Subj : Antenna To : TOM WALKER From : Roy J. Tellason Date : Wed Jul 13 2005 09:12 pm TOM WALKER wrote in a message to JAMES BRADLEY: 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 JB> TW> 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 JB> TW> 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. TW> I don't rembember the Call sign but the Station in Mexico that was TW> near Clint Texas was a bit "Boisterious". As I rembember they ran TW> at 100,000 Watts. TW> I could pick them up up in Great Falls Montana during my high TW> School Days.. Would that've been "XERB"? First place I ever heard "Wolfman Jack"... :-) --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-838-8539 (1:270/615) .