It was a pleasant surprise to hear and identify WSAN Allantown PA on 1470 kHz (A South African first) on the 15th September 2011 during the recent Seefontein dxpedition.
The station's 5 kw signal made it through over a distance of 12 570 km via the Icom R71E and 220 metre beverage antenna directed towards Eastern Canada.
Director of Operations, Craig Stevens kindly responded with a brief email verification.
The three WSAN antenna towers located on the Kohl's parking lot at the Whitehall Mall near Allentown, PA (Photograph with kind permission from Brett Saylor).
The base of one of the WSAN antenna towers (Photograph with kind permission from Brett Saylor. Visit Brett's flickr photostream for more interesting dx related photographs).
Audio Clip
A careful listen to the recording at 0438 UTC on the 15th September 2011 revealed the station website address and id :
" ... To participate go to fox1470.com - Search 'No cash' (pause) Sports Radio AM 14-70 The Fox ... "
" ... To participate go to fox1470.com - Search 'No cash' (pause) Sports Radio AM 14-70 The Fox ... "
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