Norway DXer Reports Helluva Skip For Class C AMer

Ogdensburg radio station WSLB 1400 AM has apparently been heard more than 3,400 miles away in Norway, according to northcountrynow.com.

Torgeir Nyen, who lives in the capital city of Oslo, was on the Norwegian coast in Lista on Jan. 19 at 1 a.m. U.S. East Coast time when “Your station came up from the noise just before the hour and was audible for a couple of minutes,” Nyen wrote. “The announcer says ‘All Sports – All the Time ... Radio 1400 WSLB Ogdensburg...’ followed by what may be two town/area names,” he said in his message to WSLB. He also said he heard it again a little later in the day.

Station manager Michael Guimond calculates that Nyen was “3,425 Miles from Ogdensburg across the North Atlantic” when he heard the signal.

“My city Oslo is now deep in snow, and I guess you get a bit of snow in the winter as well. Maybe winter sports are popular in your area like it is in Norway,” Nyen wrote.

Nyen DXes as a hobby, which is particularly interesting to AM radio listeners since, after sunset, the signals travel much farther than they can during the day. Just how far depends on other conditions. Nyer was also using long directional antennas.