Re: [IRCA] Patterns

["Marty Rimpau" <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Patrick, in 1987, k r l a moved their transmitter from El Monte to
Irwindale, and it seemed that for a while, they were coming in a lot
better in orange county at night then they did from their old site, but
then again, they had a seven tower array, and I even heard one day
where their rectifyer got too hot, so that water cooled transmitter
must not have been getting enough water to cool things.  Also, a puzzle
about k r l A, because I've never seen this with any station in another
market, and that is that every Tuesday, they'd lower their power for
some reason, and the times for that would always varry, and sometimes,
they would do it on other days such as Wednesday or Thursday, and I use
to wonder if this was because of their rectifyer problems they were
having, but now, I don't think it was that.  Incidently, I understand
that in 1981, they lost one of their seven towers, and were operating
on six towers because somebody crashed in to the transmitter site.  T
The only other station to consistantly lower their power once a week on
a Friday was k d a y in Santa Monica.  
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:37:45 -0700, Patrick Martin wrote:

In checking the pattern, I see 1110-Pasadena CA is tightly directional
even during the day. I don't remember the old KRLA that tight. I used
to
hear them nightly back in the 60s/70s. I wonder if a lot of stations
have different patterns than they did some 30-40 years ago? Of course
in
those days, I did not have a good pattern book.

73,

Patrick 

Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager

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