Ah, the exhilarating research on my misplaced 1660 TIS continues. When we last left this saga, a TIS identifying itself as being in Redmond on 1650 was being heard on 1660 from SeaTac Airport (from my car) and home (ICF2010 etc.) Redmond to home is about 28 miles; that's rather expansive coverage, I thought to myself, so I E-mailed the City of Redmond PR Department. The following day I received a call back from LT Ashmore who said the transmitter was tested from three different locations in Redmond last month and that it was picked up by someone from Tukwila. He also said that the transmitter was made by Information Station Specialists in Zeeland, MI (616/772-2300, www.theradiosource.com). I was in the midst of writing an E-mail to them when I decided to tune in to see if it was still on. It was, but it was now identifying itself correctly as coming from the City of Tukwila. I could not dig out the call letters because of a vicious relatively new buzz on the top end of the band. So Tukwila is already on on 1660 and Redmond will go on in September on 1650. Now you know. It is not nice trying to fool DXers with incorrect ID and frequency announcements...
Speaking of the vicious new noise, we have three TV sets, two of which were cable-ready and one of which wasn't so we had to get a box from Comcast because without it, we would not be getting any cable signals after June 1. I can't relate the new noise specifically to the date we received the box because I wasn't at the dials much during that period but it does seem coincidental. Has anyone out there in IRCAland experienced this? Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop DX398; Palomar loop _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.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]
