Hi all, I'd really like to share this clip, I would love some expert comments. I am new to MW DXing (an old-timer on SW though), but I think this might be a really distant catch. We have a local station on 702 kHz here in Johannesburg, but they inexplicably went off air today. So on their frequency tonight I heard Arabic, and the only likely candidate seems to be a station in Algeria. Is that possible? Can MW travel that far? It is 4 400 miles from where I am to Algeria. I used the XHDATA D808. MW from Algeria?

Thank you so much for the replies, Steve and Keith! I am really quite amazed by what the guys down in Cape Town have picked up, especially the Ecuador one! Cape Point and Blombosch are really perfect locations for MW DXing, especially Cape Point, there is almost no interference, no built-up areas anywhere nearby, and the Cape Point peninsula is basically surrounded by ocean, both sides. The little I do know of MW propagation is that the ocean helps a lot, that is why many MW DXers apparently listen on the beach, from what I've read. I am inland though, well inland, my nearest ocean is about 400 miles away. But I am at high altitude, Johannesburg is at exactly the same altitude as Denver, the mile-high city. So I'm guessing that might help a bit.

Steve, I did not actually consider Oman or Saudi Arabia, although they do now seem possible. l checked again on the Skywaves Android app, which is what I use to identify my signals, and it is as you said, both the BBC from Oman and SBA from Saudi Arabia use that frequency. Also two stations in Egypt. I think you might be correct, the BBC from Oman, with an 800kW transmitter, seems the most likely.

Keith, there is a local station on 702 kHz, right here in Johannesburg, but they were off air yesterday, that's how I was able to pick up something else on their frequency. There are no other local or neighbouring-country stations on 702 kHz that I know of or can find on the Skywaves app.

I am really beginning to enjoy my MW DXing!

Just an update, I re-edited and replaced my video mentioned in my first post, so the link in the first post no longer works. This is the new link, it is definitely the BBC from Oman, as Steve suggested, received in Johannesburg. Oman is over 4 000 miles, 6 400 km from me. I managed to pick up the signal again on Friday night, and then checked it against the BBC's online Arabic stream, it was the same. So it's confirmed as BBC on 702 kHz from Oman.

You'll receive many more MW stations, and greater distances than that one;)
Try for Brazil, Argentina and The Bahamas around local dawn .
Peter
previously in Botswana

Thanks Peter, I will do that!