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- From: ser@netcom.com (Steve Rubin)
- Subject: Re: VOA on MW
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.184850.24698@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec21.155521.23343@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Distribution: nj
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:48:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.155521.23343@cbfsb.cb.att.com> medha@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (keshav.havnurkar) writes:
- >Hi
- >Yesterday ( Sunday 20/12 ) I was tuning the AM dial on my clock-radio
- >at about 23:20. Near the dial setting of about 1000 KHz ( dial
- >accuracy highly suspect ) I heard VOA english broadcasting. The
- >reception was cristal clear. To identify the station frequency,
- >I tried to get it on my SONY walkman with digital tuning ( 10KHZ step )
- >But I could not get the station across complete AM band.
- >The announcer on VOA kept announcing "This is MONDAY morning"
- >even though it was only 23:30 EST. At about about 00:00 Hrs
- >the station went off the air for about 2 minutes and then back again
- >However the reception after midnight was not very good.
- >
- >Any pointers to the station freq ?
- >
- >Thanks
- >keshav@gouda.att.com
-
- There is a VOA transmitter on 1180khz in South Florida (i assume..)
- for Radio Marti broadcasting into Cuba. that might be it.>
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