Sorry, Paul, but you mustn't be so black and white about AM vs FM. Colin is very correct. A few km out of town, and you can completely lose the CBC signals. 690 is (was) very far reaching, easily covering most of Vancouver Island, the lower mainland, and even mid to upper WA state. At night, I could easily hear them in northern BC. As has been noted, the FM is lost easily, even within the city. To say that 50 kW on AM isn't really needed is simply wrong, as a blanket statement. Hundreds of thousands of people live around the periphery, and are now poorly served (or, hopefully not so poorly served if Nick's observations are correct). Certainly, we had the same discussion when the CBC unceremoniously cut the 1 kW SW service on 6160. I concede that with that one, very few people were listening, although it, too, had a niche audience....Walt
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 4:54 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < [email protected]> wrote: > And with nearly 100kw on FM, that 50kw on AM isnt really needed. > > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:51 AM R. Colin Newell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > And you can certainly tell! > > > > They are easier to null and the nulls are deeper - and my N Flag that > > points right at them no longer "pins the S meter..." > > > > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 8:49 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From Canadian Radio News on Facebook: > >> Northwest Broadcasters is reporting that CBC Radio One in Vancouver CBU > >> 690 > >> has now decreased power from 50,000 to 25,000 watts fulltime. The > >> reduction > >> in power was necessitated after a fire destroyed part of the stations > >> transmitting facilities last year which would have been too costly to > >> repair. Radio One programming is also available in Vancouver on repeater > >> CBU-2 at 88.1 which operates with 97,600 watts. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com > > <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - > > VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
