[Boatanchors] Whither SWL'ing...?

[Harold Hairston]

Does anyone know where WRNO transmitters are located? My QTH is Northeast 
Georgia and I live just South of the Tennessee line. There is an AM 
Christian Bdcast station just above me but don't recall the call letters.

Harold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nickels" <ranickel at comcast.net>
To: <DJED1 at aol.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu>; 
<AmRadGear at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:28 Hanks
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Whither SWL'ing...?


> DJED1 at aol.com wrote:
>> I agree that it is disappointing to see the state of the SW bands these
>> days.
> You guys are bumming me all out!  Especially after just yesterday, I
> read that WRNO is back with a good signal, 15590 days and 7505 nights.
> So I dialed 'em up last night and they were booming in on 7505 playing
> contemporary Christian music.   Ain't quite the Rock of New Orleans, but
> still nice to hear them back.  We all know that someone has to pay the
> bills - WBCQ is proving that the "free speech" model seems to work, at
> least in part.  Like most things, I suspect we will see the pendulum
> swing back on shortwave, just look at the example of the US military
> Global HF Network, which is expanding with a brand new command facility
> in North Dakota.
>
> Heck, I'm still ticked that Sirius messed up my favorite XM channels.
> But like my HF radios, it's got a dial, it's up to me to use it.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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