Subj : Antenna
To   : Tom Walker
From : James Bradley
Date : Sun Jul 31 2005 05:00 pm

TOM WALKER wrote to JAMES BRADLEY, "Re: Antenna" on 07-13-05 07:15

 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
 JB> TW> 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. <G+D!>


 TW>  I don't rembember the Call sign but the Station in Mexico that was near
 TW>  Clint Texas was a bit "Boisterious". As I rembember they ran at 100,000
 TW>  Watts.
 TW> I could pick them up up in Great Falls Montana during my high School
 TW> Days..

I forgot how the Mexicans like to party. <LOL>



.... James
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