Pirate at 1640

[ASchinella <ASchinella@aol.com>]

I am no expert on this stuff but what I have heard is that the 100 milliwatt
can only cover a few miles unless it is on a very high tower, which then fails
the 100 milliwatt waiver. I live in Boston so I will see if I can find
anything out about 1640. Funny though that you could pick them up in Norwood;
wow. 

Tony

In a message dated 5/11/98 4:37:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
NORIAC@mln.lib.ma.us writes:

<< Subject: Pirate on 1640
 
 I managed this weekend on my Radio Shack DX-440 at my home in Norwood to
  pick-up the pirate on 1640 (based in Dorchester?) runing Haitian
programming.
 
 I got to hear them both day and night, in both cases, barely over the "hash".
  
 I'm wondering if anyone on this newsgroup has any idea as to how much power
  this pirate is running.
 
 I'm willing to guess it may be only 1 or 2 watts.
 
 But given the fact that 1640, in the eyes of some, is the lower part of
  the shortwave band (and perhaps groundwaves and skywaves begin to travel
  further once you get above 1600 KHz.), could this pirate be operating
  with the 100 milliwatt (1/10 of 1 watt) limit that can be run without
  having to get a license?
 
 I'm also curious as to how far 100 milliwatts can travel on 1640.
 
 Any estimates you can give would be greatly appreciated.
 
 Joseph Gallant
 
 <notquite@hotmail.com> >>

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