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- From: steveh@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US (Steve Harding KA6ETB)
- Newsgroups: ba.broadcast
- Subject: Re: Installation near Palo Alto
- Message-ID: <ejQQrAAIBh107h@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 21:26:38 -0800
- References: <56570001@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com> <56570002@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com>
- Organization: The GRAFex Company
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- In <56570002@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com> tonyz@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Tony Zugates) writes:
- >Thanks, Steve... the CW I am hearing on 740 AM appear to be about 25 to
- >30 WPM... I am an operator also and can send at about 40 WPM easily,
- >but my receive sucks...you really have to keep it up !.. Also, the
- >CW is very clean.. probably using an automated system or keyboard.
-
- Probably is keyboard...at least on the send side. Having tried keyboard
- to keyboard CW...
-
- >I guess there is more there than I thought.. I would like to check all
- >their antennas and such out, but its private property and I doubt they
- >would give tours.
-
- Dunno...might be worth a request.
-
- >I would also have thought that the property was more valuable..but there
- >would be severe environmental restrictions because of it being in the
- >middle of wetlands..I dont know. The complex is complaining that the
- >city's duck pond floods the area or something when the water level is
- >raised in the pond.. I thought they had drained it because of the
- >mosquito problem..
-
- The environmental restrictions might be valid if they are planning any
- kind of commercial activity on the site. I would think that they would
- be thrilled to have the ground plane when the water rises, if they
- are a transmitter site.
-
- I'd bet dogs to donuts that any AM broadcaster would love to set up there.
-
- >Again, thanks for the information.
-
- Heresay is more like it.
-
- steve
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