Hearing All US States on MW

MW DXers in today’s New Zealand will probably never realise this goal in a lifetime, and few have ever been able to QSL all States. Those lucky few to attain this goal were DXing back in the “good old days” when New Zealander stations were few and signed off at midnight or even earlier.

Reception conditions, due to local interference in various parts of the country, mean that the list of the easiest stations to hear will not be the case everywhere and indeed, some of the Stations have only come into the picture since the inception of the Expanded Band (X-Band 1610-1700kHz.)

In the table below, the QSLs column tells you how many QSLs I have from each State thus giving you some idea of how hard a particular State is to hear, an “*” indicates that the station I QSL’d is either off the air or was on air for a brief time, e.g. for a test, and “#” indicates that I haven’t heard the State yet, and I reckon the station listed is the best chance.

 

STATE

QSLs

BEST BET

FREQ

Alabama

7

WLVV

1410

Alaska

16

KNOM

780

Arizona

9

KMIK

1580

Arkansas

5

KSYG

1010

California

119

KWRU

940

Colorado

6

KOA

850

Connecticut

#

WTIC

1080

Delaware

#

WDEL

1150

District of Colombia

#

 


 


Florida

22

R Marti

1180

Georgia

2

WRNC

1670

Hawaii

34

KQMQ

690

Idaho

1

KBOI

670

Illinois

3

WBBM

780

Indiana

1

WJVA

1620

Iowa

8

WHO

1040

Kansas

7

KKOW

860

Kentucky

2

WHAS

840

Louisiana

3

KWKH

1130

Maine

#

WDEA

1370

Maryland

2

WPTX

1690

Massachusetts

1

WBZ

1030

Michigan

1

WJR

760

Minnesota

3

KSTP

1500

Mississippi

1*

WJNT

1180

Missouri

5

KMOX

1120

Montana

5

KBOZ

1090

Nebraska

6

KRVN

880

Nevada

10

KKOH

780

New Hampshire

#

WKNE

1290

New Jersey

4

WPHT

1210

New Mexico

5

KKOB

770

New York

8

WQEW

1560

North Carolina

1

WPTF

680

North Dakota

3

WDAY

970

Ohio

6

WLW

700

Oklahoma

8

KOMA

1520

Oregon

10

KPNW

1120

Pennsylvania

3

KYW

1060

Rhode Island

#

WJAR

920

South Carolina

1*

WXTC

1390

South Dakota

1

WNAX

570

Tennessee

5

WLAC

1510

Texas

32

KTRH

740

Utah

7

KXOL

1660

Vermont

#

WVMT

620

Virginia

*

WHKT

1650

Washington

14

KOMO

1000

West Virginia

*

WWVA

1140

Wisconsin

1

WTDY

1670

Wyoming

1

KTWO

1030

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