(6-foot tuned loop, 23-foot vertical, Quantum Phaser, I'm horribly behind on posting North American loggings and recordings to my blog, but I've managed a few new catches this month:
March 1st: 1590 KLIV, San Jose CA, weak at 1:47am MST (0847UT), 5000W, call (new; phaser), 559 miles Was phasing out roughly to the south and caught the call letters during a break after Van Morrison's "Domino". KLIV is a news/talk station, but confirmed on their website that they play oldies at night. 1130 KRDU, Dinuba CA, weak at 3:32am MST (1032UT), 5000W, call (new; phaser), 405 miles A surprising two-fer night, for my 450th station! Chuck Swindol religious programming into an ad to join him on a religious cruise, then station call before going into the next half-hour religious program. I did an SDR recording for pre-sunrise TP, and given my successes before going to bed, I decided to do a comprehensive recording check at the 6am (13UT) TOH and picked up two more stations, just using the tuned loop. 960 KIXW, Apple Valley CA, very weak at 5:59am MST (1259UT), 5000d/20n, new (call; loop), 271 miles Could barely make out the legal ID, along with the phrase "high desert". Hard to believe I was getting them at 20 watts ND, but highly unlikely to have been at 5000-watt ND day power. They do have a PSRA for 500 watts starting at 6am, but it would have been 5am there. 1630 KKGM, Fort Worth TX, weak at 6:00am MST (1300UT), 10000W, call (new; loop), 890 miles This was a big surprise! I was definitely not optimized for high-band, but the legal ident popped right out just after TOH. They would have been on day power, so this can be chalked up to SRS March 4th: 710 KSPN, Los Angeles CA, medium at 6:48pm MST (0148UT), 50000W, slogan and ads (new; loop), 340 miles Caught them in pretty good right before they presumably went to night power/pattern at 7pm. Heard "ESPN L-A 7-10" slogan several times and local ads. This is one I think I had before, but couldn't tease out enough information to be sure. Even with an unfavorable night pattern, this probably makes it here somewhat often near sunset. March 9th: 730 KNFL, Boise ID, weak at 6:45pm MST (0145UT), 15000d/500n, slogan and city (new; phaser), 654 miles Caught several mentions of "ESPN Boise", along with frequency and mention of their FM translator. If I tried harder, I could probably frequently get this one near sunset. 840 KMPH, Modesto CA, weak at 7:00pm MST (0200UT), 5000W, call (new; phaser), 510 miles This is one that has been on my list for a while after catching it, but not being able to confirm it. Needed phaser to beat down splatter from 850-KOA and the TOH call was still not very clear due to overlapping sounds from the network and local. Immaculate Heart Radio doing a network pledge-a-thon. Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ [email protected] http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ 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]
