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to: JAMES BRADLEY
from: TOM WALKER
date: 2005-07-13 07:15:00
subject: Re: Antenna

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..
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