BC-DX TopNews WWDXC #945 BC-DX 945

along with a part of its maritime and flight communications history. The
agency and a private explosives company on Wednesday demolished a
1,350-foot Long Range Aids to Navigation tower on the Seward Peninsula.
The tower was at the Coast Guard LORAN station at Port Clarence about
70 miles northwest of Nome. It was completed in 1961 and was the tallest
tower of its kind in the country...
(via Mike Cooper, dxld May 6)
Alaska's tallest structure demolished in explosion Alaska's tallest
structure has been destroyed in a controlled demolition using explosives.
The 411 m (1,350 ft) Long Range Aids to Navigation (LORAN) tower on the
Seward Peninsula was brought crashing down. The Coast Guard, who ordered
the demolition, said the tower was deteriorating and at risk of collapse.
Source:
(via Dragan Lekic-SRB, dxld May 6)
ALGERIA Bechar 576 etc
Here is Bechar from the construction point of view!
(David Porter-UK G4OYX, SW TX site May 6)
549 kHz TX site.
I think this is Bechar 153 and 576 kHz. 549 kHz is at Sidi Hamadouche
35 17 20 N 00 34 40 W
(Mauno Ritola-FIN, SW TX site May 6)
Durch die Antworten von Mauno in Finnland und Dave in Woofferton bin ich
mal wieder auf die vorzuegliche Webseite von
Bernd Waniewski in Berlin gestossen.
Er hat als Pensionaer jetzt mehr Zeit uns durch vorzuegliches
Informationsmaterial zu versorgen, auch teilweise beigestellt durch
Kontakte zu den Webseitenbesuchern.
Neu fuer mich sind jedenfalls
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