Paul, Just being a radio listener and not a electrical engineer I would guess with the power restrictions and antenna height restrictions of the fcc (part 15)that this station is not compliment to FCC rules. Good signal 3/4 mile away and heard weakly 4 1/2 miles away.
Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:43:19 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate Vancouver, WA If these AM signals go more then about 1 or 2 miles, they are most likely not legal. Paul On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gary, > > You might be right with the Russian community in Washington working > together to set up a radio stations. The same frequency and good equipment > to broadcast with. Seattle area Russian station having far more coverage. > > Dennis, > Salmon Creek, WA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:02:40 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate Vancouver, WA > > Hi Dennis, > > Great detective work! The Russian communities in western Washington seem > fairly well connected, so maybe the Vancouver 1710 kHz Russians got the > pirate idea from the Puget Sound community? I wonder if the programming is > the > same, or similar. > > 73, Gary (in Puyallup, WA) > > > In a message dated 2/26/2010 8:45:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > My wife and I found the area that the Pirate station on 1710 kHz is > broadcasting from. The broadcasts are in Russian, with classical and > opera > being played. The station has a nice signal for 3/4 of a mile, then > the signal starts to fade. On the way back home we were able to hear the > weak fading signal 4 1/2 miles West of the location. The area in Eastern > Vancouver, WA is in a very expensive neighborhood with some areas being > gated. Using the volume control on the Escape radio we kept lowering the > level > and soon were able to get within probably 1/8 mile of the transmitter. > No antennas were seen, only a few satellite dishes. Many huge pine trees > in the area. It reminded me of when some of us at the IRCA Flagstaff > convention tracked down the station with the long wire antenna. We used > the > volume control as a sort of RF control. For instance, the volume was > lowered > and the closer we got to the transmitter site,the louder the audio got. > The > volume control was set to six and the signal vanished within 1/8 of a mile > from > the transmitter area. Much like the Seattle area Russian station heard > this > past summer, but not as strong in the signal department. > > Dennis, > Salmon Creek, WA > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > _______________________________________________ > 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
