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If a DXer were to DX in your location, how would they like the results?

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Raider57

Location: 10 miles NNW of NYC.

Positive results: How well stations from the Jersey Shore come in, beyond their coverage such as 94.3 the point. On AM, if lucky, receiving WROW 590 oldies from Albany, NY during the day

Negative: Strong locals from New York, IBOC on every adjacent frequency except 96.3 and 101.9. Pirate stations on almost every 2nd adjacent or 1st adjacent mixing with the IBOC. On AM, the next worst thing would be DXing from a hotel! With 710,770,930, 1010, 1050, 1130, 1190, 1430 overloading the dial.

Overall: It would probably be in the top 5 for the worst DX area for that person.
 
Location: About 5 miles S of downtown Charleston.

Positive: Great AM signals from Jacksonville, Orlando, Savannah, and other places (especially at beach). Frequent FM DX. Savannah can be heard with a decent car radio year-round, and during the summer, you can hear anything from near Miami to the Outer Banks, plus inland stations come through sometimes. At night, good AM reception from East Coast and Midwest.

Negatives: Too many FM translators (at least 4 or 5) that fill up several open frequencies which used to be great to DX. Local FM signals within 10 miles make it impossible to get stations on those frequencies. Hard to get signals on adjacents of local AMs. Few hills for good stationary FM reception.

Overall: A very good area for DX (James Island-Folly Beach). A few miles east or west, you have overload from several FM transmitters.
 
Yakima, WA
Pros - Really good FM reception out to Pendleton OR and Seattle at times, Portland as well. About 10 miles south in Wapato, it gets even better especially on open frequencies with tropo scatter out to 150-175 miles. AM is also really good besides our six locals.
Cons - KATS 94.5 bleeds in on 95.3, KFFM has two really bad spurs (one on 106.5 and another on 107.9) and KYAK 930 is too close to us for reception on that frequency of DX stations, ditto KIT 1280 and KUTI 1460.

-crainbebo
 
Far northwest suburbs of Chicago....

Pros: Middle of the country, so "coast to coast" DX....while difficult from the West Coast...is sometimes possible. "Border to border" DX is also possible, and a little easier than coast to coast. Upper half of the AM dial has lots of signals, but almost no strong ones. Despite being close to one of North America's largest cities, there are only three monster signals here (670, 720, and 780....the other Chicago 50kw blowtorches are farther away).

Cons: FM dial is pretty much saturated. Not even much room for translators. Proximity to other metro areas (Milwaukee, Madison, and to a lesser extent, Rockford, IL) doesn't help matters. Urban sprawl also means "noise sprawl", to coin a phrase. Increasingly, there are more noise sources to disrupt AM DX. Even here 40 miles out where I am.
 
I'll give you my current and former location.
South Knoxville and Sevierville area, Tennessee.
Pros: Only two full-time higher powered AMs (620 WRJZ and 990 WNML) and those can be nulled or driven away from. Decent chances to get at least the eastern half of the country, and sometimes, with aurora, great southern skip. FM: Pros: The ability to access higher elevations and still a few open frequencies (though the remaining LPFMs to sign on will make that difficult). Good eSkip openings to Montreal twice. Cons: I find FM disappointing. Except for being in a little higher elevation, tropo seems to be a rare occurrence. I only remember one really good opening to Savannah. I've had eSkip to Mexico and the Caymans, but Florida is apparently too close in.

Dayton, Ohio area:
Pros: The higher powered AMs are all nullable from almost anywhere at night and at sunrise/sunset. Still a good chance at most of the eastern half of the country-west is rare. There's still a possibility of really good tropo, even into Canada and mid-Michigan. Eskip can be available from Florida, Texas, the Dakotas and Colorado

Cons: With Dayton, and Cincinnati in close proximity as well as Columbus, with full power stations, LPFMs and translators, open frequencies are at a premium. WLW will wipe out 700 and their IBOC will kill off 690 and 710.
 
The best frequency for coast to coast DX in the west is 1180. I hear Spanish about 5/7 days of the week during the winter under KOFI Kalispell, MT, and that's Radio Rebelde Cuba at 2700 miles+. Now WCBS is impossible here due to all the clutter, and KRVN combined, ditto WFAN, WABC, etc. My dream is to tune into 770 and hear a "77 WABC" ID under KKOB and KTTH but that's not really possible here. Now if it was 1968...

-crainbebo
 
I'd have to say for a single frequency in the Chicago area it's probably 1130. CKWX shows up occasionally in the winter. WBBR is a semi-regular year-round. Weak...but capable of rising above KWKH, WISN, and the rest of the mess here northwest of Chicago. I'm 35 miles from WISN's stick. 10kw, but very directional at night and nulled in my direction. Result: WISN is a total non-factor here at night.
 
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Allendale, MI
Pros: AM is somewhat empty but ground conductivity is awful, Grand Haven lake effect is only 15 miles away, which can bring in distant IL and WI stations
Cons: I-BLOC and translators on FM

Manistee, MI
Pros: Nothing on AM within 50 miles, FM is not overloaded, Lake Michigan effect can bring in interior Wisconsin signals and make Green Bay signals sound like locals, no I-BLOC on FM
Cons: Ground conductivity for AM
 
Another place I've DXed: Madeira Beach, Florida. Great in the summer. Get everything on AM from New Orleans or farther down into Cuba. Got Mobile FM stations almost the entire time I was there. Montgomery and other places possible over the Gulf. Jacksonville and even Savannah possible at night..

Problems: Too close to several Tampa Bay AM-FM transmitters.
 
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