MW DXing and Broadcasting

Introduction

Welcome to the MW DXing and Broadcast wiki. The MW band (540-1700 khz) is where broadcasting began in the US, and DXing in this band has been around ever since. The links on this article should help get you started in this area. In addition there are media-related links for additional background.

The 1700-2000 khz range is often referred to as the 'Med-fer' part of the spectrum. While there is limited experimentation here, telemetry and navigational beacons are also heard here. This service is slowly dying out as less expensive, and more reliable technology is being used instead.

• Intro to AM (MW) Band DXing (via DXing.Com)
• MW DX (Wikipedia article)

Antennas

• See our Loops article which contains a huge amount of information on these antennas.

Commercial Products

• PK Loop A-LOOP-TAM AM Antenna
  • Radio Jay Allen review of the A-Loop-TAM
• Radio Plus+ (Home of the Quantum Loop)
• Terk Advantage (via C Crane co.)

Kiwa Mediumwave Antenna (discontinued)

• Kiwa Mediumwave Loop Experiences
• Which Loop is best-Kiwa or Quantum?

Homebrew and Technical

• Active Hula Loop Antenna
• Add on Loop Amplifier
• Amplifier for Internal Antennas
• An unamplified 3 or 4 foot box loop (via AMANDX)
• Australian 1m Loop
• Dave's Loops page
• Electrically Small Resonant Loop for MW (PDF)
• Experiment with the Secondary Windings of the Coil
• Gary DeBocks Baby FSL Antenna
• Half Size Dual Active Delta Flag Arrays (PDF)
• Homebrew Box Loop Antenna
• How to Fine Tune Your Loop Antenna
• How to Make A Loop Resonant to Cover the Entire AM Band
• Hula Loop MW DX Antenna
• Inductively Coupled Loop Antenna
• Modify that AM Antenna
• SWLing.com - Ferrite Sleeve Antennas
• Tests of new MW Active Antennas (PDF)
• The VACTROL for the Medium and Long Wave DXer
• Use Your Closet Door as a Super Loop
• Using Passive Loop Antennas (PDF)
• VE7SL - New LF/MF Loop

K9AY Loop

• Impressions and a Field Test - K9AY loop antenna
• A user's review - the Wellbrook K9AY antenna
• The Wellbrook K9AY antenna
• K9AY Antenna pics
• Hard Core DX-the K9AY Loop

Kaz Delta Antennas

• Testing 2 Kaz Squashed Delta Antennas

Applications, Databases and FCC Search Engines

Applications

• Frequency Manager Suite

Databases

• See Section 7 of the SWL_Broadcast article for links to international lists such as Aoki, EiBi and the HFCC
• MWList

FCC Queries

• Broadcast AM and FM Radio Reports and Lists
• FCC AM Query Broadcast Station Search
• FCC Info Search

Clubs

• International Radio Club of America (IRCA)
• National Radio Club
• MW Circle (UK)
• Ontario DX Association on groups.io

DX Links

• AsiaWaves:Radio and TV Broadcasting in South and South East Asia
• BCB Propagation Logger
• DX Central
• KOJE Homepage
• Long Beach Island DXPedition
• UltraLight Radio AM DX Shootout Round 1 from DXer.ca

Equipment

• HF Equipment and Accessories
• The Receiver Reviews category has numerous links on receiver reviews
• Software Defined Radios

Phasing Units

MFJ-1025 / MFJ-1026

• MFJ-1025 Signal Enhancer
• MFJ-1026 Signal Enhancer
• MFJ-1025 - Google Search
• MFJ-1026 - Google Search
• Field Testing Comments MFJ-1026 Phasing Unit
• Review of the MFJ-1026 Phasing Unit - You Just Have to Have One
• Skip the MFJ-1025, Go For APU-100
• Differences Between the MFJ-1025 and MFJ-1026
• First Tests of the MFJ-1026
• The Phasing Game - How to Get Rid of Extreme Noise translate from Norwegian

Quantum Phaser

• Quantum Phaser
• Quantum Phaser - Google Search
• Antenna Phasing Makes a Difference

Timewave ANC-4

• Timewave ANC-4 Noise Canceler
• Timewave ANC-4 Google Search

WiMo QRM Eliminator

• WiMo QRM Eliminator page
• WiMo QRM Eliminator Google Search

Media News

• Association of Independents in Radio
• Current.Org
• DCRTV - DC/Baltimore Media News
• Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
• Fybush.com
• InsideRadio.com
• Musings-International Broadcasting, Public Radio
• Publicradiofan.com
• RadioInk
• Radio Show Links (audio)
• TopHour.com

Web Radios

• Live Tunable Receivers

Email Reflectors

• Ultralight DX on groups.io