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Bob’s Radio Corner: Where it Began – The AM Medium Wave Broadcast Band

https://swling.com/blog/2026/04/bobs-radio-corner-where-it-began-the-am-medium-wave-broadcast-band/

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Bob’s Radio Corner: Where it Began – The AM Medium Wave Broadcast Band

By Bob Colegrove One of the great attractions of the radio hobby is that it has so many different areas on which to specialize.  As examples, one can focus on a particular band, collect or restore …

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Show threadClimate Jenny 2.114h ago

@swling Lovely article about AM DXing. When I was quite young, I had a cheap, small transistor radio that I could hide under my pillow at night and search for distant stations without disturbing the family. It was utterly thrilling for my 10-year-old self.

Weirdly, I have a cute little radio of about the same dimensions by the bed now as well. It’s fancier, with multiple shortwave bands, but the vibe is much the same and AM DXing is still a thing.
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