Re: [IRCA] 1140 UN'id Help Needed
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Re: [IRCA] 1140 UN'id Help Needed



Well, I sent off a QSL request to KCLE about two weeks ago and I haven't
heard back yet. And now I read they've been sold, alas. .I probably won't
get a QSL.

Go figure. The only QSL I've requested in 3 years and I won't get it.

Paul Walker
www.realradiousa.com


On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What makes this catch so nice is I wasn't even TRYING for it at all.
>
> My boombox has an "analog" thumb dial, and it's a little off. WGGH's 46
> watts blasts out from 2 towers about 5 miles for where I was.... I had the
> casette tape going as I tuned across the dial so when I found 1150, I'd have
> it recording already.
>
> I wasn't paying attention to the radio till I found WGGH that night. I was
> at the radio station today, putting that cassette tape onto the computer and
> when i re-wound it just because the WGGH piece, I listened real closely and
> said, "Wait? Did I just hear something?"
>
> It was totally unexepected.
>
> Paul Walker
>
>
>
>   On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:24 PM, <kj8o@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>   *Hi Paul,*
>>
>> *I listened to it a half dozen times. No question about the "Classic
>> Country", "KCL?" and "1140" but was not able to copy the last character of
>> their call sign. I think what you heard was KCLE Cleburne Texas. Wikipedia
>> shows they increased their daytime power to 5,000 watts, so maybe you heard
>> them by grayline propagation.*
>>
>> *Very nice catch.*
>>
>> *73 de Joe*
>>
>> *On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:02:51 -0600, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote*
>>  > I heard this on a boombox sometime around 11pm in Marion, Illinois on
>> June 7th.
>> >
>> > http://www.realradiousa.com/1140.mp3
>> >
>> > I can't quite make out the call letters. Can anyone help?
>>
>> > Paul Walker
>> > walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -- 73 de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, MI
>>
>
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