VOCM 590khz St. John's NL, Canada in South Wales on Eton E5

[vo1001swl]

Correction on Marconi information, he received the signal in Newfoundland , it was sent from Poldhu, England

[searchlight22]

Hey, pretty neat. VOCM 590 is located just a few kilometers from the site where Marconi sent the first trans-Atlantic wireless signals.

I have driven to the top of Signal hill many times and tuned a regular car radio to stations that are broadcasting from great distances.

[remlap]

searchlight2, thanks for the comment, wonderful.

[VO1GXG]

VOCM is locted almost 50 Kilometers away from signal hill, their transmitter site is almost 100KM away. Littles more then a few ;)

However it is cool that VOCM is getting to Wales. VOCM seems to have a problem with keeping clean transmissions, you can pick them up on 760,860,960,1060, and as well as all the ways down to 30khz!

[searchlight22]

VO1GXG,

Are you confusing VOCM 590 with VOCM 560 ? In either case, neither of them is 50km away from downtown St.John's. You can probably see Cabot Tower from the roof of the VOCM Bldg. on Kenmount Rd. and I think they still transmit from that building. Even the 560 building in Conception Bay isn't 50 Kms away in a straight line across the bay.

BTW, Signal Hill has had its name at least 100yrs before the invention of radio

[VO1GXG]

I know about signal hills history i worked for parks canada as a marconi tour guide.

560 CHOV does not exist anymore it is not 103.9 CHVO - KIXX Country. VOCM is 6 or 7 KM from signal hill at the end of kenmount road. my math is bad. however they do not broadcast from there anymore, VOCM-FM does , VOCM AM broadcasts from a phased vertical towers known as the the " twin towers" in mount pearl next to the RCI broadcast site.

[remlap]

Thanks mate you have some wonderful videos!

[mathiasvolta]

Great MW-DX ! 5*****