In the mid or late 70's, I was on the beach in St. Augustine, FL at noon with a Radio Shack TRF. WCBS-880, WNBC-660 and WBZ-1030 were all listenable without any fading. Given the path was pretty much all salt water, and WABC-770 was not audible, I'd have to guess it was groundwave. The added land path for WABC killed it off, where skywave probably would have made it.
While we're on the subject of propagation, has anyone noticed that being in close proximity to a tower can cause some interesting effects? In 1976 I was parked next to the then WGNG-550 tower and caught the Tampa, FL station on 1380. Drove away and it vanished. At home and at work, positioning a small portable next to a guy wire causes some real signal enhancements. And, by moving to another set of guy wires, sometimes a whole different set of stations is apparent. Craig Healy Providence, RI _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
