Re: FM DX.

[DMcElvein@aol.com]

umar@wcrb.com
In a message dated 97-04-22 09:09:43 EDT, you write:

> However, I remember that in 1982 (it may have been '83), during my time at
>  WBOS, a squirrel gnawed through a power line and took the station off the
>  air for several hours.  Fried squirrel, anyone?
>  
>  I've also found the remains of mice inside transmitters, usually on (or
>  near) high voltage points.

A number of years ago the tower for WHAS in Lousville went down in a severe
storm.  Long the perching point for buzzards in the area it became the last
resting place for a number of them when the six hundred foot plus chunk of
steel hit the ground.

Doug McElvein
dmcevein@aol.com

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