At Last, An Excuse to Learn SpanishPOSTED FEB 10, 2013

I've decided to add the AM band to my TV DXing hobby. Suffice it to say that spanish-language targets are numerous here in Florida, among both domestic stations and latin american targets. (Cuba is extremely active. They try to drown out Miami stations.) After more than a decade of on-again off-again language learning I finally have a solid motivation. It'll be a lot easier to put radio stations in the logbook, after all, if I understand what they're saying. :)

I did make a few casual catches in New York ~10 years ago, some of which are on my Patchogue DX Page . Now I'll be a lot more organized, and AM will get its own page, a map, etc. I also plan to get a good portable radio for the task... when I have money to spend. In the meantime, I'll dust off my Radio Shack DX-394 and add a loop antenna.

Good ol' analog AM should fill the gap left by now-digital TV. TV E-skip is still possible, but digital makes catches a lot harder and there are also fewer targets. This means the 1500-mile map won't fill up as quickly as it did with analog - if it ever fills up at all. The story with AM stations will be quite different, and there're opportunities for new catches every night!

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