Re: [IRCA] Sunset DX during June

[todftscytj7707]

Steve, thats a good catch! I remember when 1040 WHO went off MM and I 
was hoping to nab Hawaii but I was dreamin-hi! 73 de FTS



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Re: [IRCA] Sunset DX during June

[todftscytj7707]

Don, i would love to read about them if you have the time! 73 de FTS


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Re: [IRCA] Sunset DX during June

[amdxmail]

WKKQ-1060 Hibbing was a one-time only log here in East Tennessee many moons 
ago.  Monday morning April 11, 1977, there was a forest fire watch in effect 
for the area and WKKQ was on all night.  They'd recently had a power upgrade 
from 1 to 5 kw, and, with KYW off for their regular Monday silent period, WKKQ 
pretty well enjoyed a clear channel and was putting in a good signal.  When the 
clears were broken up in the 80's, WKKQ morphed into Nashwauk-650.

Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee






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Sent: Tue, Apr 13, 2010 11:22 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Sunset DX during June


Todd, 
 
Hey, glad to help. Nice to know somebody reads my old stuff. 1060 used to be a 
nice sunset frequency from Galva as the only daytimers I had were both very 
weakKFIL in Preston MN & KNLV Ord NE. Believe WKKQ had 10 kw so they popped 
in every so often at sunset. Always loved to hear those stations from northern 
Minnesota. 
 
Don 
 
todftscytj7...@aol.com wrote: 
> Don, thanks for your musings on dxing in Galva. I lost my logs from > Cedar 
> Falls and you helped me on 1060 Hibbing. The ones that have > moved freq are 
> the hardest to track. George Sherman had a partial list > that I had stored 
> with his logs. Thanks again! 73 de FTS. 
 

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Re: [IRCA] Sunset DX during June

[Donald K. Kaskey]

Todd,

I picked the June 84 season because summer sunset dx is so putrid here.  
You oughta see the sunset catches I made in the other 3 years, in Aug, 
Nov & Dec...Absolutely scrumptious stuff if I do say so myself.


Don


odftscytj7...@aol.com wrote:
Don, I do recall summer nights dxing SSS and hearing the north and NW 
stations very well. Of course I was more interested in FM trops being 
enhanced after sunset. Wish I still had those Fm logs too...oh well. 
Those are gone for good. 73 de FTS



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Re: [IRCA] Sunset DX during June

[todftscytj7707]

Don, I do recall summer nights dxing SSS and hearing the north and NW 
stations very well. Of course I was more interested in FM trops being 
enhanced after sunset. Wish I still had those Fm logs too...oh well. 
Those are gone for good. 73 de FTS



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[IRCA] KSTP is now ESPN

[todftscytj7707]

Hi all! AM 1500 is now ESPN. KFAN 1130 is now FOX Sports. I am not sure 
if KSTP will still carry Coast to Coast but my guess is no. I will find 
out later tonight. The only time KSTP is local is noon to maybe 8ish. 
The MN Twins will stay with them as well and the Twins are elated that 
they are on an ESPN station which thwarts any chance of WCCO getting 
them back anytime soon. Glen Hauser made interesting point with 
overlapping signals with the Royals. In the Twin Cities I counted 15 
signals carrying the Twins network during the daytime! However at night 
I can hear  signals clearly in Woodbury. 1500 of course, 920 KDHL, 570 
WNAX, 104.9 Balsam Lake Wi. and 105.9 Red Wing. This may not make sense 
but the Twins owners want a strong signal in almost every county in MN 
figuring that not everyone has a good radio like us DX'ers! The Twins 
have a whopping 175 stations! 73 de FTS



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Re: [IRCA] Sunset DX during June

[Donald K. Kaskey]

Todd,

Hey, glad to help.  Nice to know somebody reads my old stuff.  1060 used 
to be a nice sunset frequency from Galva as the only daytimers I had 
were both very weakKFIL in Preston MN & KNLV Ord NE.  Believe WKKQ 
had  10 kw so they popped in every so often at sunset.  Always loved to 
hear those stations from northern Minnesota.


Don


todftscytj7...@aol.com wrote:
Don, thanks for your musings on dxing in Galva. I lost my logs from 
Cedar Falls and you helped me on 1060 Hibbing. The ones that have 
moved freq are the hardest to track. George Sherman had a partial list 
that I had stored with his logs. Thanks again! 73 de FTS.



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Re: [IRCA] Sunset DX during June

[todftscytj7707]

Don, thanks for your musings on dxing in Galva. I lost my logs from 
Cedar Falls and you helped me on 1060 Hibbing. The ones that have moved 
freq are the hardest to track. George Sherman had a partial list that I 
had stored with his logs. Thanks again! 73 de FTS.



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Re: [IRCA] KFXY 1640 format change, baseball nets, KOKB 1580

[Glenn Hauser]

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. KFXY 1640 Enid may have changed format to ``The New 
Faith 1640`` with southern gospel music --- but that doesn`t mean an even more 
important religion, baseball can`t bump off the praise whenever there is a game.

Monday afternoon April 12 at 1840 UT, I am hearing Royals baseball vs Tigers at 
Detroit! And frequent commercial breaks including local ones for the KC area, 
such as Edward Jones in Prairie Village. What good does that do us in Enid, 
with half a dozen of those right around here??

Next check at 2026, still Royals game. It was about over so after the post-game 
wrapup, and I could not care less who won, at 2046 slogan as ``The sports 
authority for Edmond, 1640 The Score`` and already mixing with gospel music as 
it immediately converted to ``The New Faith 1640``. Edmond is a northern suburb 
of OKC well within coverage.

There are bound to be night games too, so DXers may still hear either format 
and either slogan, depending, on 1640. But apparently still not sports talk any 
more, just live games and associated chatter.

While I was at it, scanned the MW band to find what other stations were audible 
on the Royals network, no IDs heard but easily presumed:

1550, KKLE Winfield KS (tho CCI KYAL Sapulpa OK is also sports)
1510, KNNS Larned KS, barely audible in KOKC splash, but // 1640
  (was surprised to get this, as not usually audible daytimes) 
1150, KSAL Salina KS
1130, KLEY Wellington KS, sibling station to 1550 KKLE Winfield
 860, KKOW Pittsburg KS
 690, KGGF Coffeyville KS
 580, WIBW Topeka KS

and some 8 seconds delayed, 610, KCSP Kansas City, which I assume is the 
originating station. Is that so it will be less obvious that the same game is 
on 580 WIBW? It`s also incredible that 690 and 860 in essentially the same 
market with huge coverage overlap are both carrying Royals. Axually, 580 alone 
would suffice to cover this entire area in KS, MO and OK, not to mention NE and 
IA. [and more of the same the afternoon of April 13]

I also ran across more silly ball games on the dial; they all sound alike to 
me, so in the parked car I employed the handy portable I always keep in the 
vehicle, and checked for parallels.

Cardinals were also playing, on:
1390, KCRC Enid OK [we are so lucky to have access to both!]
1230, WBBZ Ponca City OK

Rangers on:
710, KGNC Amarillo TX
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell, April 10 at 1434 UT in open carrier; 
still/again the case three and four hours later. Clearly this station has close 
to zero listeners, not including anyone in its own management or engineering 
(ha, ha), let alone anyone around Blackwell who would care enough to tell them 
that they are forgetting to modulate. Meanwhile sibling station KOKP 1020 Perry 
is nominal with sportstalk (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell had resumed modulating, at 2027 UT check 
April 12 on caradio, sports talk with the studio announcer somewhat 
overmodulated/distorted (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


  
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[IRCA] Sunset DX during June

[Donald K. Kaskey]

In my experience dxing from Northern California 1957-2010 I have found 
summer sunset dx, especially in June to be almost useless.  I think I 
only have a handful of decent summertime sunset catches to show.  I 
remember barely pulling in Eugene on 1050 from Sacramento once or twice 
but not much else.  I was browsing through my vacation catches 1979-1984 
from NW Iowa, where a lot of my listening was at sunset.  Amazingly I 
was able to log these stations between 2000-2400 in June 1984.  Sunset 
time at Galva was 2100..


6-18-84  2009  1440  WROK  IL  Rockford
6-18-84  2024  1560  KQYX  MO  Joplin
6-18-84  2028  1600  KNCY  NE  Nebraska City
6-18-84  2031  1580  KCHA  IA  Charles City
6-18-84  2053  1580  KZIA  NM  Albuquerque
6-18-84  2134  1250  KCFI  IA  Cedar Falls
6-18-84  2329   950  XEYJ MEX Nuevo Rosita
6-18-84  2333   980  XENR  MEX Nuevo Rosita
6-18-84  2346   750  HTA  NIC  Managua

6-19-84  2045  1510  KCCV  MO  Independence
6-19-84  2225   690  CBF  PQ  Montreal
6-19-84  2316  1070 WTSO  WI  Madison
6-19-84  2329   960  XEK MEX Nuevo Laredo

6-20-84  2000  1440  WGEM  IL  Quincy
6-20-84  2001  1440   KQRS  MN  Golden Valley
6-20-84  2041  1220  WVLE  MN  Stillwater
6-20-84  2106  1350  KDIO  MN  Ortonville
6-20-84  2132  1390  KKCM  MN  Waite Park
6-20-84  2301  1380  KOTA  SD  Rapid City
6-20-84  2307  1380  KLIZ  MN  Brainerd

6-21-84  2012   1430  KRGI  NE  Grand Island
6-21-84  2105   1300  KSWN  NE  McCook
6-21-84  2119   1300  KOLY  SD  Mobridge

6-23-84  2000  1580  KMCD  IA  Fairfield
6-23-84  2002  1420  WIMS  IN  Michigan City
6-23-84  2008  1520  KOLM  MN  Rochester
6-23-84  2024  1250  KBRF  MN  Fergus Falls
6-23-84  2037  1280  WMRO  IL  Aurora
6-23-84  2041  1290  WMLR  WI  Lancaster
6-23-84  2100  1460  KDMA  MN  Montevideo
6-23-84  2100  1480  KLSC  SD  Watertown
6-23-84  2129  1220  KDDR  ND  Oakes
6-23-84  2305  1360  WGEE  WI  Green Bay
6-23-84  2347980   KKSS  MN  Richfield

6-24-84  2043  1450  KATE  MN  Albert Lea
6-24-84  2104  1410  KOOQ  NE  North Platte
6-24-84  2355  1360  KKBJ  MN  Bemidji

6-25-84  2030  1580  KTGR  MO  Columbia
6-25-84  2045  1100  KKLL  MO  Webb City
6-25-84  2047  1060 WKKQ  MN  Hibbing
6-25-84  2100   850  WWJC  MN  Duluth
6-25-84  2130  1590  KRRK  MN  East Grand Forks
6-25-84  2252  1270  KLXX  ND  Mandan
6-25-84  2330   980  WCUB  WI  Three Rivers

6-26-84  2306  1390  KKOA  ND  Minot

6-27-84  2037   980  WPRE  WI  Prarie Du Chien
6-27-84  2045  1290  WCOW WI  Sparta
6-27-84  2101  1310  KOKX  IA  Keokuk
6-27-84  2147  1410  KCLO  KS  Leavenworth
6-27-84  2257  1550  KQWB  ND  West Fargo

6-28-84  2006  1480 WISM  WI  Madison
6-28-84  2018  1490  KBAB  IA  Indianola
6-28-84  2055  1310  KNOX  ND  Grand Forks
6-28-84  2111  1460  KRNY  NE  Kearney
6-28-84  2124  1090  KKBB  CO  Aurora
6-28-84  2127  1580  KPIK  CO  Colorado Springs

In recap I rather feel the midwest is a heck of a lot better sunset time 
area to be dxing from than the far west coast.  Maybe the next time 
around!?!


Don Kaskey
San Francisco CA
4/13/10

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[Ng1u]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Apr 14 0006 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 April follow.
Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 2.
The mid-latitude K-index at  UTC on 14 April was 1 (7 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 12   12   12   12   12   13   13   13   13   13   13   13   13   14   
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  
SFlx 75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   
A-in 888818   28   28   28   28   28   28   28   22
K-in 42132100220011
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[Ng1u]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Apr 13 1806 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 12 April follow.
Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 28.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 13 April was 0 (3 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 12   12   12   12   12   12   12   13   13   13   13   13   13   13   
UTC  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 
SFlx 75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   75   
A-in 88888818   28   28   28   28   28   28   28   
K-in 74421321002200
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Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL (KXTK-1280)

[Patrick Martin]

>>Get all those CA stations confirmed before the whole place shakes into
the sea, hi.<<

If CA goes into the sea, I am sure the Oregon Coast will follow. hi.
Anyway, I am more concerned with the increase in IBOC hash to wipe out
the weaker CA stations. CA has adopted the most IBOC on the West Coast
and I am hoping there will not be an increase in it. The Arroyo Grande
1280 had fallen through the cracks, as I had not logged them until now.
I am quite pleased to also get the QSL back. Thanks.

Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] extreme radio

[Mike Sanburn]

Neat pix!!!  Ben Franklin would be proud.  ms
 
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:12:01 +
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> From: n...@ieee.org
> Subject: [IRCA] extreme radio
> 
> For those who feel they don't get enough extreme radio in their lives, check 
> out the following:
> 
> http://www.qrz.com/db/DK7FC
> 
> Also, some entertaining links posted on the Perseus SDR group site, of a very 
> unofficial looking MW transmitter in Ireland (R. North? didn't they run a DX 
> test some time ago?): 
> 
> 
> http://www.ayrshirehistory.eu/tadx/images/north_rig_1.jpg
> > 
> http://www.ayrshirehistory.eu/tadx/images/north_rig_2.jpg
> > 
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
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[IRCA] extreme radio

[Nick Hall-Patch]

For those who feel they don't get enough extreme radio in their lives, check 
out the following:

http://www.qrz.com/db/DK7FC

Also, some entertaining links posted on the Perseus SDR group site, of  a very 
unofficial looking MW transmitter in Ireland (R. North?  didn't they run a DX 
test some time ago?):


 
http://www.ayrshirehistory.eu/tadx/images/north_rig_1.jpg
> 
 http://www.ayrshirehistory.eu/tadx/images/north_rig_2.jpg
> 

Nick



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Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL (KXTK-1280)

[Mike Sanburn]

Congrats on the KXTK verie!! An improvised qsl card is much nicer than none at 
all...Get all those CA stations confirmed before the whole place shakes into 
the sea, hi.  73 ms
 
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> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:53:38 -0700
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> Subject: [IRCA] New MW QSL (KXTK-1280)
> 
> 1280 KXTK CA, Arroyo Grande, received homemade type QSL card from
> ESPN bumper sticker and business card taped to the back, stating "Thanks
> for listening" in 20d for CD report. V/S: Bill Bordeaux-CE. Address: PO
> Box 14910, San Luis Obispo CA 93406. MW QSL: 3013. (PM-OR)
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[IRCA] TP for 13 Apr from Victoria, BC

[Nick Hall-Patch]

As Bill and Dennis noted, the Asiatics were back in business this morning, but 
here they had rapid and somewhat unpredictable fading patterns, and nothing was 
very strong.   I believe Dennis might have benefited from a slightly more 
southerly path.

Listening here was from 1250 to 1305UT; there might have been better action 
earlier, and things had pretty much gone (I think) by 1320UT, though JOUB-774 
kept popping up weakly from time to time


pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
briefly):

none



reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a
native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):

none


not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be
understood by a native speaker


774 JOBB
1566 HLAZ at 1302UT



Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by
cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) :

279 assumed R. Rossii
594 JOAK pips on hour, not too much else
738 assumed Tahiti at 1301, FF sounding talk in the murk
747 JOIB //774
828 JOBB
954 at 1250UT (!)

Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter):

873, 972, 1053, 1134, 1242, 1287, 1422


best wishes,

Nick





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Victoria, BC
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Re: [IRCA] Low Priority West Coast Question (KCBC-770)

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Thanks for clarifying Scott, I didn't think of a COL hopscotch game being
the situation here.

Paul

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Scott Fybush  wrote:

> Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>
> I could be so way off.. maybe Scott Fybush wil lread this and correct me?
>>
>
> He will, and he is :)
>
> KCBC's move was actually a side effect of a move on the FM band. The 96.7
> station that had been licensed to Manteca (KMRQ, if memory serves) figured
> out that it could significantly improve its signal over Modesto if it moved
> its transmitter site. But moving its transmitter site meant it would no
> longer put a city-grade signal over Manteca, so it needed a new city of
> license. But 96.7 was also the only station licensed to Manteca, so it
> couldn't move without replacing that "first local service" in Manteca.
>
> That's where KCBC came in. With a bit of a power tweak, it could change
> city of license from Riverbank to Manteca, and Riverbank was a city of
> license that worked for 96.7's new transmitter site, so the swap was made,
> KCBC became "Manteca" and 96.7 became "Riverbank."
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Re: [IRCA] Low Priority West Coast Question (KCBC-770)

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Scott Fybush  wrote:

> Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>
> I could be so way off.. maybe Scott Fybush wil lread this and correct me?
>>
>
> He will, and he is :)
>
> KCBC's move was actually a side effect of a move on the FM band. The 96.7
> station that had been licensed to Manteca (KMRQ, if memory serves) figured
> out that it could significantly improve its signal over Modesto if it moved
> its transmitter site. But moving its transmitter site meant it would no
> longer put a city-grade signal over Manteca, so it needed a new city of
> license. But 96.7 was also the only station licensed to Manteca, so it
> couldn't move without replacing that "first local service" in Manteca.
>
> That's where KCBC came in. With a bit of a power tweak, it could change
> city of license from Riverbank to Manteca, and Riverbank was a city of
> license that worked for 96.7's new transmitter site, so the swap was made,
> KCBC became "Manteca" and 96.7 became "Riverbank."
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Re: [IRCA] Low Priority West Coast Question (KCBC-770)

[Scott Fybush]

Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:


I could be so way off.. maybe Scott Fybush wil lread this and correct me?


He will, and he is :)

KCBC's move was actually a side effect of a move on the FM band. The 
96.7 station that had been licensed to Manteca (KMRQ, if memory serves) 
figured out that it could significantly improve its signal over Modesto 
if it moved its transmitter site. But moving its transmitter site meant 
it would no longer put a city-grade signal over Manteca, so it needed a 
new city of license. But 96.7 was also the only station licensed to 
Manteca, so it couldn't move without replacing that "first local 
service" in Manteca.


That's where KCBC came in. With a bit of a power tweak, it could change 
city of license from Riverbank to Manteca, and Riverbank was a city of 
license that worked for 96.7's new transmitter site, so the swap was 
made, KCBC became "Manteca" and 96.7 became "Riverbank."


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[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 4-13-10

[Bill Block]

After 4 or 5 days with no TP's this morning I heard weak carriers on 594, 693 
and weak audio from JOUB-774 at 1255 utc.

 

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[IRCA] TP's for 04/13/10

[vroomski]

Listened from 1250-1326 utc.  Improved conditions
from the past week.  Lower channels down compared 
to the upper channels. No Russian long waves heard.

774JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1259-1302 very weak with man in Japanese.
828JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1303 just above threshold with man in Japanese.
  Weak at 1315.
1422   JAPAN, JORF 1311 very weak with music.
1503   JAPAN, JOUK 1321 very weak with brief Japanese talk.
1566   REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1304-1308 fair to almost good signal.
  Still around at 1325 with woman singing.
1593   CHINA, CRN1 1309 very weak. 

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Re: [IRCA] Low Priority West Coast Question (KCBC-770)

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Thats what I get for typing too early in the morning.

They changed their pattern slightly and maybe  withferent pattern and power
they couldn't effectively cover their COL with an 80 percent or more
interference free signal because the town was too big land area wise, and
Manteca's City limits are smaller, hence easier to cover, and the reaosn for
the change.

I could be so way off.. maybe Scott Fybush wil lread this and correct me?

Paul

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Mike Hawkins
wrote:

> Eh?  Not sure I follow.  Their signal handled their COL just fine.  At
> night
> in Manteca, they owned the air as well.  When they went off at night
> (11pm),
> KKOB was in very well, but not until KCBC went off.  They were much
> stronger
> in their COL.I think they learned something from KTRB and are edging
> their way towards the Bay Area so they can try to take over some audience
> from KFAX (who does not get into the valley well at night).
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:15 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > They increased night power from 1KW to 4100W without changing the number
> of
> > antennas. Probably they wouldn't have been able to upgrade and still
> cover
> > their City of License the day they needed to at night, as the FCC
> requires
> > of a Class B so by changing their city of license, they have less to
> cover.
> >
> > That's the only thing I can figure
> >
> > Paul Walker
> > www.onairdj.com
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> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Mike Hardester 
> wrote:
> >
> > >Just noted the following in the latest SDXM (Vol. 47 #26):
> > >
> > >
> > > 770  KCBC  Manteca, CA   License to cover 50K/4.1K DA-2 Change city of
> > > License from Riverbank to Manteca (A)
> > >
> > >Mainly just curious as to why the City of License change. Does this
> > > place the station in a better market? Being born and raised in Modesto,
> > and
> > > Riverbank just up the road a piece, Modesto and Stockton would seem to
> be
> > > the main market for the station. In Manteca, I would think that the Bay
> > Area
> > > (San Francisco/Oakland) and Stockton (Modesto to a lesser degree) would
> > be
> > > their market competition.
> > >
> > >Enlightenment for this oldster (still younger than Pat Martin and
> Don
> > > Kaskey, hi) would be welcome.
> > >
> > >
> > >Mike
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[IRCA] Latest Pacific Asian Radio Guide

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Re: [IRCA] Low Priority West Coast Question (KCBC-770)

[Mike Hawkins]

Eh?  Not sure I follow.  Their signal handled their COL just fine.  At night
in Manteca, they owned the air as well.  When they went off at night (11pm),
KKOB was in very well, but not until KCBC went off.  They were much stronger
in their COL.I think they learned something from KTRB and are edging
their way towards the Bay Area so they can try to take over some audience
from KFAX (who does not get into the valley well at night).

Mike

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:15 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:

> They increased night power from 1KW to 4100W without changing the number of
> antennas. Probably they wouldn't have been able to upgrade and still cover
> their City of License the day they needed to at night, as the FCC requires
> of a Class B so by changing their city of license, they have less to cover.
>
> That's the only thing I can figure
>
> Paul Walker
> www.onairdj.com
> www.facebook.com/onairdj
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Mike Hardester  wrote:
>
> >Just noted the following in the latest SDXM (Vol. 47 #26):
> >
> >
> > 770  KCBC  Manteca, CA   License to cover 50K/4.1K DA-2 Change city of
> > License from Riverbank to Manteca (A)
> >
> >Mainly just curious as to why the City of License change. Does this
> > place the station in a better market? Being born and raised in Modesto,
> and
> > Riverbank just up the road a piece, Modesto and Stockton would seem to be
> > the main market for the station. In Manteca, I would think that the Bay
> Area
> > (San Francisco/Oakland) and Stockton (Modesto to a lesser degree) would
> be
> > their market competition.
> >
> >Enlightenment for this oldster (still younger than Pat Martin and Don
> > Kaskey, hi) would be welcome.
> >
> >
> >Mike
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Re: [IRCA] Low Priority West Coast Question (KCBC-770)

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

They increased night power from 1KW to 4100W without changing the number of
antennas. Probably they wouldn't have been able to upgrade and still cover
their City of License the day they needed to at night, as the FCC requires
of a Class B so by changing their city of license, they have less to cover.

That's the only thing I can figure

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On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Mike Hardester  wrote:

>Just noted the following in the latest SDXM (Vol. 47 #26):
>
>
> 770  KCBC  Manteca, CA   License to cover 50K/4.1K DA-2 Change city of
> License from Riverbank to Manteca (A)
>
>Mainly just curious as to why the City of License change. Does this
> place the station in a better market? Being born and raised in Modesto, and
> Riverbank just up the road a piece, Modesto and Stockton would seem to be
> the main market for the station. In Manteca, I would think that the Bay Area
> (San Francisco/Oakland) and Stockton (Modesto to a lesser degree) would be
> their market competition.
>
>Enlightenment for this oldster (still younger than Pat Martin and Don
> Kaskey, hi) would be welcome.
>
>
>Mike
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Re: [IRCA] Low Priority West Coast Question (KCBC-770)

[Mike Hawkins]

I'm just down the road from Don about 15 miles, and KCBC is pretty strong
here.  Their IBOC plays some serious hell with adjacents.  I lived in
Manteca for a few years, and regularly roamed anywhere in the Bay Area and
San Joaquin Valley.  Bay Area stations do cover Manteca very well in the
daytime...AM much better than FM.  At night, its hit or miss.  I never
listened to Art Bell on KSFO because they never came in very well at night.
Clears and regionals were in strong, but graveyards were pretty much
non-existant at night.  I don't know about whether a Manteca COL would give
them an "in" for a nighttime power increase, but geographically speaking,
Riverbank isn't on a main road and isn't near as much in your mind as a
place you run into on Highway 99.  I wouldn't call Manteca a burgeoning
metropolis, but more people know where it is than those who know where
Riverbank is.  Who knows, maybe the owners picked up a few foreclosures in
the collapsed housing market.  Manteca, Lathrop and Stockton are at the top
of the list in northern California for foreclosures, drug busts and stolen
cars.

Mike

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Donald K. Kaskey
wrote:

> Thanks for the support Mike :-) .  Right now I'm really feeling my age.
>  Too many aches & pains lately.
>
> As to Riverbank.  They've always tried to include the Bay Area.  I don't
> know whether they still ID this way but after they first came on it was KCBC
>  San Francisco, Stockton, Modesto or something like that.  S.F. being their
> first locale.  Their signal was pretty solid in S.F. during most of the day
> hours, excepting the first couple & the last couple.  At night it's a
> different story.  With Albuquerque & Seattle playing havoc with their
> signal.
>
> Only the strongest bay area stations make it to Manteca fairly well.
>  Stockton-Modesto market is growing like wild fire!?!
>
> Don K.  Ole Wheezin Geezer to some!
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike Hardester wrote:
>
>>Just noted the following in the latest SDXM (Vol. 47 #26):
>>
>>
>> 770  KCBC  Manteca, CA   License to cover 50K/4.1K DA-2 Change city of
>> License from Riverbank to Manteca (A)
>>
>>Mainly just curious as to why the City of License change. Does this
>> place the station in a better market? Being born and raised in Modesto, and
>> Riverbank just up the road a piece, Modesto and Stockton would seem to be
>> the main market for the station. In Manteca, I would think that the Bay Area
>> (San Francisco/Oakland) and Stockton (Modesto to a lesser degree) would be
>> their market competition.
>>
>>Enlightenment for this oldster (still younger than Pat Martin and Don
>> Kaskey, hi) would be welcome.
>>
>>
>>Mike
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