Radio Inner Mongolia launches dozens of AM transmitters

Chinese provincial broadcaster Radio Inner Mongolia (Nei Menggu People's Broadcasting Station) has launched over 50 new AM transmitters in 2012-2013. Many of the new transmitters are part of the Rural and Pastoral Service, also known as "The Voice of Green Field" (Luye zhi sheng), which was founded in 2008. The main transmitters of this network are operating on 675 AM and 91.9 FM in the provincial capital Hohhot. The majority of the new transmitters are on 666, 990 and 1413 kHz, each of which has transmitters in several locations across the province.
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Half Size Dual Active Delta Flag Arrays

The half size active dual flag array antenna requires only 30 meters of linear space, and so it is an excellent choice for MW DXers with limited space for antennas, says Dallas Lankford in his article. Although small compared to previous high performance MW antenna arrays, it is a state of the art MW receiving antenna array, primarily because it uses true active delta flag antenna elements.
 To the Article (January 7, 2012)

Solar-terrestrial indices for 11 December follow. Solar flux 171 and estimated planetary A-index 4. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 12 December was 0. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

Source: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

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The Ultimate AM DXing Base in Lapland Available for Rent

Imagine spending a week in the middle of nowhere with 13 Beverage antennas — each roughly a kilometer in length and capable of hearing hundreds of rare stations. It's possible because we're making our famous DXpedition base in Aihkiniemi, Finland available for rent to other DXers. Going on a first class DXpedition has never been this easy.
 To the article (updated in November 2013)
 To the latest DXpedition report from Aihkiniemi (November 7, 2013)