[BC] Re: WLW related historical question

[Dana Puopolo]

If I recall, some years ago, FEMA (or whatever they were at the time), did a
study which showed that something like a dozen LF stations could cover the
entire continental USA  with a decent ground wave signal.

-D

 
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Received: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 07:34:42 PM EDT
From: "Phil Alexander" <dynotherm at earthlink.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: WLW related historical question

On 7 Aug 2006 at 20:36, Jeffrey Kopp wrote:

> If I could ask a couple naive questions, I wonder why longwave 
> has never been used for broadcasting in the US, or if it was 
> even ever considered.

Originally, low frequency was allocated to aviation navigation,
and many low powered homing beacons remain on the air although
their numbers are becoming fewer and fewer.

With the movement of maritime and aviation from LF, and little
other use for the band, it would make sense to open it to
regional and national broadcasting, but that may make too much
sense.

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