Hi All,
It is France Info on 1.206 MHz.
73/88 de F8BPN, Mau
f8bpn@wanadoo.fr
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ph-martin/f8bpn
----- Original Message -----
From: "K9AY" <k9ay@k9ay.com>
To: <eric@k3na.org>; "Topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: mystery low band antenna between Chevrol and
Goujon,France (near St Emilion)
> de K3NA
>
>> I am curious about the use and design of an unusual high
>> power, low band antenna which I saw recently while cycling
>> in France. I wonder if anyone knows anything about it.
>>
>
> It's probably France Info on 1206 kHz (300 kW). Open-wire coax is common
> for power at this level, as is stub matching. Slant-wire reflectors are
> used to make broad directional patterns, usually with about 3 dB gain and
> several dB F/B. With the slant wire NE of the tower, it would beam into
> the
> city of Bordeaux, and on to the coast. This station is an easy one for US
> BCB DXers to hear, since it is high power, beamed more-or-less our way,
> and
> on a frequency that lies mid-way between the 10 kHz US channels.
>
> 73, Gary
> K9AY
>
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