re: #9 Sherlock Hound

I do this kind of radio listening. From Eastern Massachusetts, I once got Norway.
It is very hard to receive Europe on medium wave (the AM band), because many stations in Europe have closed down. France, for example, has just one medium wave station left in service. I talked on Discord with a French DXer; he can hear many British, and several American stations at night.

I remember living in northeastern NY state in the early 70s and being able to pick up a Chicago AM station late at night fairly clearly on a cheap transistor radio.

Less interference after the sun went down and I think the older stations* were allowed to boost their signal strength after a certain time.**

* - I seem to recall that KDKA in Pittsburgh has a fairly senior license. And the station I picked up in Chicago was probably WGN.

** - I seem to recall an Outer Limits episode where someone boosted a broadcast signal and inadvertently sucked an alien to our planet from elsewhere.