Why fm tv dx is still a blast for radio nerds

I still remember the first time I realized fm tv dx was a thing, stumbling upon a radio station from three states away on a humid summer night while messing around with an old stereo. It's one of those hobbies that sounds incredibly boring to anyone on the outside, but once you catch that first "impossible" signal, you're pretty much hooked for life. There's something genuinely magical about pulling a signal out of the thin air that isn't supposed to be there, defying the laws of line-of-sight physics. ...

April 23, 2026 · 6 min · Lorna Hwang