Patrick Martin wrote: > Pete and Bruce, > > Isn't 1590 on Bainbridge? I wonder why they did not diplex there?
According to the application Salem filed for the Tacoma site, there were CPs issued earlier to diplex KKOL at the KIXI 880 site in Bellevue and at the KLFE 1590 site on Bainbridge. They couldn't come to terms on a lease at the KIXI site, and the KLFE site ended up diplexed with KTFH (now KDOW) 1680 instead. Quoting from the Tacoma application: "On a technical basis, it was concluded that the signals of all three stations would be compromised if an attempt was made to use the KLFE site for a triplex AM operation." There's a fascinating and lengthy narrative that follows, explaining how KKOL considered ten other sites, and studied diplex possibilities at every other existing AM site in Seattle, before settling on the Tacoma site. You can read it at: http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=307873 I'm not a Salem engineer, but it seems to me they might have ended up much better off putting KKOL with KLFE on Bainbridge and moving 1680 somewhere else. The Tacoma site is just too far away from Seattle to provide a really usable signal in much of the metro, as KJR learned when it tried to diplex with KHHO. From the Tacoma site, KKOL simply won't exist at night on the east side of Lake Washington or anywhere north of the University of Washington, though it will pick up new coverage on the Tacoma side of the market. With KIKN in Port Angeles out of the way (it signed off for good last week), there are no really tight spacings KKOL had to contend with, just some mild protections to KLDY 1280, KIT 1280, KACI 1300, KZXR 1310 and CHMB 1320. All of those could have been pretty easily met from Bainbridge. s _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
