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DX Central’s From the Static Podcast
by DX Central
Beyond the static...there are voices, music, and stories that travel hundreds — sometimes thousands — of miles. DX Central: From the Static uncovers them all, from weekly livestream highlights to in-depth interviews and tales of radio discovery. Step into the world of DXing and hear what lies beyond the familiar stations on your dial. DX Central: From the Static is your companion podcast for exploring the art and adventure of long-distance radio. Hear voices pulled from across the static — live DXing sessions, community stories, special one-off episodes, and interviews with the people keeping the spirit of radio alive. If you’ve ever spun a dial late at night and wondered what’s out there, this podcast is for you.
Episodes
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 39 | DX Central (Re)Live! - S7, E6
Hour 1 - We say goodbye this week to our 1080-1120 kHz challenge and enter everyone's favorite challenge of the year: The 6th Annual Graveyard Challenge! All of our attention turns to the Graveyard for one of the most difficult challenges we face all year. Three weeks slogging it out on the MW...
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 38 | DX Central (Re)Live! - S7, E5
Hour 1 - Loyd takes a look at the results that came as a result of putting his trusty W6LVP loop antennas back into the rotation of antennas at Northshore Studios. Sometimes, the simple solutions are the best. Hour 2 - Sporadic Es in October? There were definitely some that were able to get in on...
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 37 | DX Central (Re)Live! - S7, E4
Hour 1 - The majority of the hour is devoted to taking a look at the newest version of WavViewDX. We finally have had a chance to check it out and to say we are blown away is an understatement! This new version adds Live DX and the engine is exceptionally powerful, especially for those with a…
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 36 | DX Central (Re)Live! - S7, E3
Hour 1 We look at some brand new functionality added to our DX Challenge app! Some of it will make our new challenge that starts tonight infinitely easier! - Also in hour 1, I will get on my soapbox. This time, we are discussing accusations of stations "cheating" after dark. Hour 2 Vibe code...
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 35 | DX Central (Re)Live! - S7, E2
HOUR 1 - We wrap up our current active "sprint" challenge: 910 kHz and will be focusing on a new frequency range: 740-780 kHz. - We will be reviewing the current progress on the Season-long marathon sprints - We take a look at the Bill Hepburn Tropo Forecast maps because Tropo season is here for…
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 34 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 7 Premiere - S7, E1
Tune in our season premiere of Season 7 of DX Central Live! Hour 1 - We introduce the new, completely overhauled and rebranded DX Challenge and DX Challenge custom-built app! Hour 2 - A brief, high-level overview of the summer Sporadic Es season followed by your shoutouts - and there were a bunch...
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 33 | July 2026 Sporadic Es Recap
NOTE: This podcast was recorded on August 1, 2026. Any activity after that date will not be reflected in our data/recap. We continue our series of Data Analysis episodes with a look back at the month of July 2026 for the North American Sporadic Es FM DX season as part of our Sporadic Es Data...
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 32 | June 2026 Sporadic Es Recap
NOTE: This podcast was recorded on July 8, 2026. Any activity after that date will not be reflected in our data/recap. The 2026 Sporadic Es season is off to a roaring start, and June was the day that lit an absolute fire on the band(s). High MUFs, massive openings, thousands of logs. But what is…
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DX Central's From The Static Podcast | Episode 31 | May 2026 Sporadic Es Recap
NOTE: This podcast was recorded on June 5, 2026, before the ionosphere absolutely exploded with activity between June 8 and June 10. For more information on that recent activity, be sure to pick up the July 2026 edition of The Spectrum Monitor magazine at The Spectrum Monitor. The 2026 Sporadic…
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Episode 30 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 30 - Season Finale! - May 1, 2026
- Introduction to SEDAP (Sporadic Es Data Analysis Project) and walking through the new dashboard and data visualizations including our groundbreaking Sporadic Es Cloud Tracker - Introduction of the 2026 Summer of DX challenge with an all new visual and interface, new bands, new challenges,...
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Episode 29 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 29 - April 24, 2026
Using other bands to spot openings on FM from Tropo and Sporadic Es. Some folks use 6 Meters for Es and 2 Meters for Tropo as early warning signs of FM openings. How reliable are they? We talk through it. Sporadic Es season is so close, here are your last minute preparations you need to wrap up…
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Episode 28 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 28 - April 17, 2026
Hour 1 - Logging stations using FMlist.org and why this is important - FM Antenna shootout - last week we looked at SDRs for FM season, this week we tackle Antennas Hour 2 - Logging stations using WTFDA's WLogger and why this is important - Early warning of openings - how to be ready just in case...
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Episode 27 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 27 - April 10, 2026
HOUR 1 FM DX Webservers: Using them as a DXer, hosting one for yourself and other DXers Updating SDR Console with the latest RDS information HOUR 2 RDS Autologging through Rabbitears: How to use this information as a DXer, how to host your own autologger SDR Options for high bandwidth (~10 MHz)…
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Episode 26 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 26 - April 3, 2026
HOUR 1 Welcome to April! Time to change our focus to all things FM. Before we do, though, a quick hit on MW: We wrap up The Frequency Challenge this week and what a challenge it has been! Just under 3,000 logs in one challenge? Unbelieveable! Also, Loyd heard Uruguay this week! To get us started…
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Episode 25 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 25 - March 27, 2026
- Tropo getting going on the Gulf Coast - We look at the Tropo forecast to see how long the fun will last - AM DX heating up to the South - not just Latin America - but even further South along the grayline! - Portable FM DX with a custom built Arrow Antennas Yagi antenna - Sporadic Es already...
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Episode 24 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 24 - March 20, 2026
HOUR 1 Bruce Conti's Right Triangle Terminated Loop TEF AM Webserver? Yup, we did that Nearly 2000 logs in one week? Ya'll are incredible HOUR 2 FM Tropo engine is ramping up on the coasts Notorious BoG to the rescue! Our new RDS Autologger is up and running and......wow TOH DX All Hours…
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Episode 23 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 23 - March 13, 2026
Hour 1 With me on the road this week for the dayjob, there was no time for DX. Except for a little FM DX I was able to enjoy on the airplane. Flying 35,000 feet above central Louisiana, my little NXP Nano TEF radio pulled in some interesting stuff! I did notice a lot of chatter in the Slack…
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Episode 22 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 22 - March 6, 2026
HOUR 1 We sadly say good bye to the US State Challenge. That has been a fun one, hasn't it? I didn't get OR or ID here, wasn't for a lack of trying, but still managed to get some new ones and revisit some old friends i hadn't heard in a while. A new TEF has arrived here at the house - the NXP…
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Episode 21 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 21 - February 27, 2026
Hour 1 - Wait, what? Late February Es? Yup, more than once this week, the FM band once again surprises us! We take a look at who got in on the action and discuss what - if anything - it means for our upcoming season. - The US State Challenge, first week, has been a rousing success. Our DXers have...
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Episode 20 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 20 - February 20, 2026
We are back, baby! Hour 1 - We have a new, THIRD, FM DX Webserver. And tonight, we walk through what you need to do to have your own TEF-powered Webserver! - New Challenge Launches! - The challenge site is active again with a new challenge - the US State Challenge. Try to log as many states as…
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Episode 19 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 16 - January 23, 2026
HOUR 1 Solar Storm (Take 1 - The Demo Version) - Well, that wasn't much to sneeze at, was it? The Bz stayed more positive than a motivational speaker on their 2nd pot of coffee. As such, we didn't get a visual or radio event from this one. There was a definite radio blackout - even down here we...
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Episode 18 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 15 - January 16, 2026
NEW CHALLENGE We continue with a new frequency range, another littered with large stations with smaller gems hiding in their shadows: 1500-1540 kHz. This will be a 1 week challenge. HOUR 1 See ya next season, FM: We seem to have officially entered that 'dead band' period for FM where it is too…
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Episode 17 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 14 - January 9, 2026
New Challenge! Week 14 of the MW Frequency Challenge is here where we focus on 1180-1220. Lots of big guns in this range but can you pick out the ones in their shadows? Some good international DX in here too! Hour 1 Sporadic Es Bonanza - almost every day this week saw someone somewhere in the US...
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Episode 16 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 12 - December 26, 2025
HOUR 1 it's the end of the year, and that means it is time to look back at 2025 and reflect on a year of DX. AM, FM, NDB, NOAA WX DX.....it's been quite a year! We finally got our Airspy HF+D paired with a splitter from our big Southern-facing KAZ. Let's just say, the CCC and that antenna are a...
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Episode 15 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 11 - December 19, 2025
HOUR 1 We test out and demonstrate our new phasing set up using our 35' low noise vertical and a W6LVP loop through an RSPduo. Demoing diversity mode, showing how it works and how well it can help get rid of the unwanted (noise, pest stations, etc.) and pull up DX! We launch a new challenge for…
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Episode 14 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 10 - December 12, 2025
HOUR 1 We have launched a new station target list - "Loyd's Go-To Pan-American 'Beacon' Frequencies" and will review that and some use-cases for it in the show. More solar fun - The sun was playing with our ionosphere again this week like a kitten with a ball of string. And it wasn't just signals...
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Episode 13 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 9 - December 5, 2025
Show notes for Season 6, Episode 9 of DX Central Live!, a livestream devoted to AM/MW and FM DXing with live DX sessions, tips, tricks, shoutouts from DXers for their DX catches from the previous week, DX challenges and more! HOUR 1 The active regions of the Sun are now once again Earth-facing....
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Episode 12 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 8 - November 28, 2025
HOUR 1 The new low-noise vertical. Talking through the install, the setup, the unique "Jeff Imel-inspired" chemical ground and checking out the performance LIVE! Unveiling the new MW Frequency Challenge - All Season Data Analysis! You all have been checking out and the feedback has been…
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Episode 11 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 7 - November 21, 2025
HOUR 1 FM DX - recent tropo and Auroral Es. We take a look at Bill Hepburn's Tropo Forecast New gear is here! - VE3PSZ model V3A High-Z Amplifier - this is going to be the matching unit and amplifier for my new ~35 foot low-noise vertical antenna that (hopefully) will be going up this weekend.…
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Episode 10 | DXC 1-on-1 | Our interview with IRCA President, Bruce Portzer
Back in 2022, we recorded an interview with IRCA President, Bruce Portzer. It was originally intended to be broadcast in our season 3 premiere of DX Central Live, as we had done the previous season with our interview with Publisher Wayne Heinen of the National Radio Club. However, the fates...
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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…
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Episode 8 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 5 - November 7, 2025
Show Notes: Season 6, Episode 5 MW Frequency Challenge: The Grayline Challenge - October 31 through November 14 - The challenge continues! Only stations received 45 minutes prior to through 45 minutes after local sunrise/sunset. In years past when we did similar challenges around grayline…
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Episode 7 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 4 - October 31, 2025
Show notes from Season 6, Episode 4 | October 31, 2025 HOUR 1: Logging and logbooks - with a special focus on the Google Suite and using Google Forms, Google Sheets and Google Sites for logbook entry and analysis. We also take a quick look at the new DX Central Live! Web site and show archive and...
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Episode 6 | The History of Radio - The Story of KDKA
In this debut episode of DX Central’s From the Static: The History of Radio series, we journey back to the dawn of broadcasting — to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the transmitter that changed everything. It began with hobbyists, tinkerers, and a garage in Wilkinsburg where engineer Frank Conrad...
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Episode 5 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 3 - October 24, 2025
It is episode three of season 6, where we discuss some of the "other" kinds of DX that you can do besides AM and FM. Not the easy ones like shortwave or ham radio....some of the more off-the-path types such as NOAA Weather Radio, NDBs on longwave, ADS-B, AIS ship tracking and TV DX! We take a…
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Episode 4 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6, Episode 2 - October 17, 2025
For our second episode of Season 6 of DX Central Live!, we dive into using AI in your DX. Can AI actually help you identify stations and get more logs in your logbook? We test it out! Also, a quick run through of using WavViewDX software for review of IQ recordings made in a wide assortment of…
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Episode 3 | DXC 1 on 1: Interview with Nick Langan and Bryce Foster
For episode 3, we bring to you our interview conducted for the May 2025 season finale of Season 5 of DX Central Live! with famous FM DXers - and hosts of the fantastic VHF DX Podcast - Nick Langan and Bryce Foster. Nick is well known and established DXer based in New Jersey who writes for Radio...
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Episode 2 | DX Central (Re)Live! - Season 6 Premiere
In this episode we tune in for the premiere of Season 6 of DX Central Live! We do some live DX including searching for Latin American signals and stations within "The Graveyard". The new season of the MW Frequency Challenge gets underway as we launched the "Graveyard Challenge" and talked about...
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Episode 1 | DX101 | Intros and What is DX?
Welcome to the first episode of the DX Central "From the Static" Podcast. In this episode, after we do some basic introductions, we dive into our first DX101 segment. This episode, we cover the basics of "What is DX?" For those who are newer to the topic of DX, have you ever found yourself tuning...
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Beyond the static...there are voices, music, and stories that travel hundreds — sometimes thousands — of miles. DX Central: From the Static uncovers them all, from weekly livestream highlights to in-depth interviews and tales of radio discovery. Step into the world of DXing and hear what lies beyond the familiar stations on your dial.
DX Central: From the Static is your companion podcast for exploring the art and adventure of long-distance radio. Hear voices pulled from across the static — live DXing sessions, community stories, special one-off episodes, and interviews with the people keeping the spirit of radio alive. If you’ve ever spun a dial late at night and wondered what’s out there, this podcast is for you.
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