Re: [IRCA] KGA-KPIG etc
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Re: [IRCA] KGA-KPIG etc



OK Scott, you made my day! :-)......

Don K.



Scott Fybush wrote:

> The Kaskey Family wrote:
> > All you guys crying about not hearing KGA anymore if they switch to
> > Class B.  How about me here in San Francisco.  I'm sitting directly in
> > the middle of KPIG's path.  As it is now they cover KGA at night on car
> > radios in the city.  On my Drake I can use the KIWA and get KGA atop in
> > KPIG's null but if KPIG increases power it'll be goodnight sweetheart
> > for KGA here.  I like KPIGs programming but absolutely not THAT much.
>
> Yeah, that's going to be a world of ugly, alright. The new KPIG night
> signal will have to be VERY directional, as long as it still has to
> protect first-adjacent KSJX 1500 only 40 miles or so to the south and
> second-adjacent KTOB 1490 even closer in to the northwest.
>
> At the same time, there's essentially no limit on how much power they
> can pack into that narrow westward beam, since there's nothing at all on
> 1510 that needs protecting to the west (not even Hawaii, which has been
> a limitation for other CA stations like KRLA 870 that have tried to do
> the "dump all the signal over the ocean" trick!)
>
> Will they manage to do a full 50 kW? I don't know, and we probably won't
> see a filing from them for a while yet, but however much power it is, it
> will ALL be aimed right at Don, and will be a very rare catch for the
> rest of us, wherever we may be!
>
> Sorry, Don... :-(
>
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