Transatlantic FM DX 2003 - WHCF Bangor Maine

A brief recording of my reception of WHCF Bangor Maine on 88.5 mhz. June 26th 2003. This was the first EVER confirmed reception of the USA on the FM broadcast band here in Europe.

The meteor scatter burst a few seconds in where you momentarily hear "Radio 2" is likely to have come from a BBC transmitter on Englands Isle Of Wight.

This is about as good as FM DX'ing gets!.

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[MrUnidyne]

WOW! Now THAT is a DX catch! Even the station ID cleared up!

[yogi540]

@MrUnidyne While this was happening I was literally shaking like a leaf! The first ever positive / confirmed reception of a US FM station in Europe.

[MrUnidyne]

What antenna & receiver were you using?

[yogi540]

@MrUnidyne If i remember rightly the receiver was a Denon TU 425 RD with a 4 element yagi antenna @ about 20 feet over ground.

[senderjaeger]

Excellent! Congrats on this pioneer achievement!

[BrianMChampion]

This beats my record by a lot: One day in the late summer of 1975 I received 103.5 FM from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, which at that time was WSHE, from my bedroom in Flint, Michigan with a simple homemade dipole antenna. Stereo light went on and off for quite some time. It was pretty clear. Curiously, there was another station in Detroit also at 103.5. Nothing I ever heard ever came close to this. I got 850 KOA from Denver; I got Green Bay and Toronto TV, etc. But this beat all.

[utubeaccess7]

Amazing! WHCF should be proud - and you for the great ears!

73,

[MrKrano]

WOW...

[Chadgervais]

I'm from Bangor! thats one of my favorite stations! they have one of the strongest transmitters in the state, their stated coverage area includes the canadian maritimes.

[FeshariA]

WOW!