Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!

[neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

While I know that this is not politically correct to say this, WMOB is one station that can be called a cheater. They intentionally have run day power at night for most of the past two decades and I chatted with a DXer who spoke to their owner about this. 

This is why they've been heard in Europe. I believe they've been fined at least once for this.  73 KAZ


-----Original Message-----
>From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Oct 9, 2012 7:58 AM
>To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: "irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile,	ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!
>
>I logged WMOB in Northernwestern Mississippi back in 2003 and 2004 quite
>often. I hate to label them as cheater, but Rob.. it's very likely they
>were on a full 5KW Daytime power.
>
>On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> WMOB is a station that, over the course of some 20+ years, has cheated
>> OFTEN with 5 kw non-D, so it most likely wasn't the 212 that they should
>> have been running when you heard them.  They have, more or less, become a
>> reliable indicator of auroral conditions on the MW band.  I'm really
>> surprised the FCC hasn't cracked down on them.
>>
>> 73,
>> Rick Dau
>> South Omaha, Nebraska
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* Robert Ross <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> *To:* NRC AM List <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:20 AM
>> *Subject:* [NRC-AM] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @
>> 212 WATTS!!!
>>
>> Hi Guys:
>>
>> Another Good One via AURORA!!!
>>
>> Heard on a BAREFOOT Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio!!!
>>
>> 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 Watts Night time Power!!!! NEW STATION!!
>> Southern Gospel Music
>> Male DJ with ID @ 0314 EDT as "WMOB Mobile"
>> Into more Southern Gospel Music
>>
>> 73....ROB VA3SW
>>
>> Robert S. Ross
>> London, Ontario CANADA
>>
>>
>>
>>
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