Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630 Edmonds -Seattle
With KCIS off (or on very low power backup--the religious music?) ,I wonder what was going on with CHED Edmonton which sometimes shows up under KCIS.Not a trace I did get a temporary rise out of Boise ID but it soon fell back into the mud again.Unusual conditions on 630.Bill in BC. Also heard lots of hets and I thought I heard a foreign language come in with a very strong whistle on 747. Too bad the splits are sitting in between some very busydomestic channels. Imagine what the possiblities would be if the TAs and TPs were located on the 5s halfway between the North American Freqs. Bill in BC __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630 Edmonds -Seattle
Bill I checked 630 after seeing your original e-mail last night. At about 9:30 PST, KCIS was its usual strong self. It sounded about normal strength here whenever I checked after that. So it may have either been weird conditions or elese they had problems earlier in the evening. Bruce in Seattle (a few miles south of the KCIS transmitter) bill kral wrote: With KCIS off (or on very low power backup--the religious music?) ,I wonder what was going on with CHED Edmonton which sometimes shows up under KCIS.Not a trace I did get a temporary rise out of Boise ID but it soon fell back into the mud again.Unusual conditions on 630.Bill in BC. Also heard lots of hets and I thought I heard a foreign language come in with a very strong whistle on 747. Too bad the splits are sitting in between some very busydomestic channels. Imagine what the possiblities would be if the TAs and TPs were located on the 5s halfway between the North American Freqs. Bill in BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630 Edmonds -Seattle
Bruce, That is odd. I tried after Midnight and had CHED alone on the channel for a time. I wonder if it was cx or did KCIS go off? I never hear CHED These days dominant. If I hear it, it is buried u/KCIS. So maybe the soft rel mx I heard was a weak KCIS? KCIS normally is on top off the NE/NW EWEs. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] kcis 630 Seattle off air
As of 9pm pst kcis 630 Seattle is off air since tuning in at 9 pm,,,jumbo of other stations coming in and no ched Edmonton. Hearing some faint music but too week to I.D. From Bill in Victoria B.C. __ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] KCIS 630
Hi everyone, The IRCA Conventon was a blast. Mike did a great job! Thanks so much. Since I have been back, I have been checking out the dial. The powerline noise seems to have gone away. At least gone away for the time being. Anyway, I found KCIS 630 weaker than normal for the past couple of days. Does anyone else in the Puget Sound area notice it? KWRO Coquille is 50% stronger than KCIS now. They used to be about equal. The SW EWE still only gets KWRO and the NE EWE only gets KCIS. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
Patrick I haven't noticed any significant changes in strength for KCIS-630. I checked just now, and their signal level is similar to that of many other Seattle stations, i.e. about an S-unit weaker than KIRO and half an S-unit stronger than KVI Bruce Patrick Martin wrote: Hi everyone, The IRCA Conventon was a blast. Mike did a great job! Thanks so much. Since I have been back, I have been checking out the dial. The powerline noise seems to have gone away. At least gone away for the time being. Anyway, I found KCIS 630 weaker than normal for the past couple of days. Does anyone else in the Puget Sound area notice it? KWRO Coquille is 50% stronger than KCIS now. They used to be about equal. The SW EWE still only gets KWRO and the NE EWE only gets KCIS. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager \ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
Thanks BruceInteresting. They are weaker here, or maybe KWRO is just stronger? Maybe KWRO improved their signal, but KCIS does eem to have a lower S Meter reading Patrick. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
Sorry that I did not respond to this sooner, guys. I think that it is possible that KCIS is down a ways. I've found them much easier to null down this past month than I remember them (with the same equipment here) in past years. I'm not certain could be that I just discovered that I can get KJNO in the early part of each dawn and that I can sometimes get an Asian on top. Anyway, they SEEM more willing to be nulled down this fall. Sadly, 900-Victoria has returned to full strength about three days ago. Sadly, the only thing that I heard on 900 was Wenatchee, WA, but it sure did make 909 easier! John B. At 03:41 PM 9/26/2009 -0700, you wrote: Thanks BruceInteresting. They are weaker here, or maybe KWRO is just stronger? Maybe KWRO improved their signal, but KCIS does eem to have a lower S Meter reading Patrick. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
John, 900 Victoria is stronger here. However my noise is back with wind dry weather this afternoon. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
Here in Puyallup, in the pre-dawn hours, I find that KCIS 630 mixing beneath another domestic station runs a solid S-9 on the Perseus, but KVI-570, KIRO-710, and KOMO-1000 are all reading S-9+35dB (aka -35 dBm). Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.com On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 5:46 PM, irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:00:04 -0700 From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630 Message-ID: 4abe80d4.3050...@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Patrick I haven't noticed any significant changes in strength for KCIS-630. I checked just now, and their signal level is similar to that of many other Seattle stations, i.e. about an S-unit weaker than KIRO and half an S-unit stronger than KVI Bruce ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
At 06:28 PM 9/26/2009, you wrote: Here in Puyallup, in the pre-dawn hours, I find that KCIS 630 mixing beneath another domestic station runs a solid S-9 on the Perseus, but KVI-570, KIRO-710, and KOMO-1000 are all reading S-9+35dB (aka -35 dBm). Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.com KCIS is still good and strong cochannel 1 or 2 other domestics here in Victoria, at least this morning at 13:00. Other mornings, KJNO dominates the channel. CHED well heard about 13:01 this morning, so not a particularly good Alaskan morning, I suspect.Walt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
Guy Your observations would be expected since KVI KIRO KOMO are all much closer to you than KCIS, which has its transmitter north of Seattle and has a null in your direction. According tom the Zipsignal website, http://www.v-soft.com/ZipSignal/ , KCIS should be my second strongest local after KIXI-880, based on the FCC database info. It's actually a bit weaker than some of my other locals, such as KIRO KOMO, which may mean my antenna isn't really omnidirectional (very likely) or KCIS's antenna is putting out less than what's in the FCC database (also possible). Zipsignal is an interesting website - you enter your zip code and it'll show the field strengths for nearby AM FM stations. Guy Atkins wrote: Here in Puyallup, in the pre-dawn hours, I find that KCIS 630 mixing beneath another domestic station runs a solid S-9 on the Perseus, but KVI-570, KIRO-710, and KOMO-1000 are all reading S-9+35dB (aka -35 dBm). Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.com On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 5:46 PM, irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:00:04 -0700 From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630 Message-ID: 4abe80d4.3050...@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Patrick I haven't noticed any significant changes in strength for KCIS-630. I checked just now, and their signal level is similar to that of many other Seattle stations, i.e. about an S-unit weaker than KIRO and half an S-unit stronger than KVI Bruce ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com
