WA2XMN: Armstrong Commemorative Station Gets Extended Stay and New Lease On Life
Receiving an extended lease on life is station WA2XMN. Thats the commemorative "experimental" outlet broadcasting on an old-time lowband FM frequency of 42.8 MHz from the old Armstrong Tower in Alpine, New Jersey,.
When Steve Hemphill, WA3AZE, first fired up his replica Phasitron transmitter on Saturday June 24th, he had a short term Special Temporary Authority from the FCC for its operation. The idea was to commemorate the first FM broadcast 70 years earlier by Major Edwin H. Armstrong.
Initially planning to operate only for two days in June, WA2XMN is now authorized to continue its specialty broadcasts until sometime in 2010. And making broadcast DX’ers salivate is the realization that the station is now authorized to operate into the next Sunspot-maximum, on its 11-year cycle. It's likely that the 250 watt transmitter will be heard into skip areas in the Midwest and beyond, toward the end of its lifespan. This, thanks to those expected solar maximum conditions. (Broadcast Band Update)
Amateur Radio Newsline 1462
When Steve Hemphill, WA3AZE, first fired up his replica Phasitron transmitter on Saturday June 24th, he had a short term Special Temporary Authority from the FCC for its operation. The idea was to commemorate the first FM broadcast 70 years earlier by Major Edwin H. Armstrong.
Initially planning to operate only for two days in June, WA2XMN is now authorized to continue its specialty broadcasts until sometime in 2010. And making broadcast DX’ers salivate is the realization that the station is now authorized to operate into the next Sunspot-maximum, on its 11-year cycle. It's likely that the 250 watt transmitter will be heard into skip areas in the Midwest and beyond, toward the end of its lifespan. This, thanks to those expected solar maximum conditions. (Broadcast Band Update)
Amateur Radio Newsline 1462
posted by RadioIntel.com Annex at 10:48 PM
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