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)

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

Equipment

Antennas

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

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 - the MFJ-1026 Phasing Unit
  • A discussion of the modifications are near the bottom of the article
• AMANDX Presents MFJ-1026 Modifications
• 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
• MFJ 1025/1026 Noise Cancelling Signal Enhancer - Myth or Miracle? (PDF)

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

Receivers

• Live Tunable Receivers
• The Receiver Reviews category has numerous links on receiver reviews
• Software Defined Radios

Clubs

• British DX Club
• European DX Council
• International Radio Club of America (IRCA)
• MW Circle (UK)
• National Radio Club
• Worldwide DX Club

DX Links

• AsiaWaves:Radio and TV Broadcasting in South and South East Asia
• BCB Propagation Logger
• Classaxe - Signals received in North America
• DX Central
• KOJE Homepage
• Long Beach Island DXPedition
• One thing that is similar to MW and HF DXing (on freqs below 10 Mhz) is that there must be a darkness path between you and your target to have a shot at hearing a station. Our HF Propagation has many links for this

Email Reflectors

Groups.io

• British DX Club News
• IRCA
• MW Circle
• Ontario DX Association
• Ultralight DX

Facebook Pages

• British DX Club
• European DX Council
• International Radio Club of America
• Medium Wave Circle
• MW DX- The National Radio Club
• National Radio Club
• Ontario DX Association
• Ultralight DXing

Ultralight DXing Topics

• Gary DeBrocks 2015 Ultralight Radio Shootout Review via SWLing.com
• Newfoundland Ultralight Radio DXers
• UltraLight Radio AM DX Shootout Round 1 from DXer.ca
• Ultralight Radio Reviews (Google search)
• Ultralight DX on Reddit
• Ultralight DXing SWLPost.com search
• Ultralight Radio DXing Blog Ultralight Radio DXing Blog

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