Yepp

Here in Europe long wave is important.
on 198 MHz we have 'radio 4' in the U.K. on which we receive the cricket
test match live commentaries!

Also, the shipping weather is broadcast at prescribed times - the
equivalent of NOAA coastal forecasts in the U.S.. and Canada

73 de G3YXX

I think you wrote as below <[log in to unmask]>,
Will Smith <[log in to unmask]> writes
>Hi Walt and all,
>
>The LW long wave coverage is primarily aimed at European and a few other
>places overseas.  Still a fair amount of activity from commercial A M on
>long wave over there.  I guess they just market one model world-wide.
>Incidentally, here's one use for the long wave.  I have a set of wireless
>intercoms that use this frequency range and so I can monitor  the output
>of them using one of these portables.
>
>73,
>
>Will, K4SAY
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> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Walt Smith wrote:
>
>> And speaking of LW coverage, does anybody really use this somewhere in the
>> world or, for that matter, locally in the U.S.?  The only thing I've ever
>> been able to get on LW here is radio beacons from airports.  Since these
>> don't make for very interesting listening, I wondered why so many radios
>> include frequencies below the AM band.
>>
>> --
>> Walt Smith - Raleigh, NC
>> [log in to unmask]
>>

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David W Wood