That's interesting, Patrick. I'm near the west coast, too - well actually something like 15-18 miles inland (not sure how to exactly calculate it due in part to curvature of the coastline and especially a bay (San Diego) west of me with a peninsula just beyond it. I tuned to, and recorded 1520 earlier this morning, and I definitely heard a station pretty much owning the channel, but I never heard them ID as "KOMA". Is it reasonably possible our distance separation on the west coast (me being just east of San Diego, you being some distance west of Portland) could have something to do with you and me hearing different stations on 1520? (I can detect another station under the one i'm hearing, but only by a sub-audible heterodyne, or occasional hints of modulation.) What format does this "KOMA" you're referring to carry? The station I hear seems to be a news/talk station. Also I get a not found error when I try to visit the KOMA-AM page on radio-locator (the FCC AM Query site is down right now). I generally aim my antenna east (maybe slightly north to get a better null from 1530 KFBK's IBOC) to hear 1520. Do I need to aim maybe northeast to hear KOMA, or maybe west and listen in the early morning for a station from Korea bearing those calls? ;)
73, Stephen --- On Fri, 4/1/11, Patrick Martin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Patrick Martin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KXXA-1520 WA To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 11:29 PM Hi Nick, Not excited about another 50 KW powerhouse in the NW. I think that will be about number ten in the 50 KW Dept for the Puget Sound with 710, 770, 820, 880, 950, 1000, 1090, 1300, 1380, and now 1520. Then add in the 10KW or more (850, 1150, 1210, 1620, and 1680). That is a lot of powerhouse stations in one market. I guess KKXA will be directional North and co-located with KRKO. It looks like about 30% of their signal will head to the SW. I wonder what it will do to KGDD here? KOMA dominates here at night generally anyway. But it may create a real jumble here. I hope they don't adopt IBOC. That is a possibility with KRKO running it. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager _______________________________________________ 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]
