Hi Dennis: Near Seattle, KFI is coming in as good as I've ever heard them! I have a local on 630 which usually gives KFI fits, but they are holding their own now on the dial. The new antenna and increased power is certainly noticeable here.
Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA > KFI fired up their new tower and returned to 50 KW late this afternoon. > I'm curious as to whether you're hearing KFI as well as you used to before > their tower came down in December of 2004. The new tower is slightly > shorter and has a large top hat. They had to agree to that to get approval > to replace the tower. The old tower was 175.7 degrees electrical height. > The new tower is 158.1 degrees electrical height and the top hat ads 23.3 > degrees electrical height. > > I know just enough about AM towers to be dangerous so I have a question > for you broadcast engineers out there. Beyond ground wave (especially at > night) should the top hat have any effect on the signal strength as > compared to what it used to be? I'm too close to be able to tell. > > 73 > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > _______________________________________________ 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]
