MW DXing WTAM 1100khz Cleveland Ohio received In Scotland with Icom IC-R75 and EWE antenna

[dighsx]

Hard to beat that feeling when the propagation gods smile on ya like that.

All the best,

Jay

[beeterolds]

wow! impressive! i lived in cleveland my whole life and im used to hearing that station but for you to hear it that far away is wild!

[kc8ntp]

Also, I was going to comment on the use of SSB to receive AM. This is a sign of an ardent AM DXer. Using SSB for AM reception is very handy to improve phase-distortion, which your use of the technique is a sign of a seasoned DXing veteran. I was an SWL way before I was a HAM; about 25-years now. Take care, Mark, and keep 'em coming. BTW, I am 50% Scottish; My mother's family name is Bruce and they came to the U.S.A. from Edinburgh in the 1870s.

[kc8ntp]

Good job, Mark. I am a HAM, but I still have found some very good information in your videos. I am playing around with quite a few receive antenna designs; now, I think that I will add a EWE to the mix. I have several radios, but I find I like the sound of the AM receive of my Icom IC-718, which is just about the same radio as your IC-R75, but is a transceiver. I have radios with better RX, but the Icom just sounds so good on AM! Keep up the good work.

John, NV6R (ex-KC8NTP)

[MARKGM20877]

@kc8ntp Hi John...thanks for the comments...the EWE is the best antenna that i have discovered the noise floor of this antenna is awesome and on MW it performs great I would recommend the EWE to anyone who wants to seek out the real weak dx on the low bands....mind you this antenna receives very well on 14mhz also cheers and beers and thanks for stopping by Mark

[Crazyworld1975]

Wow,That station is essentially "local" to me,impressive to see it heard thousands of miles away,what time of night or day was it at your location. 1100 is a 50,000 watt power house but your reception is amazing considering the distance,do you have a video of antenna used?

[MARKGM20877]

Hi thanks for watching. Time of day was 0700 and their is a video on my channel of the antenna just look for longwire vs EWE antenna cheers Mark

[mathiasvolta]

Great catch ! 5*

[tvdxrools]

cracking signal in daylight well done keep those vids coming cheers david

[MARKGM20877]

Thanks David...yep there has been some pretty good signals coming in the last week...lets hope for some new ones tho..cheers Mark

[kc8ntp]

@MARKGM20877 When we were at solar minimum there was some very interesting DXing on the lower part of HF and medium-wave. I operate mobile HAM radio quite a bit, which I was able to talk to South Africa on 75m (3800kHz) from the mobile running 500 watts. I have a very high Q mobile antenna, but this would not have been possible at solar maximum; maybe it would, but it would not have been that easy.

John, NV6R (ex-KC8NTP)