Re: [IRCA] KKOL

[bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I'm also in northeast Seattle, where KKOL is noticeably weaker than the Vashon Island stations.  KKOL is about 15db/S9, compared to 25-40db/S9 for the Vashoners(570 710 770 820 950 1000 1090) and 5-10 db/S9 for KKMO-1360.  1310 & 1290 are only about 5-10 db weaker than KKOL, with very little splatter from KKOL.

While driving home from work tonight, I had another station (probably KAPL) in the background, sometimes almost equal to KKOL.   This was around 5 pm along Highway 520 and to my home nearthe U of W.

Is KKOL transmitting from Tacoma or the boat tonight?  

Bruce
 
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@xxxxxxx>
> If KKOL is not coming in well in northeast Seattle, but you know that they
> are operating from the Tacoma site, you've got good evidence that they are
> on night pattern. It's not ironclad evidence, but if the day pattern were
> running, I would expect you to report a good signal (though perhaps not a
> great one). The night pattern is narrower than the day pattern and is
> centered on the northwest. The day pattern is broader and is centered on the
> northeast. Fading is a possibility in your location because the short towers
> produce lots of high-angle radiation, but regular rapid fades (you said that
> you wondered whether there was a SAH between the ship-based Tx and the
> land-based facility) seem unlikely to me.
> 
> --
> 
> Dan Strassberg
> dan.strassberg@xxxxxxx
> Fax: 1-707-215-6367
> 
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