To be honest, the most frustrating part is not even the content, but the fact that it is the same content on every station. When I tune from 530 to 1600 KHz, it dosent seem to matter how good the dx is, I dont hear anything within the US worth listening to (unfortunately, my RX stops at 1600)
Then again, an optimist would probably say that the difficult stations between the numerous syndicated satellite repeaters are the real reward for listening, but that dosent mean hearing the same show on several frequencies isnt a little disheartening.
This. That's the biggest reason why I've yet to get serious about MW DXing. One of the great appeals of SW is to hear the news and music of other countries and cultures. But from my suburban location in the middle of the continent, all I can really get is other American AM stations, which have little to distinguish themselves from what I have locally, or from one another. And if I'm getting Mexican stations, they're hard to distinguish from any Spanish language station in the SW USA which is intended for the Mexican American market. The best thing I've gotten in the way of MW DX is Cuban stations like Radio Rebelde on MW.
That said, I'll probably make more of an effort this winter. We have a couple of years of rock bottom SFI to look forward to, so we have to make the best of the situation.
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