[BC] WLW--when it was 500 kW

[Mark Durenberger]

Legend has it there also was a time when the full-power was used overnight, 
to send war-time communications to occupied European countries.  Wasn't it 
operated as "8XK" during those ("experimental") periods?

Mark Durenberger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Alexander" <dynotherm at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] WLW--when it was 500 kW


> On 5 Jul 2005 at 7:34, Dan Strassberg wrote:
>
>> Rob Atkinson wrote about how when WLW ran 500 kW in the '30s, its 
>> groundwave
>> coverage extended all the way to Canada.
>>
>> Certainly not hard to believe, given that it's only, what? 250 miles or 
>> so
>> from south to north across Ohio and then another maybe 50 miles across 
>> Lake
>> Erie. Remember, 700 is a lower frequency than WBZ's 1030 and the soil
>> conductivity in most of Ohio is quite good.
>
> Actually, the conductivity between WLW and Canada is very good. Not quite 
> up
> to the level seen in the great plains, but enough to make a station in
> New England drool over it.
>
> BTW, IIRC, WLW was briefly on in the late 50's from midnight to 1 AM 
> testing
> the 500 kW rig when Crosley applied for full time authorization. After the
> FCC denied Crosley, he sold the station not long afterward.
>
>
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