[TenTec] RX366
Geoffrey S. Mendelson
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com
Thu May 23 03:22:57 EDT 2013
On 05/23/2013 10:06 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Geoff,
>
> Would be interesting to know its call sign and how much power it was
> running, AND, if it is still on the air.
> The AM BC band is dying over here.
>
> Perhaps 10kw or 20kw would be enough to hear it at that distance.
> It might not have been 50kw.
>
According to the Wikipedia, it was licensed with a maximum of 500kW.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orfordness_transmitting_station
> I can hear British AM BC stations here at night, and Radio Luxembourg comes
> in loud and clear, but like I said, Europe was never blanketed wall to wall
> with 50kw AM BC stations.
>
It's now completely gone from the air, permission to use 648kHz has been
withdrawn.
Geoff.
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