[NJARC] Fwd: [CC-AWA] commemorative FM broadcast

[John Dilks K2TQN]

Hi gang,

This looks interesting.  I don't know if you have heard about it or 
not?  You should be able to hear it in north Jersey.

73, John Dilks, K2TQN

>This was on Radio World, I thought you guys might
>be interested.
>
>Ron Lawrence, KC4YOY
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>Date posted: 2005-04-13
>Alpine Tower to Be Site of Commemorative FM Broadcast
>Seventy years after Major Armstrong demonstrated wide-band FM for the first
>time in public, a commemorative FM broadcast at the Alpine Tower in New
>Jersey will recall the event.
>
>And if you can't hear it at 42.8 MHz, you can listen online.
>
>Steve Hemphill, owner of equipment maker Solid Electronics Laboratories, and
>Charles Sackermann Jr., CEO of the company that owns the Alpine Tower, plan
>the broadcast from the site June 11-12. They said they have an STA from the
>FCC to conduct the broadcast on Armstrong's original FM frequency of 42.8
>MHz under experimental call sign WA2XMN.
>
>The program material includes a dramatic production of "Empire of the Air"
>based on the book about early radio by author Tom Lewis. Also planned are
>excerpts from a 1941 test broadcast between stations of the original New
>England Yankee Network, featuring recordings of Armstrong, Paul deMars,
>Yankee Network Chief Engineer and others. The planners said they'll also
>rebroadcast the final signoff of Major Armstrong's pioneer FM station
>W2XMN/KE2XCC, which went dark in 1954 after his death.
>
>Info: cscmgt.com, or send e-mail to SHemp949 at aol.com