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Restoration73 · 16th Apr 2021, 6:52 am

With a good loop antenna, receiver, and perhaps a pre-amp. it is possible to receive
U.S. and Canada, I have also heard the Caribbean and Brazil. We used to rely on the
10kHz spacing as some channels were inbetween our 9kHz channels.
I remember a really severe SID (Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance) some years back.
There was no hf propagation at all, but I heard a strong distorted signal at 6MHz.
This was the intercarrier TV sound signal (FM) leaking from a nearby (analogue) TV!

16th Apr 2021, 6:52 am	#91
Restoration73 Nonode Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Surbiton, SW London, UK. Posts: 2,801	Re: Medium Wave Transmitter Closures. With a good loop antenna, receiver, and perhaps a pre-amp. it is possible to receive U.S. and Canada, I have also heard the Caribbean and Brazil. We used to rely on the 10kHz spacing as some channels were inbetween our 9kHz channels. I remember a really severe SID (Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance) some years back. There was no hf propagation at all, but I heard a strong distorted signal at 6MHz. This was the intercarrier TV sound signal (FM) leaking from a nearby (analogue) TV!