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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki
I wonder what MW DX will now emerge from beneath the blanketing-effect of these local signals?
Some may moan about the shutdown of local MW transmitters, but to those of us who are more interested in hearing a station rather than listening to it, it presents an opportunity!
[shame about the SMPS hash that sets the noise-floor these days]
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Taking a walk with a portable does show just how much of a problem it is. Indoors, traditional AM is more or less useless for me, and the main culprits for noise aren't my appliances. I use pantry transmitters with my radios to blast through it with programming I want to hear
. I had assumed for a while that MW was a barren wasteland of only noise.
The other night I took a walk up the road with a basic Sharp walkman, I picked up a US religious station, plus a few other interesting bits on Medium wave, and quite clearly too. I think the time of day and weather situation might have been a factor.
I suppose the noise is low power and doesn't radiate very far, but in our homes we're in the "near field" of it.