Re: [IRCA] KKNX 840 AM Stereo

[The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis,

KDAC is // KUKI-Ukiah & KLLK Willits, all in spanish these days.  Ft. Bragg is a very interesting village.  We took the skunk train over there from Willits once, when the kids were teenagers.  Wife had friends there who showed us the whole town :-).

I know what you mean about Highway 1.  How far did you come down 1?  I drove north of Bodega Bay (once) but by the time I reached Jenner the signs saying 'honk horn when rounding curve' + the 500 foot sheer drop off to the ocean & what looked like a one lane road convinced me to go inland through the logging camps (which WAS very interesting).  The roads weren't any better but there were NO 500 foot dropoffs either.

Don K.





vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi Pat,
>
> Was surprised when I tuned to KDAC 1230 in Ft. Bragg and heard Spanish.   My "Radio on the Road" book has them listed as talk.  The three other stations in Ft. Bragg are FM.  Those redwoods trees sure kill the MW signals in the forests when driving through them.  We drove 101 & 1 from Reedsport to Bodega Bay.  One station that dominated the redwood area was KWSW 790.  Very hard to drive highway 1 and tune the radio without going over a cliff and ending up on the rocks of the beach.  Many places on Highway 1 to pull over and tune the radio.  At a few places you could put a
> bog and dx, especially in the winter when not that many people would be around.
>
> Dennis,
> Vacaville, CA
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)
>
> > Dennis,
> >
> > Thanks for the report. DX cx here have not been all that great either.
> > Gold Beach? My brother lived there for years but recently moved to
> > Jacksonville with his new wife. Ft. Bragg, the land of KDAC. Really a
> > cool looking station if still at the old QTH, the art deco building with
> > the tower behind it. Bob did a story on KDAC for Radio World back in the
> > 90s. We went there so i could get a QSL from the station. The previous
> > owner that had the station for years did not like DXers. When the
> > station was sold in the 90s, the new CE QSL'd reports. Ah, the good old
> > day. Hope you are having fun.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > Patrick Martin
> > KAVT Reception Manager
> >
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