[IRCA] KPAM?

[Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The evening of October 25 was exciting here, with great conditions to the west 
(if you could ignore the distraction of TAs!).  Along with some more common 
western stations (CKLQ-880, CJGX-940, CHRB-1140), I heard CKWX-1130 and 
CKST-1040, both new here, CKMX-1060 (previously only a tentative logging), 
and relogged stations such as KTNN-660, CFFR-660 and CHQR-770.  I also had a 
station on 1090 that seemed to be // to the XEPRS online stream, but it 
wasn't good enough to be sure.

The big prize, however, was on 860.  Coming up to 2130 EDT, I had a station 
under CJBC with a talk show and a female host.  They disappeared abruptly 
just past 2129.  KPAM's October power/pattern change time is 2130 EDT (while 
actual sunset time at the tx site is around 2105, leaving a good window of 
opportunity), and they carry the Victoria Taft talk show at that time.  I had 
a listen to some clips of her show online later, and I'm almost certain that 
she is the one I was hearing.  If there are audio archives of her show 
available somewhere, that would really help nail it, but I haven't found any 
indication of that.  A clip of my reception (about 1 min, recorded at 
2128-2129) is available at
http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/audio/unid-860-2129-25oct06.wav
Maybe someone who's familiar with Ms Taft's show could take a listen and tell 
me what you think (btw, it's a low bit rate WAV file because I've found that 
MP3 encoding doesn't do a great job on files with this low a bit rate).

If I decide to count it (and I'm leaning that way, at least as a tentative 
logging), KPAM would be state #48 here!  Unfortunately, conditions here have 
been on a slow downhill slide since the 25th, and I suspect that I won't get 
another good shot at them this month.

TIA,

Barry

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Barry McLarnon  VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
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