"Ian Smith" wrote in message
. ..
| "Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message
| ink.net...
|
| "Ian Smith" wrote:
| | Some of our food does tend to be a bit on the unhealthy side,
| like
| | "fish and chips" for example. One of my favourites, but has to be
| done
| | right.
|
| Cold and greasy? No, thanks. But, served hot and fresh, I think
| I would take that over almost anything.
|
| And the Scots, too, have some wondrous culinary traditions.
|
| I believe all Scottish food is based on a dare....
|
|
| Fish and chips (aka "fish supper" in Scotland) - hot, greasy, and
| definately fresh potatoes (not frozen), crisp batter on haddock. Salt
| and lots of vinegar. Topped with a generous splodge of "HP Brown
| Sauce". Sometimes a "side order" of mushy peas!
|
| Based on a dare? Looking at haggis, you could be right!
|
| Oh, and violently swinging back on-topic; the only shortwave
| stations transmitting from Scotland I know of have been Sunday-morning
| pirates eg. Radio Freedom International (have QSL). But I stand to be
| corrected.
|
| As a matter of interest, does Minnesota currently have any
| shortwave transmissions?

I may be wrong, but there was, at one time in the 70s, a station which
identified itself as WONS ("snow" spelled backwards). This pirate operation
went on the air only during blizzards, as the operators of said station
believed
the FCC engineers would tend to defer their DF activities in that sort of
weather.

Beyond that, barring a number of FEMA and federal agency operations (and the
obvious amateur activity), there are no HF broadcast operations in
Minnesota.

However, in my conversations with a number of MW broadcast engineers here,
you may, at some point this winter, be able to hear a number of MW
broadcasts
from the Twin Cities. My best catch, to date, is Kavala, Greece, on 792
(from
here in the Midwest), using a 4 - foot *unamplified* loop, so, if I can do
that in a
high - noise environment, anyone can, I suppose.

73,

Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, Minnesota


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