[NJARC] Accidental DX'ing in a Hyundai

[Joe Giliberti]

Just this evening I drove from New Jersey to Centreville, Virginia to
stay with my aunt while she recovers from a broken wrist. On the ride
down, I was scanning the AM band when I found a loud and clear station
on 780 kHz. I quickly realized that I was picking up CBS Chicago
perfectly from nearly six hundred miles away! This, by the way, is on
the radio that came from the factory with my base model Santa Fe. It
has an RF amplifier in there somewhere and I did upgrade the antenna
whip from the stubby 6 inch to a whopping 30 inch mast. There is
another antenna built into the windshield.

I know this is probably old hat to most of you, but I was thoroughly impressed!

Regards,
Joe Giliberti