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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 3 22:45:27 2018
    On occasion I pick up WOAI San Antonio from Springfield OR. I'm thinking around 1500 miles as the crow flys.

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  • From rdc@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jan 4 18:16:24 2018
    On 2018-01-04 06:45:27 +0000, [email protected] said:

    On occasion I pick up WOAI San Antonio from Springfield OR. I'm
    thinking around 1500 miles as the crow flys.

    It's not as far, but at night I could routinely get KYW (Philly) in
    Birmingham, AL--but that's only about 800 miles or so.

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  • From Arthur Whitter@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 5 05:48:37 2018
    On Friday, April 28, 2000 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, c470guy wrote:
    I was driving on US 285 near Fairplay CO (aka ???) and I picked up WBAP 820 am
    from Dallas area. Anyone been able to pick up a station as far away or farther? That must be like 900 mi. I thought i once picked up another 820 am in the same place maybe from Minneapolis? Anyone know? Thanks

    Back in the day, KOMO (AM 1000, Seattle, which then played music) could be picked up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. So could KTWO (1030, Casper, WY). As for Minneapolis, that's WCCO 830 AM.

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  • From Tom Stoeckle@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 10 21:34:00 2018
    Its not uncommon for several of the California stations to be heard in
    Hawaii (KFI, KCBS)

    "Arthur Whitter" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

    On Friday, April 28, 2000 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, c470guy wrote:
    I was driving on US 285 near Fairplay CO (aka ???) and I picked up WBAP
    820 am
    from Dallas area. Anyone been able to pick up a station as far away or farther? That must be like 900 mi. I thought i once picked up another 820
    am
    in the same place maybe from Minneapolis? Anyone know? Thanks

    Back in the day, KOMO (AM 1000, Seattle, which then played music) could be picked up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. So could KTWO (1030, Casper, WY). As for Minneapolis, that's WCCO 830 AM.

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  • From Garrett Wollman@21:1/5 to Tom Stoeckle on Thu Jan 11 17:52:05 2018
    In article <p36t01$njb$[email protected]>,
    Tom Stoeckle <[email protected]> wrote:
    Its not uncommon for several of the California stations to be heard in
    Hawaii (KFI, KCBS)

    It used to be common for high-power European and African stations to
    be heard on the east coast of North America in the depths of winter
    (when the ionosphere is at its quietest). Twenty-three years ago I
    could hear Algeria on 891 in Boston pretty regularly; then a new local
    station signed on at 890 and obliterated it.

    Many of the signals are still there, but picking them out from the
    interference now requires specialized equipment such as
    software-defined radios and directional antennas. There are clubs for
    people who are interested in this sort of thing.

    -GAWollman
    (who wonders why this thread is in misc.transport.road of all places)

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