>From bighornmountaradio.com/Legend Communications News Director Justin Wolffing. Repinted with permission..
For the second time in over a year and a half, someone in a far off land has received our faithful 1450 AM KBBS, the Voice of Buffalo. KBBS broadcasts 1,000 watts, and covers most of Johnson County and parts of Sheridan County during the day. At night, you've probably noticed you can hear AM stations much farther than normal. This is due to the radio signal reflecting off of Earth's ionosphere. Scientifically speaking, the signals bounce off the "F layer" of the ionosphere, or 124+ miles (200 kilometers) above the ground. KBBS' 1,000 watt signal did just that, received 4,623 miles (as the crow flies) from Buffalo in Stockholm, Sweden. Lars Skoglund, a member of the Swedish DX Federation, received KBBS in the early morning hours of October 23rd, between 2:15 am and 2:45 am. His report of reception included details about programming heard on KBBS at the time. Skoglund is using a special radio receiver and a 2,624 foot (800km) long wire antenna to receive stations from that distance. We were able to check our logs and can confirm Skoglund was hearing KBBS at the time of reception. Last year, KBBS was received<http://www.bighornmountainradio.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296:kbbs-goes-around-the-world&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=58>in Finland. Paul _______________________________________________ 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]
