177 - AM/FM DXing with Loyd Van Horn

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In today's podcast, we welcome Loyd Van Horn. He is the founder of dxcentralonline.com, and a former radio guy. He was a columnist with Monitoring Times magazine, writing the weekly GlobalNet column, which dealt with online streaming of radio/TV.

What You Need To Know

• DX is the short form for distance
• The goal is to hear as many stations as you can.
• For Loyd AM/FM DXing is all about finding those stations which one has never heard before.
• What is the grey line and how does that help you?
• During sunset and sunrise, one gets weird propagation of radio frequencies. One might get a little bit of the ground wave as well as a little bit of the skywave.
• Loyd talks about how he searches for different frequencies from the Atlantic, Europe, Africa, England etc.
• Loyd keeps a logbook that really helps him keep a track on the frequencies he had already tuned into.
• Find out what equipment Loyd Recommends to get started
• How is Loyd using Software Defined Radios to help him catch DX stations?

All session notes with links to the items we talked about can be found on our website at www.scannerschool.com/session177

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