Last winter I visited family and friends in the north of Norway. I brought with me my radio receiver just to listen to US AM radio via the air from a far away country.
The north of Norway is a very favorable location with polar nights and a short cut rout across the arctic. To pick up these very weak long-distance radio signals we used very long antennas – up to 1800 feet.
Searching around on the AM dial on the 7th of December at 1:30 AM in Iowa I managed to catch the signals from a Talk Radio on AM 1240 with Red Eye Radio and Fox News. As I do have a reduced hearing I can´t pick every spoken words I attach a MP3 file where you can listen to a short recording of what my old ears apprehend as KBIZ as it reach the north of Norway. Not exactly local quality – but… . After travelling 4800 miles the signal is quite weak and noisy so my advise is to use headphones when listening.
I´m 87 years old – retired from my officer profession in the Norwegian Army Signal Corps. My last job was as commanding officer (major) of a technical workshop.
As retired I can use much more time to my radio hobby. I listen many hours each week – in sleepless nights and mornings I do tune in to the AM broadcast band to listen especially for radio stations in North America.
As many others I have a hobby – perhaps a very strange hobby (there are many ot them). I do collect identifications of US radio stations in the AM Radio Band as they are heard on air here in Norway. To make the collection complete I do need a verification from the stations telling that the recording I enclosed is correct. So – a confirmation of my reception of AM 1240 KBIZ from Ottumwa really would make my day!
Have a nice day
Tore B Vik
