Episode 9 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 6 - November 14, 2025

This episode is brought to you by the letter "S" as in "Solar Storm"! Tons of shoutouts with a definite "Latin theme" to them this week as auroral enhancement brought signals from the South to DXers all over the United States.   EPISODE 6 AGENDA: HOUR 1 - Attack of the Sun - or - Getting DX from down South (and I don't mean Waffle House territory) - We dive into the week of amazing DX, Latin American enhancement, 3 CMEs and all the fun that came with it. HOUR 2 - Antennas for MW DX - To follow up with our discussion two weeks ago on SDRs for AM DX, we explore some popular antennas to help pull in those distant signals. We will also touch on components for MW antennas including handwound transformers and variable resistors for termination purposes. MW FREQUENCY CHALLENGE - This week, we say goodbye to the Grayline Challenge and say hello to a new challenge. In this one, we quite literally return to our roots both because after nearly a year-long break, we are focusing on a specific frequency range for our challenge: 910 to 930 kHz. Also, 910 kHz was the very first frequency we used for our very first MW Frequency Challenge back in November of 2021 - so nearly four years later we come full circle! Full details will be available at dxchallenges.com. ADDITIONAL TOPICS: We will take a look at 910 to 930 kHz looking for potential target stations for DXers, especially Latin American and Trans-Oceanic DX TOP-OF-HOUR DX HOUR 1 (0100 UTC) - We check Latin American beacon frequencies looking for any remaining enhancement from this week's solar storms. HOUR 2 (0200 UTC) - We launch our new challenge and as such, spend our first hour focused on 910 kHz. This can be a treasure trove of Latin American DX with San Andres y Providencia (a unique country from Colombia for DX purposes), Costa Rica, Venezuela, Cuba, Honduras and Mexico all possible along with some really good Domestic DX. HOUR 3 (0300 UTC) - We return to our challenge frequencies, this time focusing on 920 and 930. Both of these frequencies can also support excellent Latin American DX and we will cover some options during the show.