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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: PirateSWL on March 05, 2021, 1609 UTC

Title: The Strange Story of DC's Lost AM Radio Station Still Transmitting Inauguration
Post by: PirateSWL on March 05, 2021, 1609 UTC

https://www.thedrive.com/tech/39549/the-strange-story-of-dcs-lost-am-radio-station-still-transmitting-inauguration-road-closures-from-2013?fbclid=IwAR2GstbndbYqB0ppLgxqqag8OjJQFXqfI9gQjy_aZq_Zr-QFsDDJiQCo0J0

Title: Re: The Strange Story of DC's Lost AM Radio Station Still Transmitting Inauguration
Post by: ThaDood on March 06, 2021, 2011 UTC

Huh... My sister told me about this story yesterday. It makes you wonder.     https://swling.com/blog/2021/03/transmitters-stuck-in-time/?unapproved=662841&moderation-hash=dbb7ae6061a33e50d5e5b3bd9b539f70#comment-662841

Title: Re: The Strange Story of DC's Lost AM Radio Station Still Transmitting Inauguration
Post by: Kingbear Radio on March 20, 2021, 0733 UTC

That is THE best kind of radio mystery, something I could only dream about. It's like a sc-ifi story where people find a radio station abandoned 50 years ago and turn it on, and it's playing tapes of the personalities from back then.

There is a station that broadcasts on one day a year, official broadcast, not pirate!

Title: Re: The Strange Story of DC's Lost AM Radio Station Still Transmitting Inauguration
Post by: skeezix on March 20, 2021, 1457 UTC

Quote from: Kingbear Radio on March 20, 2021, 0733 UTC

There is a station that broadcasts on one day a year, official broadcast, not pirate!

That's Radio Öömrang. They broadcast every February 21st for one hour starting at 1600 UTC on 15215 kHz. The broadcast is in German, English and Frisian.

The signal to the U.S. (at least upper Midwest where I am) is solid, S9+20.