It takes some getting used to, my new DDA with a total length of 78 m. However, in a positive sense, because you first have to get used to the high SNR. It is simply unbelievable what this antenna brings compared to a 50 m wire. Therefore, it can happen that the supposedly good conditions are actually bad as long as you still have the signals of the 50 m wire in your ear. The DDA does not take up more space than the wire mentioned, its structure only goes up. The signal strengths should be comparable to that of a beverage over 100 m long. So it was the best idea ever to pull up this more complex antenna shape in the garden. It now replaces two 50 m wires in the direction of 325 ° and 350 °.
On 16 Feb 2020 I was able to follow reasonably good conditions across the Atlantic for the first time. On this day, some stations never heard before with unusual signal strengths came in. Unusual means signals with over 40 dB SNR. At the same time, the usual channels from the east coast were mostly weaker. An outlier was KLEB, Golden Meadow (LA) 1600 with 250 watts and an SNR over 50 dB.
All logs from that day [Entries in bold: the only log in the MW list | Entries in red: a first reception]:
All my Logs: https://www.mwlist.org/mw_logmap.php?sort=qrg&datum=2020-02-16&hours=0&omid=281&band=MW
590 0452 CAN VOCM, Saint John's (NL) 4360 km
670 0615 CUB Radio Rebelde, Santa Clara/CTOM4 (vc) //1620 8005 km
680 0426 CLM HJZO Radio Nacional de Colombia, Sabanagrande (Barranquilla) (atl) 8620 km
710 0400 USA WOR, New York/Lyndhurst [NJ] (NY) 6179 km
730 0700 CAN CKAC, Montréal/Pointe-Calumet (QC) 5843 km
750 0359 CAN CBGY, Bonavista Bay (NL) ID This is CBC Radio 1 4367 km
760 0400 USA WJR, Detroit (MI) 6648 km
770 0620 B ZYL209 Rádio Cultura AM, Lavras (MG) ID Radio Cultura 9559 km
860 0413 CAN CJBC, Toronto/Meadowvale (ON) 6338 km
920 0628 CLM La Voz del Pueblo, Ibagué (tol) prob.,
ID Radio Maria, Radio Maria from Mexico may also be an option. 9197 km
970 0632 USA WZAN, Portland/Sunset Park (ME) 5742 km
1010 0700 CAN CFRB, Clarkson (ON) 6331 km
1120 0500 USA KMOX, Saint Louis (MO) 7329 km
1130 0600 USA WBBR, New York/Carlstadt [NJ] (NY) 6175 km
1140 0400 CAN CBI, Sydney (NS) 4931 km
1270 0634 USA WXYT, Detroit (MI) CBS sports radio ID 6667 km
1280 0644 USA WHTK, Rochester (NY) Fox ID, another option is WPKZ 6235 km
1330 0642 USA WRCA, Watertown (MA) 5888 km
1380 0547 CAN CKPC, Brantford (ON) 6406 km
1390 0640 USA WEGP, Presque Isle (ME) 5399 km
1470 0400 CLM Esperanza Colombia Radio, Medellín (ant) 9063 km
1480 0643 USA WDJO, Cincinnati (OH) ID 6953 km
1500 0700 USA WFED, Washington (DC) 6498 km
1510 0614 USA WLAC, Nashville (TN) 7325 km
1520 0642 USA WWKB, Buffalo (NY) 6337 km
1560 0646 USA WFME, New York/Queens (NY) 6174 km
1580 0643 CAN CKDO, Oshawa (ON) 6252 km
1590 0643 USA WARV, Warwick (RI) rel. px 5944 km
1600 0642 USA KLEB, Golden Meadow (LA) ID 1600 am KLEB, booming! 50 dB SNR 8111 km
1640 0541 USA WTNI, Biloxi (Gulfport) (MS) Possum ID, booming 37 dB SNR 7931 km
1660 0650 USA WBCN, Charlotte (NC) ID Fox sports radio 7033 km
1660 0642 USA WWRU, Jersey City/Carlstadt (D) (NJ) 6176 km
1690 0625 USA WPTX, Lexington Park (MD) 6523 km
1700 0639 USA KBGG, Des Moines (IA) ID The Champ 7298 km
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