Re: [IRCA] WDHP overpowered?

["Gerry Bishop" <gerryb4991@xxxxxxx>]

Dunno.  They believed they were quite legal with 4.  No telling now what
they run at night.

Gerry Bishop
Niceville, FL

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Neil Kazaross
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] WDHP overpowered?

But aren't they supposed to run 1 KW at night ?  73 KAZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Bishop" <gerryb4991@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WDHP overpowered?


> When I talked with the owner of WDHP a couple of years ago, he was 
> surprised
> to have been heard in the Florida panhandle.  He told me he was running 
> 4kw
> at night, 10kw daytime.  The transmitter was rated to 12kw, he said.  This
> was 2003, IIRC.  No telling now what they're doing, but I wouldn't imagine
> it's changed all that much.
>
> Gerry Bishop
> Niceville, FL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Craig Healy
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 7:42 AM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WDHP overpowered?
>
>>I see that Richard Wood in BIHI finds the WDHP 1620 signal remarkable for
> only
>>1 kW at night. In case you missed it, this was in DX Listening Digest 
>>6-148
>>last week:
>
> (snip)
>
> If they are 100kw, it certainly has made no difference here in the NE US.
> They are poor at best.  When the first went on, I don't think they powered
> down from 10kw. Often quite listenable on a car radio in Providence.  I do
> check them frequently here, and nada.  RVC-530 is almost always
> entertainment level for comparison.
>
> I'd wager only a kilowatt, as licensed.
>
> Craig Healy
> Providence, RI
>

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