Re: [IRCA] KICY-850

["Richard Toebe" <rtoebe@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Bruce!  Very nice photo report!

This morning was completely opposite... it was Mexicans coming in on 650 
(Los Mochis) and 850 (Mexicali).  And I had a typo below, I heard the 
pattern change for KICY at PDT local midnight which would have been 0700.

Rich Toebe
Vacaville CA
Sony ICF-2010, too lazy up to now to dig out the Radio West loop

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Portzer" <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] KICY-850


> Rich
>
> They rebuilt their antenna system over the summer, per a newsletter
> found on the KICY website http://www.kicy.org/call_letter/kicy0807.pdf
> They also have a bunch of photos of the new array going up
> http://www.kicy.org/photoalbum/Summer2007
>
> Bruce
>
> Richard Toebe wrote:
>> Shortly after 1400 this morning, ballad-type religious music and 
>> Christmas
>> songs on 850 noted.  No sign of Tacoma or Mexicali as usual early 
>> mornings.
>> Checked 650 and found Rush Limbaugh under local talker KSTE.  KENI?  No 
>> sign
>> of CISL.  650 and 850 faded up and down similarly.  At 7 am local, the 
>> 850
>> signal faded up and a woman gave a clear KICY Nome ID, into talk by male.
>>
>> Very nice to hear this...  third reception of KICY this season; first 
>> ever
>> reception in many years of DXing was 9/19 at 0800 when KICY announced 
>> their
>> pattern change to send the signal to Russia.  Have they upgraded 
>> facilities
>> or am I just lucky this year?
>>
>> Rich Toebe
>> Vacaville CA
>> Sony ICF-2010, internal antenna
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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