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J 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. 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. --- þ OLXWin 1.00a þ It it floats make it a buoy.If it sinks make it an anchor* Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 123/140 500 106/2000 633/267 |
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