Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile AL

[Dave Hascall <dhinfomedia@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Yup, WMOB has been doing this for a while.  I caught them for the first
> time about four years ago and obviously not 212 watts then and they seem to
> be in at least weekly.




> The sad thing is that there is a 250 watt ULR award attributed to WMOB
> that more than likely was when they were on the full daytime power.  At
> that distance, 5 Kw would still be a good accomplishment but WMOB has
> monkeyed with DX'ers, that is for sure. ;)  73 Dave in Indy





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> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 05:44:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rick Dau <drummer1965usa@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB
>         Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!
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> 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
>
>
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>  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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