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		wl on Jan 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WLW: America's 500,000 watt radio station (2015) AM broadcast travels a long way not because it tends to reflect off the atmosphere (skywave propagation), but because it tends to hug the earth (groundwave propagation).

wl on Jan 27, 2020 [–]

Too late to edit: I was confused... groundwave during the day, skywave at night.

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