[BC] AM maintenance question

[John Mayson]

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Robert Paine <ka3zci at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Do AM stations still routinely sign off Sunday night/Monday morning for transmitter maintenance? I recall hearing in the late 60's WABC going off for a few hours then coming on intermittently, sending various tones and doing other engineering-type stuff.

I realize Hollywood isn't real life, even when it covers a historical
event.  I was watching "Tora! Tora! Tora!" the other day.  In the
movie they had asked "the radio station" to broadcast throughout the
night (Dec 6-7) for the benefit of the B-17s coming in from the
mainland.  I know pilots used broadcast stations for direction finding
and that the Japanese used this to find Pearl Harbor.  But I
questioned if a radio station would broadcast all night upon request
of the military.  I'm guessing is was SOP for the station to sign-off
at least one night per week if the movie is accurate.

Just my random thoughts.  The thread made me think about that again.

John

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