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How far away is far enough?

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kenglish

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A recent topic about FM stations reminded me of a question I had a few nights ago....

Let's say you had a friend with a very sea-worthy sailboat...with batteries and auxiliary engine power, of course. If you could go out to sea, and drop anchor at the farthest point on earth from any human-occupied land, where would it be? I wonder if any geographer has ever figured out "the farthest point from civilization on earth".

Would it be far enough from power line buzz, and interfering stations, to be quiet enough for some serious DX'ing?
 
kenglish said:
A recent topic about FM stations reminded me of a question I had a few nights ago....

Let's say you had a friend with a very sea-worthy sailboat...with batteries and auxiliary engine power, of course. If you could go out to sea, and drop anchor at the farthest point on earth from any human-occupied land, where would it be? I wonder if any geographer has ever figured out "the farthest point from civilization on earth".

Would it be far enough from power line buzz, and interfering stations, to be quiet enough for some serious DX'ing?
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Probably somewhere in the Southern Pacific (a.k.a. Southern Ocean) about midway between New Zealand and Chile - but south of 40-45 deg S. It would sure be windy and the seas would be angry there most of the time - but you'd be far from any people.
 
The remotest island on earth is Tristan da Cunha in the south Atlantic, a part of the Saint Helena group. I suspect it is also the remotest place on earth.

For those who don't know, St. Helena is known throughout the world for its yearly one day shortwave broadcast on 11092.5 KHz on the upper side band.

You can Google either island if you want more info.
 
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