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Well, we're both thick then Fritz . That's what I read too, and I used to read these things all the time. Oh well, age does have it's drawbacks (just one or two <LOL>).

[olderndirt]

My first job with the FAA was in a Flight Service Station.  One of our 'services' was an aviation weather broadcast at fifteen and forty five past each hour.  These were heard on all local navaids so if you decided not to interrupt your nap on the mid shift, someone would call.

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So THAT was why it took 15 calls to that station to get a wx update ! JK - that would be a very kewl job. I remember talking to the DOT radio operator in Muskoka once when the old radio ranges were still around. Most communications were by LF at that time, although more and more it was either HF or VHF at that point. Kind of miss those old days, but probably I wouldn't if I was still trying to navigate through a series of T-Storms on that system now.

[olderndirt]

At McGrath we were designated as 'McGrath Area Radio' and transmitted on not only the MCG range but those of FWL (Farewell) and MHM (Lake Minchumina) so lots of folks with low freq receivers could hear our dulcet tones.

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As they warbled, wowed and popped through the atmosphere

[pivo11]

Say again? 

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<LOL> Yeah, LF and HF transmissions weren't exactly clear as a bell . How many times I've heard the radio operator and wondered if it was Donald Duck manning the station .

[olderndirt]

The wonderful thing about HF - sitting on a sandbar in the middle of nowhere with your trail antenna cranked out, you might not contact the nearest station but someone, somewhere would hear you and relay your message.

[pivo11]

I once bought a radio that was made in Russia, after the collapse of the USSR.  It had just about every frequency band there was.  I spent entire nights prowling the airwaves.   

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Jun 26, 2015 12:37:51 GMT -5 pivo11 said:

I once bought a radio that was made in Russia, after the collapse of the USSR.  It had just about every frequency band there was.  I spent entire nights prowling the airwaves.   

We brought a by CloudScout" class="nlpniafml" href="#66645217"> radio back from Europe years ago which had those frequencies on it and I too spent many an hour prowling. I'm not sure if it was a Telefunken or a Grundi, but it was one by CloudScout" class="nlpniafml" href="#18471"> beauty of a machine. and the sound was great as well.  Can't remember what happened to it. Might havethrown it out when " Hi Fi " came on the scene. 

[olderndirt]

Jun 26, 2015 12:37:51 GMT -5 pivo11 said:

I once bought a radio that was made in Russia, after the collapse of the USSR.  It had just about every frequency band there was.  I spent entire nights prowling the airwaves.   

The most popular HF aircraft frequency was 5544 khz - the airlines used 3411.  In my first tower we still listened on HF (30something) and transmitted on 278 khz.  As a youngster (1949) in 'Bonny Scotland', we listened on a multi-band Philips to our favorite Radio Luxembourg.

[pivo11]

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