[GreenKeys] 'CFH' Transmitters..?

[Kenneth Gartland]

Hi Duncan and all!

I believe CFH is gone now...
Apparently not been active for a year or more...

Your referrence, (Duncan), to the CBC antenna farm
brings back a lot of memories...

Back in the day when I first worked as a Teletype
trainee in Saint John, NB, I routinely passed this
immense antenna​ installation every trip back to
Nova Scotia, where I was still living...

I always marvelled at the complexity of this place
where they operated the CBC's international short
wave service...

They had antennas for every short wave band in use
at the time...

There was also a very large shortwave monitoring
station located in this complex...

It was an ideal location for good propagation
to the sky, plus excellent grounding due to extensive
marsh lands...

Sadly, it closed down a few years back (To save costs?)...
Canada has joined the ranks of countries with no
international broadcasters...

 I enjoyed Jeff's comments on his "Powerhouse" local
AM station running on the graveyard frequency​ (1430khz)
low power output...

Our local AM station CFAB, operated on 1450khz with,
wait for it, 250 watts daytime, 100 watts nite...

After 9pm on any nite, it cud not be heard beyond
about three miles, due to interference from other
low power stations using this graveyard frequency...

This station is still on the air, but runs an incredible
1,000 watts, day and night 24hr operation

As late as 1965, it wud shut down at midnight after
playing "God save the Queen"...A few seconds later,
the carrier wud be dropped, and then I cud DX
this channel...

Usually, I am more Teletype oriented, but thot some
of you mite have enjoyed reading this!

Tks for listening, I'll drop my carrier now!

Cheers!

Ken
VE3-HMQ
i-Telex 61663
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