Distant Signal

• The term DX relates to distant signals, or recpetions, a radio can receive.radio image by charles taylor from Fotolia.com
  
  Whenever a radio picks up a signal from a very long distance, it is referred to as a DX, or distant reception. "DXing" is the act of trying to pick up distant radio signals.
  
  

Early History

• The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated the band for FM broadcasting in 1940 and soon discovered that distant FM radio signals, as far as 1,400 miles away, could interfere with other radio broadcasts. In 1942, FM Magazine published the first known report of a FM signal traveling well outside of its broadcasting area. The signal, which originated in Illinois, was heard in Monterrey, Mexico, more than 1,000 miles away.
  
  

DXing

• If you activley search for distant receptions, you are DXing.Radio image by Ewe Degiampietro from Fotolia.com
  
  Those who are interested in picking up distant radio signals can achieve this by simply scanning their radio dials. As soon as you hear a radio signal that isn't within your local FM broadcasting area, you are officially DXing.