This is a topic I've been meaning to post for some time now. Does anyone living in a fringe area able to receive a station over or about 100 miles away on a regular basis? Here in Pelion, SC (22 miles SE of Columbia), with an outside antenna and amplifier hooked up, I am able to receive WZFX 99.1 from Fayettville throughout the day off and on, especially now that WBAW 99.1 is off the air. I never lose the signal for WSSL 100.5 out of the upstate, and WNKT 107.5 Charleston, they always pick up like a local even without an outside antenna. Other stations I have noticed popping up all the time are WIBT 96.1 Charlotte, WSPA 98.9 Spartanburg, WBAV-FM 101.9 Charlotte, WJMZ 107.3 Greenville, WNMX 106.1 from south of Charlotte, and WLNK 107.9 Charlotte. Other mentions that come in from time to time are WYNN 106.3 Florence, WDAR 105.5 Florence. Keep in mind that these stations can be received outside of DX conditions. Any of you guys share the same stories?
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Far away stations you receive more than usual DX conditions?
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Hey Neil when I was still living down in SC I lived on one of the highest points in Kershaw County. As Powell and others who are ham operators can tell you if I heard it I worked it. I had a 4 eleiment yagi up about 40 feet and even on the not so great days I could pick up all the major market stations in SC as well as a lot of the little mom & pop ones as well. When we had good temp inversion I could pick up stations as far west as MS to the north a lot of the DC stations, and to the south the FL and GA stations were constant visitors. I used an ICOM R-100 general cover RCVR and it had a 20dB preamp built into the rig. I really miss DXing up here where I am at now... All of the stations sound the same so I always look forward to Dec amd late May early June for some good FM E Skip in hopes that the carolina's will pay northern IL a visit... Being married now it is kinda hard to gain the YL's support to put my dream antenna farm together, but I keep dreaming... CC1
Re: Far away stations you receive more than usual DX conditions? (? for Carroll)
Hey Carroll, thanks for responding. Maybe you can help me here, as I am using just a regular rooftop antenna, nothing special that is about 10 years old, and I am using an amplifier from Wal-Mart. From your standpoint, my radio reception is nothing compared to yours. I've always wanted to achieve a better way of recieving radio signals. I've tried them all. I'm honestly not very satisfied with the antenna and amplifier setup, I want something better. How do I find the equipment you have and what is the price range. If you want, you can e-mail me or send it here. I would love to pick up station even further away on a regular basis. Thanks.
Neil
Hey Carroll, thanks for responding. Maybe you can help me here, as I am using just a regular rooftop antenna, nothing special that is about 10 years old, and I am using an amplifier from Wal-Mart. From your standpoint, my radio reception is nothing compared to yours. I've always wanted to achieve a better way of recieving radio signals. I've tried them all. I'm honestly not very satisfied with the antenna and amplifier setup, I want something better. How do I find the equipment you have and what is the price range. If you want, you can e-mail me or send it here. I would love to pick up station even further away on a regular basis. Thanks.
Neil
My old rig I don't think they even make anymore... I paid around $600.00 back around 90. The R-100 goes from 50Khz up to 1.8 gig... What is your HAAT?Remember for FM line of sight is your best friend. I had a omni directional antenna as well that came from The Shack... My Yagi was home made by a ham friend who lived in McBee SC... He also built a lot of other ham antennas for me as well. Remember back to HAAT the high you are the better you are... You being on the SE side of Cola Town I imagine the you do pretty good to the south down towards Charleston, Hilton Head, and you should have a clean look towards augusta and points west... My old Rig is still down in SC. I just don;t have anywhere to keep it up here for right now since we are doing work in our basement and not to mention that work is keeping me busy... I am so far behind on doing everything so I would not even have to to try DXing up here unless I hit the Mega Millions Lottery 
. CC1
. CC1Honestly Carroll, I don't know jack about HAAT and all that other stuff to put it blatantly. When I point the antenna towards Charleston, I do pick up WZAS 98.9 a good bit and WIHB 92.5, but the problem with 92.5 is WESC keeps buzzing in. As for as others I may pick up WAVF 96.1 and 98.1 (forgot the calls) out of charleston, but those are mainly on DX conditions. When I have my antenna pointed towards the northwest and augusta, I get a clear shot of 94.1 out of Greenwood, WSPX 94.5 out of Orangburg, WORG 100.3 out of Oraneburg, and WZSN 103.5 out of Greenwood. Also, when I have it pointed towards the northeast, I can usually get those stations bettter at night like 99.1 Fayetville, WKZQ 101.7 MYB, WYNN 106.3 Flo, WDAR 105.5 to name a few. My thing is increasing those signals and hopefully getting more of them and of the other stations. I just have no clue about the more scientific ways of doing it. In all honesty, I'd rather listen to Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Florence, and other market radio than listen to Columbia radio. I hope I've made some sense here, LoL. I've been a DX nerd for about 10 years now always trying to find better ways, but I'm not so advanced in the terminology and etc.
Neil
When I point the antenna towards Charleston, I do pick up WZAS 98.9 a good bit and WIHB 92.5, but the problem with 92.5 is WESC keeps buzzing in. As for as others I may pick up WAVF 96.1 and 98.1 (forgot the calls) out of charleston, but those are mainly on DX conditions. When I have my antenna pointed towards the northwest and augusta, I get a clear shot of 94.1 out of Greenwood, WSPX 94.5 out of Orangburg, WORG 100.3 out of Oraneburg, and WZSN 103.5 out of Greenwood. Also, when I have it pointed towards the northeast, I can usually get those stations bettter at night like 99.1 Fayetville, WKZQ 101.7 MYB, WYNN 106.3 Flo, WDAR 105.5 to name a few. My thing is increasing those signals and hopefully getting more of them and of the other stations. I just have no clue about the more scientific ways of doing it. In all honesty, I'd rather listen to Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Florence, and other market radio than listen to Columbia radio. I hope I've made some sense here, LoL. I've been a DX nerd for about 10 years now always trying to find better ways, but I'm not so advanced in the terminology and etc. Neil
I've gotten 103.3/AC V103 WMGV from New Bern, NC (GVL/NB/JAX, NC) in Laurens before, early in the morning about 10am,I was still hearing it almost to Simpsonville then Oldies on 103.3/Greenville suddenly started coming in. It was a rock-solid signal until then! I usually get WOLT clearly every morning, but this was a strange occasion. Never heard it after that, it's been almost 4 months. That was in the car.
I know this isn't really far off but I've gotten 96.5 WOXL/Asheville in Honea Path before in the car. I've also gotten 96.7 Lite FM (now SteveFM) from Columbia in the car before, in Laurens.
I have a FM antenna from Radio Shack mounted in the attic, and usually get almost all of the Charlotte stations, most from Columbia, everything from Greenville (except WOLI and WBZT sometimes), lots of Augusta stations, and a few from Atlanta (WSRV, WLTM). I'm pretty pleased with the results.
I know this isn't really far off but I've gotten 96.5 WOXL/Asheville in Honea Path before in the car. I've also gotten 96.7 Lite FM (now SteveFM) from Columbia in the car before, in Laurens.
I have a FM antenna from Radio Shack mounted in the attic, and usually get almost all of the Charlotte stations, most from Columbia, everything from Greenville (except WOLI and WBZT sometimes), lots of Augusta stations, and a few from Atlanta (WSRV, WLTM). I'm pretty pleased with the results.
Back in 1990 (when I was more active in DXing) I was able to pick up 107.9 KIMN from Fort Collins, Colorado off of a Sony Walkman, That same night, I've also picked up KSYN (also on 107.9 as Sunny 108) from Grand Island, Nebraska. I was so entranced by listening to both stations that the though never occurred to me that there were other stations around the dial. Those stations were the farthest FM stations that I've picked up.
On that same Walkman a few week later, I've managed to pick up KHYI Dallas (then known as Y-95) for about over an hour, then later that same morning KQIZ (then known as Z-93) in Amarillo, Texas.
Those station were the farthest that I was able to get. Most of my FM DXing was from Florida, Atlanta, GA, and Virginia.
Robyn
On that same Walkman a few week later, I've managed to pick up KHYI Dallas (then known as Y-95) for about over an hour, then later that same morning KQIZ (then known as Z-93) in Amarillo, Texas.
Those station were the farthest that I was able to get. Most of my FM DXing was from Florida, Atlanta, GA, and Virginia.
Robyn
When I lived in Sumter in the 70s, SC was basically a FM (and AM) wasteland. Several of my yuppie friends and myself each put up outside FM antennas in an effort to get WQDR in Raleigh and WBBQ in Augusta. I put up a ten element FM yagi that I bought at the Radio Shack at Dutch Square in Cola. It was only about 25 feet off the ground, with a rotor and RS amp. With that rig, WBBQ and WQDR came in like locals 99% of the time. I also spent a good bit of time listening to WKTM (102.5) which was then North Charleston and WPXI/95.1 (now WSSX). But it surprised the heck out of me when I found I could also recieve 5 or 6 FMs from Atlanta most of the time, including Z93, WZGC (an awesome top 40 at the time), and 96 Rock (WKLS). I'm talking 24-7 reception, a little fuzzy and with the stereo cut off, but very little fade and no adjacent channel interferrence. I was in heaven. On a side note, I remember that Community Cable TV of Sumter offered an FM service of about a dozen stations, which included WFBC-FM in Greenville and WSPA-FM in Spartanburg. At the time, Cola had just gotten its fourth FM, WZLD/96.7 in Cayce, which was added to WCOS, WNOK, and WXRY (93.5). Also, WWDM was making history right in Sumter. As a 3000 watt FM, I remember them recieving lots of listener calls from 70-80 miles away.
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