Re: [IRCA] Interesting Conditions, and a Nice Catch

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW wrote:

> I believe that ground conductivity in Colorado Springs is extremely
> poor. The entire place sits on granite. I am 73 miles north of Colorado
> Springs and I am lucky to hear any of the AMs. OTOH the FMs on Pikes
> Peak blast in here. Pikes Peak is line of site in most of Denver.

No broadcast on Pikes Peak - you're thinking of Cheyenne Mountain, which 
is also line of sight to most of Denver. When I was in town over the 
summer, staying on the SE side of town (Aurora/Centennial area), the big 
FMs on Cheyenne blasted in quite well, as did many of the TVs up there.

Cheyenne Mountain is an interesting location, as it's home to everything 
from full class C facilities (92.9, 94.3, 95.1, 98.1, 98.9, 99.9, 102.7) 
to C0 (90.5) to C1 (88.7, 91.5) to C2 (96.1, 106.3) to C3 (89.7, 105.5).

At one time, the community FM tower in St. Louis was home to everything 
from C all the way down through C0, C1, C2 and C3 to class A. That's 
changed a bit over the years - the full class C facilities on that tower 
have been downgraded to C0, since the tower's not tall enough for full 
class Cs. And the A and C2 facilities there have upgraded. So that 
tower's now home just to C0, C1 and C3 stations, which is still kinda 
cool, but not as cool as Cheyenne Mountain.

s
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