"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message
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"Ian Smith" wrote in message
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| "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

Thanks for that, Steve. Great catch, Greece on AM. You may be
interested to know that, in the 80's/early 90's (in Scotland), caught
quite a few AM stations from the US, Canada, and South America.
Remember (gleefully) counting a total of 120 for US/Canada, though my
efforts were by no means exceptional. The strongest ones were from the
east coast, but managed a few further west, including KMOX St.Louis
(1120). Don't think I managed Minnesota, but may give the whole thing
a try again this winter. Used to have an amplified loop with positive
feedback. Was able to peak weak carriers right out in front of strong
ones. Need to rebuild that loop again.

Some people occasionally go on a "DX-pedition" to the north-west
coast of Scotland, at Sheigra. Chosen for its isolation from the
electrical grid and good locale for the setup of MW beverage antennae.
They get quite a number of great results -

http://www.users.waitrose.com/~bdxc/articles.html

Looks like KFAN 1130 Minnesota might be a good one to go for!

Of course, you have the advantage of not having to stay up as late
as I have, to get the trans-Atlantic DX. On the other hand, we get to
enjoy the "great" climate here. Well, at least it doesn't go "30
below" like over there. That would bother even a hardened Scotsman.
:-)





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