Hi guys
Had to share this Email QSL with you guys which came today. 1422 4AM translator Port Douglas, Queensland. Back in 5 weeks for written report. Every now and again you get little gems like this one, whether any of it is true is another thing. lol. I'm sure it is. Cheers Dave David Onley - MW/FM/Tropical Band Dxer http://people.aapt.net.au/~onley/ P.O. Box 821, Belmont, Victoria, 3216, Australia +61 428 114430 >From August 20: Louis David Straat 639. 2551 ES Den Haag, The Netherlands Hi David, Thank you for your reception report. Sorry I have taken so long to reply. The transmitter you were listening to is located between Mossman and Port Douglas. The power is only 1Kw omni directional as the frequency is shared with the multicultural station in Melbourne. The transmitter is a solid state Blythe which was manufactured in Christchurch, New Zealand. Audio processing is an Innes Corp Crusher manufactured in Australia. The tower is 40 metres. Program is fed via a Telstra landline which for the last kilometre runs through a mangrove swamp - occasionally the program is interrupted when a crab severs the line. The mangrove swamp is also home to a saltwater crocodile so our engineer cringes whenever we go off the air. The main 4AM transmitter is located on the Atherton Tablelands in Mareeba and is a 5Kw service broadcasting on 558kHz. We frequently get letters from people in Japan and the west coast of America who have tuned in. Andrew Talbot Breakfast Announcer Macquarie Regional Radioworks 4AM Atherton Tablelands / Port Douglas 175a Byrnes Street MAREEBA 4880 Phone: (07) 40924558 Fax: (07) 40926286 Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: <http://www.4am.com.au> www.4am.com.au ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html