[Mgs] (OT) Medium Wave

[Richard Lindsay]

Only one call sign here: WD4KIB, General Class. :-)

-rick
On Jun 27, 2016 1:52 PM, "Bert Palte via Mgs" <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:

> 'Medium wave', in virtually every European language, refers to the AM
> broadcast band,
> roughly 520 - 1605 kHz.
>
> With 'If you can find one' I meant that this band is virtually dead (over
> here) and I incorrectly assumed that this is a well known fact.
> Several, once important, broadcast stations, like the BBC World Service,
> have disappeared there now.
> There is not much to hear there any more.
> Most radio transmissions now take place in the FM broadcast band, roughly
> 87 - 108 MHz.
>
> Yes, I am a ham radio operator. I used to live in Holland, but have
> recently moved to Sweden,
> hence my two call signs, one for each state.
>
> Sorry for not having been clear enough.
>
> Bert
> 70 MGB
>
>
>
> On 27-6-2016 15:44, Charley & Peggy Robinson via Mgs wrote:
>
>> I'm a ham too.  Looks like he has two call signs. Never heard that
>> "medium wave" term before.  Didn't think he meant the broadcast band
>> because he said "if you can find one."  I've looked it up since.  Seems
>> like MW contains the broadcast bands.
>>
>> CR
>>
>> On 6/26/2016 3:40 PM, Charles Hill via Mgs wrote:
>>
>>> He is referring to what is in the USA the AM Broadcast band.
>>>
>>> Bert is evidently an European ham operator.
>>>
>>> Charles Hill
>>>
>>> On 6/26/2016 2:29 PM, Charley & Peggy Robinson via Mgs wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> What frequency band is "medium wave?"
>>>>
>>>> CR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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