When DX comes in and a translator is strong enough to decimate a Class A, you will still have DX, it will just be different. There was tropo last few nights. Wednesday was so strong, the 102.3 translator in Elmhurst was decimated by WXLC.

The noise floor from all the HD (FM + TV) and translators on the FM band is the devil in the equation. For AM noise, all the IT stuff and especially all the dirty electronic gadgets + the LED lights from China are the cause of more noise.

Z