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On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:58:37 -0400, John H
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Yesterday I came back from Gettysburg, about 100 miles. It wasn't until
I got within about 80 miles
that I could pick up the FM news station I listen to regularly
broadcasting from DC. It's for damn
sure I couldn't get any Boston FM stations, like, I'm sure, Harry does.

FM is pretty much line of sight. I know that even here in Florida
where there are no real hills FM is tough. On a clear night I can get
the FM station out of Marathon (Fl Keys) but that is across the water
about 100 miles. I start losing the Tampa stations and FT Myers
stations about 70 miles away. There is a dead zone around Venice where
I don't get either of them.
Now if you are talking AM, the clear channel 50KW stations can be
heard 1000 miles away at night. There used to only be a handful of
them but the last time I looked there are a **** load of them. I guess
as AM popularity faded, they started allowing more big ones.
Unfortunately it seems most AM is either sports, news or Spanish.



I like the comedy channels on Sirius, and driving to Los Angeles there is a
very good 40-60's station, but only for part of the way. Other than that
it is talk stations and Spanish language stations. But being thrifty,
looking for a good deal for the renewal.