Re: [IRCA] KBBI 890 AK reduced power

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

The KBBI website gets updated daily, as needed. I've been getting these
email updates as well.

The webstream is an off air pickup from a radio to a computer at the house
of a KBBI employee and they haven't resolved the 60hz hum yet..

Paul Walker
www.onairdj.com

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ** ALASKA. AM 890 Homer Alaska. Where the Sound Meets The Sea
>
> It's Friday at KBBI --- KBBI Transmitter at Reduced Strength
>
> Hello dear friends, As of 4:45 Wednesday afternoon KBBI is still at 2,000
> watts for a while longer. Continuous troubleshooting of the transmitter
> Wednesday afternoon has turned a couple new areas of concern and
> intermittent operation that will require more parts. The order has been
> placed and we hope to have those Thursday afternoon. The engineer is with us
> for at least Friday morning, if not longer.
>
> We will continue to operate at 2 kW until the problems are resolved, or
> inclement weather forces us to power off to safeguard the transmitter. We
> continue to appreciate your patience and understanding as we work towards a
> solution. Thanks.
>
> Sincerely, Dave Anderson, KBBI General Manager
>
> Note - Subscribers to KBBI's E-Newsletters are receiving advisories. Please
> consider subscribing today (from http://www.kbbi.org Jan 23 via DXLD)
>
> Apparently ``Wednesday`` means Jan 21, tho it`s always risky to assume
> anything on a website without a real date stated be current. Normal power is
> 10000 watts day and night, non-direxional, so should get out well. Now maybe
> something else can be heard on 890.
>
> Webcast via http://radio.secretnation.org:8000/listen16k.mp3.m3u
> is mono, rather lofi with a hum on it; AM off-air pickup? I was checking to
> see what ``Slack Tide`` was about, Friday 1800+ UT; just some pop/folk
> music, I assume not axually correlating with the tides which do not follow a
> regular weekly schedule.
>
> Another show with an intriguing title is East of Adak, Saturdays 2130-2300
> UT. Mostly it`s NPR network programming, but it looks like there are mostly
> locally-originated music shows in the local evenings. Check out the full UT
> -9 program schedule from this station at the end of the road (Glenn Hauser,
> DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
>
>
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