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OBX Mini DXpedition: Day reception

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Here’s a (admittedly incomplete) daytime AM bandscan from the Outer Banks of North Carolina that might interest other medium wave DXers.  We camped at the Cape Point Campground August 10th-11th, 2010.  I hauled my radio gear including a DX-440 portable / Quantum Loop combo and my Perseus SDR and an 800 foot beverage antenna.  I was able to do a little DXing between other family activities. Here’s what I caught using the DX-440 and loop around solar noon.  It’ll take me some time to go through the spectrum recordings taken during the pre & post sunset hours.  Unfortunately I wasn’t...

OBX Mini DXpedition: Intro

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As part of our family summer vacation, we tent camped at the Cape Point Campground located on Hatteras Island at the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  The campground features a grassy open flat area and nice views of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.  Though very scenic, this is an operational lighthouse that illuminated the tent during darkness when the beacon’s light rotated towards the direction of the campground.  The kids loved it! All three of the National Park Service campgrounds were considered on OBX: Oregon Inlet Campground, Cape Point Campground, and Frisco Campground.  Reservations cannot be had for any of these three...