WTIC night signal

[Aaron Read]

I've been out in the Finger Lakes region of NY recently and noticed I 
could hear the Sox on WTIC 1080 for most of the drive between there and 
Boston (along I-90), as long as it was after dark.

However, I also noticed that the skywave reception was VERY in-and-out 
for the entire drive...even the part of I-90 through Springfield, where 
one would think WTIC should come in just fine.  But alas, not 
really...there's just as much static, hash and fade there as there is in 
  frickin' Syracuse.

I'm relatively new to AM DX'ing, but this strikes me as odd?  Is there a 
particular reason why it'd come in at all so far away, but not improve 
even when so much closer?
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Aaron Read
readaaron@friedbagels.com
Boston, MA 02446-2204