Re: [IRCA] Tentative now a logging: WPQE514-1620

[Charles A Taylor <MWDXer@xxxxxxx>]

At 09:23 AM 5/27/2007 -0400, you wrote:


>Charlie, one of us is confused.  this is the station to which I was
>referring in the previous message.
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>Bill
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>Charles A Taylor wrote:
> > 1620    WPQE514 VA      Chester. 1830 5/24. This was my unIDed "WCTU514."
> >                          Keep hearing this until LSS, with looped "Welcome
> >                          to historic Petersburg....." Description of his-
> >                         toric Civil War sites and exit number(s) off I-85.
> >                         Relistened and called up FCC TIS Query.
> >                          Petersburg is bounded on n.w. by Chesterfield
> >                          County. Chester is on I-85 in Chesterfield Co.
> >                          Competes with WPSF938; Hampstead, NC every late
> >                          afternoon at LSS. (CAT-NC)
> >


Bill,

OK, now I understand your observation.

On the basis of "Welcome to historic Petersburg," the transmitter in question
would have to be in or near Petersburg (as I see it). Chester is in Chester-
field County, and the others are farther or much farther afield. Sussex, New
Kent, and especially Goochland Counties are situated such that I wouldn't
expect a TIS to run that sort of advertisement or promotion. As I wrote,
Chester is adjacent to Petersburg.

WPQE514 is in every late afternoon, and now is a pest. I'm certainly hearing
SOMETHING, and want to long SOMETHING, so I'll pick on Chester's transmitter.

The timeframe for hearing these TISs is rather narrow, and this month extends
from about 1745 - 1930. Before then, skywave conditions haven't formed; after-
wards, the regular broadcasters overpower them.

The short whips used by the TISs especially favor short-skip skywave. The
groundwave "reach" is minimal due to the low ground conductivity in these
parts.

Thank you for your criticism, and please "pick apart" my logic for WPQE514!

Charles

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   Charles A Taylor, WD4INP
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