Topband: mystery low band antenna between Chevrol and Goujon, France (near St Emilion)

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Hi All,

It is France Info on 1.206 MHz.

73/88 de F8BPN, Mau
f8bpn at wanadoo.fr
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ph-martin/f8bpn


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K9AY" <k9ay at k9ay.com>
To: <eric at k3na.org>; "Topband" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: mystery low band antenna between Chevrol and 
Goujon,France (near St Emilion)


> de K3NA
>
>>    I am curious about the use and design of an unusual high
>> power, low band antenna which I saw recently while cycling
>> in France.  I wonder if anyone knows anything about it.
>>
>
> It's probably France Info on 1206 kHz (300 kW).  Open-wire coax is common
> for power at this level, as is stub matching.  Slant-wire reflectors are
> used to make broad directional patterns, usually with about 3 dB gain and
> several dB F/B.  With the slant wire NE of the tower, it would beam into 
> the
> city of Bordeaux, and on to the coast.  This station is an easy one for US
> BCB DXers to hear, since it is high power, beamed more-or-less our way, 
> and
> on a frequency that lies mid-way between the 10 kHz US channels.
>
> 73, Gary
> K9AY
>
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