Good observations, Steve. I had thought that station on top of station still signed on at 0600 but guess that I'm not DX'ing very often right at that time. I *do* hear stations on assumed PSRA such as at 0645 when the station's actual FCC sunrise may not be until 0745.
I do agree that Critical Hours must be a "supposed to be" kind of thing as I hear many stations booming in at sunset that I would think would be impossible with their supposed CH power. Thanks. Dave in Indy ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:39:35 -0500 From: [email protected] To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: [IRCA] Pre-sunrise powers and Critical Hours powers Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Is any attention paid to Pre-sunrise powers? I don't hear anything different happening at 6am and haven't for years. It's just another top-of-the-hour, as far as I can hear. Years ago, on regional frequencies, station sign-ons at 6:00 would pile on in layers, often covering the usual night dominant on the channel. Things sound no more (or less) congested now at 6:03 than they did at 5:57. Critical Hours restrictions have been ignored for years. When I worked at the Knoxville stations on 1580 and 1180 in the late 80's, nobody knew what I was talking about when I mentioned them to staff, including the owners. I strongly suspect these power restrictions exist only in some musty paper file in the bowels of the FCC building, as well as in the idealistic imaginations of the DXing brotherhood. Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee _______________________________________________ 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]
