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Offline East Troy Don

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MW DX'ing in East Troy WI....
« on: December 04, 2018, 0300 UTC »
Just  a sampling of MW stations pulled in during the evening of Dec 2nd on the portable Sangean ATS-909X with telescopic antenna only:

610 khz @ 20:32  WTEL Philadelphia 714 miles .   Sports talk re: McCarthy firing and the NCAA football rankings

630 khz  @  20:45 CFCO Chatham, Ontario  317 miles   Adult pop music

690 khz @ 20:51 CKGM  Montreal, Quebec 759 miles  Sports talk re:  Possible lineup changes for the NHL Montreal Canadians

700 khz @ 20:57 WLW Cincinnati Ohio . 326 miles ID and commercial block followed by story on funeral of President George H.W. Bush

740 khz @ 21:05 CFZM Toronto Ontario 458 miles "  ID and "Big Band Sunday Night Program" playing Louis Armstrong's 'High Society"

750 khz @ 21:10 WSB Atlanta GA . 735 miles .  Female announcer discussing Amazon's business practices

760 khz @ 21:25 WJR Detroit MI . 275 miles Bill Cunningham discussing voter fraud in California

830 khz @ 21:28 . WCCO Minneapolis MN . 286 Miles  ID, commercial block and Weathe

840 khz @ 21:30 . WHAS  Louisville KY . 343 miles ID and commercial block.  "News Radio 840..."

940 khz WEAV @ 21:45 Plattsburgh, NY . 758 miles . Broadcasting the NFL Monday Night Football game
« Last Edit: December 05, 2018, 1441 UTC by East Troy Don »
Primary: Yaesu FRG-7700  Secondary: ICOM R75 Tertiary: Grundig  750. Tecsun PL-990X, Tecsun PL-880 . Malahit DSP SDR V3,  Alpha Delta  SWL Sloper antenna. : Also, 1940 Mantola am/sw tube. CountyComm GP-5/SSB hand held, Tecsun PL-380 ,et al.  QTH: EAST TROY WI  USA.  Sea Level: + 320 meters .  75 miles (but not far enough) NNW of Chicago

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Re: MW DX'ing in East Troy WI....
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2018, 2116 UTC »
7 Dec 2018 from 0400z 830 kHz WCCO Minneapolis MN coming in very well and sounding like a local into the West Coast with regional accents.
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Re: MW DX'ing in East Troy WI....
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2018, 0438 UTC »
21 Dec 2018 from 0400z The Jim Bohannon Show 1020 kHz KDKA Pittsburgh PA w/ some mixing from others
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