 12, 1996 at 615
UTC I heard HJCY Bogota , Columbia on 810 kHz. It was a strange
night as KGO usually booms in here. There was not a trace of KGO.
What I did hear was a station jingle and "Radio Caracol". Was using
a GE Superradio and no external antenna. I heard them poorly under
KGO again in Nov but not since.

My strangest AM radio experience was in the early 1970's on a
hike down the west coast trail on Vancouver Island. I got up a bit
before sunrise and moved down the beach so as not to disturb those
still sleeping. I pulled out my trusty RS Flavor radio (Lime) to get
the news. There were no North American stations audible. But the
band was full from end to end with Japanese stations.
Bob

Columbia South America, late sunday night back in 1975, to New York.
Had a great Panasonic Radio that had am/fm/ low and high police and
UHF . Wish I could remember the model #

Mike










On 18 Oct 2003 03:42:28 GMT, (J999w) wrote:

Caracas, Venezuela or PJB Bonaire, Netherland Antilles from here in Milwaukee ,
WI. Each approx 2,500 miles. Mexico City is pretty regular here, thats about
1,700 miles.

I've actually done better on Longwave hearing Iceland and Europe, thats about 3
- 4,000 miles.


jw
wb9uai
milwaukee

"Mike DeMeo" wrote in message
...
Columbia South America, late sunday night back in 1975, to New York.
Had a great Panasonic Radio that had am/fm/ low and high police and
UHF . Wish I could remember the model #

"Columbia" is a district, a river, a university and a space shuttle. It is
not a country.

The country is "Colombia."

I've had very good trans-atlantic reception when I was in Montreal. I used to
receive Virgin Radio UK on 1215 kHz, Norway on 1314 kHz, Croatia on 1134 kHz,
France on 1467 kHz on a regular basis. I managed to pull in Saudi Arabia once
on 1521 kHz. I was using a KIWA MW loop and various boatanchor receivers
(HQ-180, SP-600 and R-390A). The KIWA loop is a top-notch antenna - I often
would null out the local Montreal station on 990 kHz and listen to CBC
Winnipeg.

John Barnard

Michael wrote:

Hiya..

Any offerings regarding the longest distance MW, AM broadcast that you ever
got ???

Mine, here in NJ, has been: 580 KMJ in Fresno, CA. It's a 50KW station
that I have been able to hear a few times during exceptional MW conditions.
I had to use SSB, NB, several tweaks to the pbt and my "Frankenstein"
antenna, but I was able to hear the station ID.

Any other war stories out there ???
--
Respectfully,

Michael

Home Page: http://md_dxing.tripod.com/
Northern NJ
R75 w/DSP, Kiwa agc/sync & audio mods
G5RV & 200ft longwire w/ICE-180
MFJ-1048 preselector
SoundBlstr Live PC card w/five piece Cambridge
speakers & full software mixer/eq.

porcupine wrote:

KORL 650 Honolulu, from Albany NY, in 1965.

Nice catch. What was the receiver, antenna type and time of year?

BTW- That year (1965) was close to the minimum of the sunspot cycle
then, which favors MW DX'ing.


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Paulb wrote:

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

--
Paul

They like to use very long antennas for MW DX'ing.


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On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 03:58:23 -0400, starman wrote:
Paulb wrote:

Dxers in New Zealand and Australia have heard European MW stations,
which is about as far as you can get. Sorry I've not got the details
to hand

--
Paul

They like to use very long antennas for MW DX'ing.

Rotatable loop antennas are usually considered better for MW as you
can null out local stations.

--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb .at. dial .dot. pipex .dot. com
(Remove any digits from the addresses when mailing me.)

The future was never like this!

Jack wrote:

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:13:47 -0400, Tony Meloche
wrote:



Michael wrote:

Hiya..

Any offerings regarding the longest distance MW, AM broadcast that you ever
got ???

Mine, here in NJ, has been: 580 KMJ in Fresno, CA. It's a 50KW station
that I have been able to hear a few times during exceptional MW conditions.
I had to use SSB, NB, several tweaks to the pbt and my "Frankenstein"
antenna, but I was able to hear the station ID.

Any other war stories out there ???
--
Respectfully,

Michael



Actually posted one of mine a few weeks ago here, but my two best
catches have been (the station now known as) KNUS in Denver, CO from my
room at home in Detroit when I was a kid (1964). A 5,000W station from
1200 miles away. I still remember that late afternoon (KNUS was on the
grayline at the time I got the reception).

I also pulled CMBV from Wajay, Cuba not long ago, which was my first
foreign (excluding Canada) AM broadcast. That's about 1350 miles from
where I live now, but it is listed as a 500,000W station! But it was a
heck of a kick to know I was listening to an ordinary AM station from
another part of the world.

Tony


I lived in upstate New York when I was a kid and actively DX'ed BCB.
Here's a couple I recall.

There were two high-power Cuban stations on the lower part of the BCB
that I used to pick up in the almost every night in early/mid 70's.
(Anybody recall the ones I mean?)

I also used to listen to KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah every night back
then. The fact that it was a clear-channel 50 KW'er helped.

There were many more that I can't remember. Conditions were good
those years, and got it into my head to attempt to receive at least
one DX station on each assigned AM BCB frequency. I checked them off
on xerox copies of White's Radio Log. (Wish they were still
publishing it)...



You had to love White's! The last time it was published - and it was
a "resurection" - was in 1983, so far as I know, by a fellow named Don
Gabree and his wife (or maybe daughter) Lari Gabree. He had input from
such people as Don Jensen and Glen Hauser in doing it, and it was
supposed to be an "annual", but AFAIK that was it. I still have it
though it's hideously outdated now. The WHAM logs are good, but just
not the same as grabbin' that well-thumbed Whites
and flippin' the pages . . .

Tony


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Tony Meloche wrote:
You had to love White's! The last time it was published - and it was
a "resurection" - was in 1983, so far as I know, by a fellow named Don
Gabree and his wife (or maybe daughter) Lari Gabree. He had input from
such people as Don Jensen and Glen Hauser in doing it, and it was
supposed to be an "annual", but AFAIK that was it. I still have it
though it's hideously outdated now. The WHAM logs are good, but just
not the same as grabbin' that well-thumbed Whites
and flippin' the pages . . .

You *are* aware of the NRC AM Radio Log (http://www.nrcdxas.org), right?

(still, White's *was* a radio institution, sad to see it go...)
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com