Re: [HCDX] Adak, Alaska on 890 kHz - still on the air?

[Mika Makelainen <mika@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Can any Scandinavian or Down Under HCDXers tell us whether the station on 890
> kHz from the Adak Island, Alaska Naval Air Base still exists?   The base
> closed down in the 90's, so the radio station is likely gone, too.  Anyone
> know for sure one way or the other?

It doesn't exist anymore. I picked up the station in 1995. A quote from the verification, which I received from AFRTS HQ in 1999: "The station transmitter have (sic) been turned off and is no longer in operation, as of 1997."

73
Mika Makelainen
http://www.makelainen.com/dx/index.htm



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