Subj : Re: Antenna To : JAMES BRADLEY From : TOM WALKER Date : Wed Jul 13 2005 08:15 am JB> TW> The dedicated AM band DX'ers used to stay up almost all night to JB> TW> catch such things. At times the band really opened up Particualrly JB> TW> after most of the local stations went off the air. JB> TW> Of course th "Good Old Days" when one could hear WLW in the JB> TW> Midle of the night all over the north Amercian Continent is gone. JB> TW> there were also so called Clear Channels that would come in but i nthe JB> TW> 30's WLW beat them all having the highest Output power ever allowed JB> TW> for an AM station, 500,000 Watts. The rest of the stations were limited JB> TW> to 50,000 Maximum. With most being 5,000 or even less in some JB> TW> situations. -!- JB>Yup... You yankees can be a boisterous bunch. I don't rembember the Call sign but the Station in Mexico that was near Clint Texas was a bit "Boisterious". As I rembember they ran at 100,000 Watts. I could pick them up up in Great Falls Montana during my high School Days.. --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ This note from El Cajon California USA * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) .