[BC] Re: WFIF Heard In Europe

[Phil Alexander]

On 1 Feb 2006 at 10:30, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 02/01/2006 10:11:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> rcarpen at erols.com writes:
> 
> > Get out your great-circle chart or a globe.  The great circle 
> >  direction starting from the US northern east coast to Europe is 
> >  NORTHEAST.   From here in the DC area, the path goes over Nova Scotia.
> 
> I would think that there would be a better path out over the open water, than 
> via Canada & the North pole. From where we are located, our signal is mostly 
> beamed "inland".
> 

Think skywave, not groundwave. Winter over the pole makes
a long dark night above 60 deg. N. Lat.


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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