Subj : Antenna
To   : JAMES BRADLEY
From : JAY EMRIE
Date : Thu Jul 14 2005 12:03 pm

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JB> JB> TW> The dedicated AM band DX'ers used to stay up almost all night to
JB> JB> TW> catch such things. At times the band really opened up Particualrly
JB> JB> TW> after most of the local stations went off the air.
JB> JB> TW> Of course th "Good Old Days" when one could hear WLW in the
JB> JB> TW> Midle of the night all over the north Amercian Continent is gone.
JB> JB> TW> there were also so called Clear Channels that would come in but i 
nthe
JB> JB> TW> 30's WLW beat them all having the highest Output power ever allowed
JB> JB> TW> for an AM station, 500,000 Watts. The rest of the
JB> JB> TW> stations were limited
JB> JB> TW> to 50,000 Maximum. With most being 5,000 or even less in some
JB> JB> TW> situations. -!-

JB> JB>Yup... You yankees can be a boisterous bunch. <G+D!>


JB> TW>  I don't rembember the Call sign but the Station in Mexico that was 
near
JB> TW>  Clint Texas was a bit "Boisterious". As I rembember they ran at 
100,000
JB> TW>  Watts.

XERA IIRC.
Jay

JB> TW> I could pick them up up in Great Falls Montana during my high School
JB> TW> Days..

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


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