Date
1 - 11 of 11
2021 Radio Challenge - 50KW Stations
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Paul Blundell
Hi all,
A new year brings a new radio challenge for me. I have decided to challenge myself to log every 50kw big gun station in Australia. I am not sure how long this will take and how successfully this will be but I think it will be a good challenge. Below is the log sheet I have created for this. Paul
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Dan Merta
All the best with it. I think it's quite possible.
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Peter Laws
This is just the top of the list. Green means I've logged it here in Oklahoma (EM15if).
On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 8:23 PM Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...> wrote:
-- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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Peter Laws
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:28 AM Peter Laws via groups.io
<plaws0@...> wrote:
The Topazdesigns site is my go-to for station info because it includes stations in Canada. I couldn't recall why I used Mesa Mike for this listing but just remembered - the former won't list ALL stations while the latter will! I cut and pasted the whole list into a spreadsheet, then sorted by Night Power then frequency and chopped off everything below 25 kW at night (not *technically* throwing flames but I'm more likely to hear them instead of a 10 kW (only 15 listings with night power at 25 kW or above and less than 50 kW - 94 at a Full 50 kW). -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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Paul Blundell
Thanks Dan. I have had to push the start of this back a bit as work has thrown up some curve balls.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 9:43 PM Dan Merta <dnmerta0@...> wrote: All the best with it. I think it's quite possible. --
Paul
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Paul Blundell
Good work Peter. I will be keen to see how it goes for you. Paul
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 4:28 AM Peter Laws <plaws0@...> wrote:
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Paul Blundell
That is a good idea, once I have completed the 50kw's I might try for some of the lower power ones. Paul
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 4:41 AM Peter Laws <plaws0@...> wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:28 AM Peter Laws via groups.io --
Paul
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Peter Laws
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 3:50 PM Paul Blundell <tanger32au@...> wrote:
Thanks - me too! I was going to say "some are probably out of reach" and while that is probably true for AK and HI stations, I did recently log WBZ-1030 in Boston and I never imagined I'd log them from here in Oklahoma. I just tallied the list and have 32 logged of the 109 listed. That's shocking to me! And I haven't even really scoured my logs - I might have others! -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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Peter Laws
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 5:03 PM Peter Laws via groups.io
<plaws0@...> wrote: 3 more dug up, so 35/109. Pretty pleased with that. California is tough, but I've logged KNX-1070 in LA ... New England and the Northeast are tough ... but as noted, I logged WBZ-1030 in Boston a few weeks back. Thanks for making me dig, Paul B! -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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Richard Allen
Peter:
There was time when WBZ was easily heard in Oklahoma, but it’s difficult now. When I was stationed at Beale AFB CA in 1969, it wasn’t unusual to hear WBZ, as well as WABC, WCBS, WNBC and most of the eastern clears. I use to listen to KOMA most nights. Then the FCC started screwing things up and now it’s mostly a log jam. I have heard WBZ and WABC a couple of times this winter albeit briefly. Good DX. Richard Allen.
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Peter Laws
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 6:19 PM Richard Allen via groups.io
<dx747j@...> wrote: Clears are not what they used to be ... and really haven't been in 40 years. :-( WABC, eh? A favorite when I was a kid ... but I was only 500 km due north of them then! I shall try to log them ... perhaps whenever Cousin Brucie has his show. WABC and WCBS are still there, but WNBC pretends to be "WFAN" ... :-) -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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