Be prepared for a super small plane ride to Galena lol I flew from little rock to houston, houston to seattle to anchorage then anchorage to fairbanks to ruby to galena. The little plane flights a bit expensive compared to what you pay for a flight on a major airline.
We're working on some exciting stuff here Paul On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 11:46 AM, R. Colin Newell <[email protected]> wrote: > In short -- WOW! > > I imagine DX Tests in the future... > > and now you are SO CLOSE to B.C. that the missus and I may have to come and > visit you. > > Wow. Congrats. > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I have mvoed, again. This time I am in Galena, Alaska. It's a village of > > 500 people about 300 miles west of Fairbanks and 300 miles east of Nome. > > I'm Program Director for Big River Public Broadcasting, Incorporated's > > "Community Radio For Alaska" KIYU. The AM is off but will be back on > soon. > > > > We currently operate a network of about 8 low powered (100 watt class d) > FM > > signals. We run some NPR programming but also oldies music and local or > > regional programming. > > > > I haven't had time to set up a long wire or other antenna yet but using > my > > Sangean ATS909X up here, there's a HIGH level of electrical noise on the > > property.. we also have a few FM transmitters an a 10 watt low power > > digital tv transmitter.. all 20 feet above my head. > > > > I took my Sangean ATS909X to a piece of property across from the radio > > station about 4pm one afternoon and using just the whip, I tuned SW.. and > > also tuned AM (using just the ferrite bar type antenna in the radio). > > > > I heard NOTHING on AM, not even the 25kw of KNOM 780 or 50kw or KICY 850 > or > > the 50kw of KJNP 1170. > > > > I did hear "Esta Es Radio Habana Cuba" on one of their 11mhz > frequencies. I > > also heard China Radio International On the 11 or 13mhz bands and > somewhere > > in the 17mhz. I didn't hear WWV or WWVH. > > > > Paul Walker > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] > > > > > > > -- > > *Colin Newell is the Editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com > <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> - Coffee.bc.ca <http://Coffee.bc.ca> and > DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> -| Amateur Radio VA7WWV | > Twitter.Com/CoffeeCrew | Victoria B.C. Canada* > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > _______________________________________________ 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]
