Single. The image rejection on the BC band is pretty good, however.
But I think Kevin has it -- CBR, 1010, in Calgary, rebroadcasts some of
this stuff.
Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: Radio Australia on MW All The Way over Here?
> It might be an image from Radio Australia. Is the receiver single or
double
> conversion?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Freeman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:44 PM
> 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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