KXEL 1540 AM Waterloo, IA 0005 UTC 20 NOV 2023

[Ct Yankee]

Excellent reception on the Tecsun 600 with its own antenna - about 1,200 air miles from my qth. I believe my first catch from Iowa.. Correction: I have picked up WHO 1040 from Des Moines.

0005 OM "...it's 51 degrees, here on your voice of eastern Iowa - KXEL."

[Treehouse SWL]

Nice catch! That station sneaks in underneath semi-local KXPA out here regularly.

This is the nutty thing about U.S. geography. I think most folks would assume Iowa is closer to me on the West Coast than to you in Connecticut. And yet, KXEL is just under 1,500 miles away from me.