Re: [IRCA] Old timers question abour 1180

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I recall visiting the site in '84 or so and it looked like something 
> 
> 'temporary' that was made permanent later on.  We have other relay  
> stations like that in VOA's network.

*** A batch of us visited from the 1972 Coral Gables NRC convention.


> 
> Does anybody recall the legal/FCC battles that surrounded VOA's  
> selection of 1180kHz?  Much like the 530kHz Marti stuff, I'm sure FCC
>  
> finds itself in a tough position since IBB [ne USIA] is a separate  
> member of IRAC.
> 
>

*** I don't recall any. I heard both from Syracuse, NY, right in WHAM's
backyard, but only on 1180 when WHAM was silent. Otherwise VOA wasn't
there.



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop

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