It's currently 0645 ELT, 9/5, & when I checked moments ago, KGA 1510 was off, &
a weak KCKK Littleton, Colorado, was the only station I can hear on 1510 on my
Drake R8 & Kiwa loop. KCKK is a Sporting News Radio affiliate.
When I left work in Post Falls, Idaho (20 miles east of Spokane), at 0515 ELT,
KGA was on, but I wasn't sure because I heard a fluttery signal with sports
programming & Fox Sports promos. Within a few minutes they IDed as KGA, so
they obviously carry Fox sports, at least this time of night on Friday
night/Saturday morning. KGA's signal strength seemed much weaker than I would
have expected it to be in this direction, so I bet they are running 12.5 kw
non-directional.
Sometime between 0515 & when I arrived home @ 0555, KGA went off again, leaving
KCKK dominating the channel. I was checking other frequencies for DX while
driving home, so I didn't hear KGA go off.
I hope some of the rest of you are able to catch some good DX with KGA off.
Mike Sanburn mentioned WLAC-TN. I've actually managed to hear them from here,
but it was way back on a winter night in 1971 when KGA used to sign off at
midnight.
Doug Smith in Nashville heard KGA a few years back & I can't remember if WLAC
was off at the time, although I suspect it was.
I haven't heard WSM 650 from here in many years, although I think they'd be
possible under the right conditions.
I heard WJR 760 Detroit on my new Sangean DT-400W unmodified ultralight last
January. It was the first time I'd heard them in years.
73,
Stan Weisbeck
Spokane, WA
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