Kevin:

I'm not disappointed.  In these days of crowded bands and especially in
the summertime, BC-band DX from Down Under was highly unlikely, to say the
least.  I'm just glad I wasn't halucinating! (grin)

Mike Freeman < K 7 U I J >

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Nathan, Kevin wrote:

> 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 >
>