Hi Mike,
CBR in Calgary, 1010, carries CBC overnight and they rebroadcast several
different overseas services throughout the night. While the thought of BC
band dx like this is thrilling, I would bet on CBR. <GRIN>
Sorry about that.
Kevin, K7RX
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Freeman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 01:45 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Radio Australia on MW All The Way over Here?
Greetings!
Among my passions or, if you will, weaknesses, is antique radio -- more
specifically, broadcast receivers -- more specifically yet, tube portable
radios. I have a bunch including several Zenith TransOceanics (a G500, a
H500, two L600's and a B600, all of which work except the H500). I
acquired the B600 the other day and was fiddling around with it at 5 in
the morning, listening to KOMO News 1000 (Tacoma, WA; I'm in Vancouver,
WA). Just up the dial from this, in amongst the welter of stations, I
heard faintly familiar music -- the fanfare which accompanies Radio
Australia's hourly news on SW and on the Internet. Anyone know if
Australia is broadcasting (either Radio National or Radio Australia
International) on medium-wave just above one megaHertz? Or was some U.S.
station rebroadcasting it. I can hardly believe I heard Down Under on
medium-wave, especially from a T/O. But who knows?
73!
Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >
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