tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post5335038471439146473..comments2024-03-27T17:14:31.032-04:00Comments on SolderSmoke Daily News: Christmas Eve Fessenden Memorial Broadcast on 486 KHzBill Mearahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-43575345538465060732013-12-27T01:44:58.955-05:002013-12-27T01:44:58.955-05:00I got my Sony portable out and it tuned to 486. I ...I got my Sony portable out and it tuned to 486. I couldn't hear anything with the whip antenna, and didn't have time to rig anything else. If I get free around New Year's, I'll try again -- maybe use a kite to lift an antenna up there...Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478125559279481700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-20502525763042589122013-12-26T15:59:09.134-05:002013-12-26T15:59:09.134-05:00I would think there are more receivers in hobbyist...I would think there are more receivers in hobbyist hands today that tune that frequency than in the past. Unless there's a gap around 455KHz.<br /><br />I never had a low frequency receiver. A friend's father in 1970 had one of those cheap multiband portables that did longwave and had a rotatable antenna. But generally you needed a surplus receiver or a converter. Though, that Heathkit general coverage receiver with the two-crystal filter at about 1680KHz did do long wave.<br /><br />But they digitally synthesized receivers I've bought new and used in recent years all do longwave. The coverage varies, but that has to put a lot of longwave receivers into the public's hands. <br /><br />Of course, the only thing I've heard on longwave with the built-in loop is the local airport, longwave beacons still operating.<br /><br /> Michael<br />Michael Blacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-34982600180661369132013-12-24T20:21:33.528-05:002013-12-24T20:21:33.528-05:00I wish I had a receiver for that frequency... Gar...I wish I had a receiver for that frequency... Garrison Keillor mentioned Fessenden on NPR this morning. So maybe the old boy is making a bit of a come-back! 73 Bill Bill Mearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662500663603350847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7590176649168185428.post-57278183567021102922013-12-24T20:06:11.550-05:002013-12-24T20:06:11.550-05:00Thank you for keeping a "light in the window&...Thank you for keeping a "light in the window" for one of the most uh-heralded heroes of "wireless broadcast."<br /><br />Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was truly one of the prodigious inventors of the radio pioneering days.<br /><br />Ken Daidone<br />N2KJDKen Daidonehttp://projust.comnoreply@blogger.com