I suppose I got interested the same way Tom. Now in the middle of
the night if you can't sleep, you hear multiple broadcasts of various
talk shows, all guaranteed to make you question the sanity of anyone
who calls in to such a show!!
Or am I just getting old and crabby!!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 09:22 AM 9/13/2009, you wrote:
> Hey, Pat.
>
>I'll look at the wlw link when I get the chance here.
>
>Takes me back to the good old days when A M dxing was alive and well!
>
>I still remember how excited I was when I first discovered it as a kid, just
>playing around with a little A M radio one night.
>
>Probably is part of what got me interested in ham radio in the first place.
>
>73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:14 AM
>Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
>
>
>Tom,
>I agree with your assesment of cleqr channels. Isn't it WOAI on 820
>- not by itself in the Chicagoland area any more. And WSM has company.
>A friend sent me the following link about WLW several years
>ago. Just tried it and it still works. Lots of interesting history.
>Enjoy!!
>Pat, K9JAU
> <http://www.ominous-valve.com/wlw.html>
>At 11:53 PM 9/12/2009, you wrote:
> > Pat:
> >
> >You could be right. But again, it's strange: I can get WGN, WBBM, and WLS
> >A M out here at night, but on 670 AM, there's a station out of the Denver
> >area that is high-power during the day, but low-power at night. Sometimes,
> >if I listen real closely, I can hear WSCR (the score) underneath the Denver
> >Station's signal, which to me, at least means that 670 AM is not clear
> >channel any more. I also cannot get WJR out of Detroit on 760 AM, because
> >of a station in the Denver area that runs 50 thousand watts in the daytime,
> >and low power at night. Another example is WWL out of New Orleans. ... I
> >always thought they were a true clear channel station too, but here in
> >Colorado, there's another station on 870 AM, even at night with low power.
> >I think that one is in the Greeley area.
> >
> >So, it's really strange.
> >
> >As for WLW in Cincinatti, even there, if I listen on 700 AM, I can't get
> >them, but hear a mix of one or two signals way in the background.
> >
> >These are just my observations for what they are worth.
> >
> >73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:29 PM
> >Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
> >
> >
> >Seriously Tom; I am of the understanding that the only clear channel
> >frequencies left are not clear channel during the day, as once was the
> >case.
> >PatAt 07:08 PM 9/12/2009, you wrote:
> > > Pat:
> > >
> > >What do you mean by "night-time only", or am I missing the joke?
> > >
> > >Actually, I don't think it's you smoking the wrong stuff; it's the FCC!
> > >
> > >73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 6:06 PM
> > >Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
> > >
> > >
> > >Aren't the few clear channel stations which still exist night-time
> > >only? Or am I smoking the wrong stuff?!!
> > >Pat, K9JAUAt 06:02 PM 9/12/2009, you wrote:
> > > > Not any more, apparently. I get several signals on 1210 A M
> > > >simultaneously, so don't know where the others are coming from. It's
> > > >just
> > > >not as simple as it used to be.
> > > >
> > > >73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 1:58 PM
> > > >Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Just thought I'd ask.
> > > >
> > > >But, I thought 1210 was a clear channel station?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:10 PM
> > > >Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Nope, I can't, Anthony.
> > > > >
> > > > > 610 AM has a station on it from somewhere out this way; 1060 A M
> > > > > has
> > > > > a
> > > > > low-power station in Longmont, CO--about 20 miles from me; and I
> > > > > don't
> > > > > get
> > > > > anything on 1210 A.M. but a bunch of jumbled up signals that aren't
> > > > > intelligible.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, nothing from the east coast all the way out here.
> > > > >
> > > > > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 10:25 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Tom;
> > > > >
> > > > > Can you pick PHT1210 or, KYW1060 or, WIP610 out of Philly?
> > > > >
> > > > > Give a try and let me know.
> > > > >
> > > > > Maybe you'll get lucky.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 11:49 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >> Howard:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I remember that well, having lived in Michigan for almost 20 years.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> And, you know something that surprised me? I can pick up WGN out
> > > > >> of
> > > > >> Chicago
> > > > >> here in Colorado at night! Also, can pick up WBBM, with some
> > > > >> difficulty.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> So, AM D x ing may not be totally dead after all!
> > > > >>
> > > > >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> > > > >>
> > > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > > > >> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > >> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:05 AM
> > > > >> Subject: Re: anyone wanna try a 40-meter sked this Sunday?
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Glenn, glad you are on the list.
> > > > >> de wa9top
> > > > >> Tom, I'll try to check in, but the Packer bear pre-game will be on,
> > > > >> and
> > > > >> their is nothing more fun on radio than listening to bear fans
> > > > >> wine.
> > > > >> They
> > > > >> start it before their team looses. You should hear them after a
> > > > >> loss,
> > > > >> it's
> > > > >> absolutely wonderful!!!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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