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Has anyone had FM DX from Alaska? if so, what mode, to where...?
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Saul Chernos
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Not me...but someone in AZ claimed to have heard KAYO 100.9 Wasilla. Maybe it was the guy who posts on DXWorld, AC3XP or similar?
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Thanks. Interesting in that direction too, because that could tell half the picture I'm wondering about. I was wondering if anyone has tried FM DXing in AK... I'm interested in any experiences from DXers situated in the north...Saul Chernos
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It was AC7XP Robert Kornovich, Sierra Vista AZ. I believe he lived in Oregon at one time and it happened at that time. I will try to clarify that information. I don't remember the exact year that he reported that reception. I can check with him on the details.Last edited by Jim Thomas; 06-23-2021, 10:22 AM.Jim Thomas
Springfield, MO EM37
"Let's just plop them in front of the TV. I was raised in front of the TV and I turned out TV." - Homer Simpson
Fall & Winter 2019 dx equipment
Antennas - Antennacraft MXU59 UHF antenna & home-brew version of Antennacraft VHF Y-10-7-13 antenna @ 25'. Both antennas fed through a Channel Master 7777 30dB pre-amp.
Tuners - Zenith DTT901 converter box; AirSpy HF+ sdr; Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual ATSC tuner, using Rabbitears autologger support.Comment
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As to FM DXn from AK, forget it. I was stationed next to Anchorage for two years. I couldn’t catch anything on FM/TV outside of ANC—and I couldn’t catch AK’s first 100,000 watt FM, 103.5 outta Homer. Just too many hills and valleys; not to mention that I was in a barracks, so I had to make do with built-in rod antennas.
SW and AM though were another story. If you do an Advanced Search and enter “Elmendorf,” you will find what I heard in 2 years’ time. Not much—but distant!
WL7NO in ANC now has an online SDR. Things will improve there in AM and SW as night hours increase.....
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