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What kind of DX Receiving Equipment and Antennas do you have?

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After reading posts here and hearing your DX reports, I was wondering what kind of setups you have (receivers, antennas, antenna height, etc). It would also be helpful to know your approximate location. I'm two miles north of Corydon, IN and often can receive WTTS 92.3 in Bloomington, WSTO 96.1 in Evansville, and WBUL 98.1 in Lexington on my car radio. What setup would you recommend for a novice to purchase here in Indiana?

Radio-locator.com is one of my favorite sites on the net. Do you have any others you'd recommend?
 
APS-13 yagi at 55 feet, APS-9 at 110', Bolin FM Phaser & Pioneer TX-9500-II FM tuner with narrow IF filters. Got my 9500 on eBay a few years ago. There are none listed at this moment.

In addition to Radio-locator.com, I also like www.fccinfo.com. It allows you to search the FCC database in many ways, including within x number of kilometers of a city. Say you're picking up San Antonio on FM skip...search for signals within maybe 50km of the station you're hearing & those will be prime signals to listen for.
 
I use a garage sale Realistic STA-530 stereo with a Radio Shack FM-6 antenna at 20 feet. Very modest set-up, but it definitely gets the job done. In Coldwater, MI I can get out 100 miles on any given day and even Chicago FM stations (135 miles) rise above the static from time to time.

The FM-6 antenna costs only $25. Radio Shack also sells 10' sections for antenna towers that run about $20 a piece. You could get any receiver for a decent amount of money if you look around. This is definitely a good set up for a beginner.

A friend's parents have a 28' tower they may be willing to bestow on me. If I think I can install this tower then I will definitely take it. I've been stuck below 20' for too long and I wonder how much better I can do with eight more feet!
 
Two tuners in my FM “DX” arsenal—a Pioneer TX 9100 [1974] and a McIntosh MR-78 [1981]... The latter features a selectable narrow I.F. bandwidth which allowed me to listen to 93.1 WXRT – Chicago when I was living in South Bend, IN – and within seven miles of 92.9 WNDU-FM. You may want to check out the new Sony “HD” component tuner... BEST FM that’s been built in the last twenty years, and it costs about $100!

*NO endorsement of “HD Radio” intended! :p
 
GE Superadio II, Sangean CCrane, and a Radio Shack (Sangean) DX-390. The Sony SRF-M37V walkman has an amazing AM tuner where WSCR Chicago is listenable in downtown Evansville! The FM, TV, and Weather section sucks.

My most recent purchased is a Sony HD receiver found at Best Box on close out and it has a very selective and sensitive AM and FM sections. I can't forget my Carver TX-11 that does well with a proper antenna.
 
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