Awe13.243 net.followup utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!lime!we13!rjk Sun May 2 00:27:23 1982 Re: Are gifts everywhere? (from arpanaut) WLW still has the capability to broadcast at high powers. Not 500,000W, however, more like 1,000,000 Watts! Did you ever notice that funny little circle with the triangle in it that is painted on your AM radio dial at 700? Good old civil defense days, folks... The may be returning, too! WLW still does monthly (?) tests of the CD facilities on their extremely large oil-cooled dummy load in the backyard. Some ridiculous amount of oil (500 gallons or so, I think) and a maze of pumps handle it in stride. Conceptually, you would be able to pick up this station ANYwhere in the states (probably Hawaii too!) in the event of "an actual emergency". When I was in High School in Toledo (no cracks, please) we had learned of the procedures involved with the old CD stuff. Later on at O.U. in Athens, I met someone who had worked at WLW and he said that they still did all that stuff. This was in `77, so I don't know the status today. Could be an interesting topic, what with Ronnie's trigger finger and all! Randy King ..we13!rjk ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.