2022-11-14, 14:34:53
Another one bites the dust. Seems like the only things on SW these days are OTH radars ... and those preachers.
Back around 1990 I was on the Shift Supervisor course at Bruce A. Four years with nose to grindstone. To drown out the world when studying at home, I listened to rock music on SW with headphones. My favorite was KUSW in Salt Lake City. They QSYed several times each evening so I had to chase them down the bands. Unfortunately long gone. Another good one was WRNO "The Rock of the World" in New Orleans. They are apparently still on the air intermittently, with religious content.
I was always in awe of the CBC International Service transmitter site outside Sackville NB. Drove past it many times. Very impressive antenna farm. Never got inside but they had nine transmitters ranging from 100 kW to 300 kW. We decided Canada couldn't afford such a world class installation so it all got shut down in 2012. The property is now in the hands of an indigenous group.
But, CFRX is still rebroadcasting CFRB on 6070.
73
Dave, VE3WI
Back around 1990 I was on the Shift Supervisor course at Bruce A. Four years with nose to grindstone. To drown out the world when studying at home, I listened to rock music on SW with headphones. My favorite was KUSW in Salt Lake City. They QSYed several times each evening so I had to chase them down the bands. Unfortunately long gone. Another good one was WRNO "The Rock of the World" in New Orleans. They are apparently still on the air intermittently, with religious content.
I was always in awe of the CBC International Service transmitter site outside Sackville NB. Drove past it many times. Very impressive antenna farm. Never got inside but they had nine transmitters ranging from 100 kW to 300 kW. We decided Canada couldn't afford such a world class installation so it all got shut down in 2012. The property is now in the hands of an indigenous group.
But, CFRX is still rebroadcasting CFRB on 6070.
73
Dave, VE3WI