Re: [IRCA] 2008 Redux

["Brett Saylor" <bsaylor@xxxxxxxxx>]

Despite the interference caused by IBOC, I actually feel I made out pretty
well this year on MW with about 130 new loggings (which includes call
changes) to boost my total station count to over 1700. This is up a slight
amount from the previous year but still well below the 200-300 a year I was
averaging from 2003-2006.

I attribute most of the new catches to the almost exclusive use of software
defined radios recording top-of-the-hour swaths of the band for later review
(I almost never DX "live" any more, about which I have mixed feelings). I
filled out a lot of the regional channels with catches in states across the
eastern half of the US, also adding a more Canadian, Cuban and Mexicans than
in previous years. My favorite catch was a Cuban graveyarder on 1340 that I
ID'd via their national anthem. Nothing else in particular stands out,
though.

Brett Saylor
Central PA


On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2008 was not a banner year for MW DX here, largely because it was the
> first full year of nighttime AM IBOC operation, which rendered dozens
> of channels useless for DXing.  On the brighter side, AM IBOC has now
> stalled... unfortunately, the drivers have left most of their
> derelict stalled vehicles on the roads, obstructing legitimate
> traffic.
>
> Anyway, despite having to dodge all that manmade noise, I made out
> fairly well in 2008, with 51 new loggings, bringing my total to 2207
> (no call changes counted).
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