Mike,

I well remember WNYW and used to listen to a lot of those a m stations just
above the 15 meter phone band.  There was, back in those days a ton of
really cool a m stations all over the world.

Phil.
K0NX





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 4:52 PM
Subject: A little more about 15 Meters


> I remember hearing my first real DX, a ZL2 on 15 meter AM.
>
> As a Novice, I built what the ARRL Handbook called "A 1 Element Beam" for
15
> meters. It was, of course, a center loaded rotatable dipole. It would have
> been more efficient with a different loading scheme, but, it worked
Holland
> and Australia on the same July evening in 1969 for my first DX contacts.
>
> At least 2 other friends used that antenna as Novices after I upgraded to
an
> old TH4 beam.
>
> Just above 15 meters, of course, is the 13 meter BC band.
>
> Does anyone remember WNYW, better known as Radio New York Worldwide?
>
> I wrote to their DX Listening Post program, and my letter was read over
the
> air.
>
> I also remember being fascinated with the sound of the multipath echo
> signals from the BC stations on that band when conditions were really
good.
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>
>