{"id":56044,"date":"2023-03-11T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T04:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56044"},"modified":"2023-03-12T08:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T12:04:43","slug":"today-is-the-day-the-great-medium-wave-daylight-dx-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/today-is-the-day-the-great-medium-wave-daylight-dx-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, March 12, 2023: The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chuck-Rippel-GE-Superadio-II.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47892\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chuck-Rippel-GE-Superadio-II.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1236\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chuck-Rippel-GE-Superadio-II.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chuck-Rippel-GE-Superadio-II-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chuck-Rippel-GE-Superadio-II-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chuck-Rippel-GE-Superadio-II-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chuck-Rippel-GE-Superadio-II-624x473.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1236px) 100vw, 1236px\" \/><\/a>[<em>If you haven&#8217;t already, please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/chuck-rippel-sweetens-the-deal-on-the-great-medium-wave-daylight-dx-challenge\/\">this previous post about The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rules:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Frequency range is the medium wave band: 520-1710 kHz<\/li>\n<li>10 am to 2 pm <strong><u>your local time<\/u><\/strong> today (<strong>Saturday, March 11, 2023<\/strong>). . . report the results in the comments to this post.<\/li>\n<li>Any radio with any antenna, but must be the radio at your location (no using remote internet radios)<\/li>\n<li>The listener must hear the signal in real time<\/li>\n<li>The stations must be ID\u2019ed by listening to the signal.<\/li>\n<li>Your report should include:\n<ul>\n<li>Your name (or Internet handle)<\/li>\n<li>Your receiver and antenna (stay with the same setup from beginning to end; if you use multiple setups, provide a separate report for each).<\/li>\n<li>Your location<\/li>\n<li>The time, the frequency, and the ID of each station heard<\/li>\n<li>The total mileage of your top five most distant stations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A final point: this is <u>not<\/u> a contest; it is a challenge. The reward for every participant will be fun and fellowship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please record your results in the Comments Section to this post below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: Chuck Rippel did sweeten the pot, though! <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/chuck-rippel-sweetens-the-deal-on-the-great-medium-wave-daylight-dx-challenge\/\">Check out his generous offer here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[If you haven&#8217;t already, please check out this previous post about The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge.] Here are the rules: Frequency range is the medium wave band: 520-1710 kHz 10 am to 2 pm your local time today (Saturday, March 11, 2023). . . report the results in the comments to this post. 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Any radio with any antenna, but must be the radio at your location (no using remote internet radios) The listener must hear the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/satellit-800.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/satellit-800.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/satellit-800.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/satellit-800.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56020,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/chuck-rippel-sweetens-the-deal-on-the-great-medium-wave-daylight-dx-challenge\/","url_meta":{"origin":56044,"position":2},"title":"Chuck Rippel &#8220;Sweetens the deal&#8221; on The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge!","author":"Jock Elliott","date":"March 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jock Elliott, KB2GOM After yesterday's post appeared, Chuck Rippel reached out to me and offered: To whomever logs the most stations using a GE SR-I or SR-II, I will donate that person, a >free< SR-I or SR-II restoration.\u00a0 Includes, parts, alignment, cleaning, etc....\u00a0\u00a0 The winner's only cost will be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mediumwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods-1024x737.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods-1024x737.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods-1024x737.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57831,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-great-medium-wave-grey-line-challenge\/","url_meta":{"origin":56044,"position":3},"title":"The Great Medium Wave Grey Line Challenge","author":"Jock Elliott","date":"September 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM According to https:\/\/dx.qsl.net\/propagation\/greyline.html: (the image above comes from them) The \"grey line\" is a band around the Earth that separates daylight from darkness.\u00a0 Propagation along the grey line is very efficient.\u00a0 One major reason for this is that the D layer, The \"grey line\" is a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-24-120532.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-24-120532.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-24-120532.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56069,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/follow-up-to-the-great-medium-wave-daylight-dx-challenge\/","url_meta":{"origin":56044,"position":4},"title":"Follow-up to The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge","author":"Jock Elliott","date":"March 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM If the folks who participated in The Great Medium Wave Daylight DX Challenge were on trial for \u201chaving fun,\u201d they would be found guilty and sentenced to . . . more DXing challenges! 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