Re: [IRCA] What's your closest unheard AM station?

[Bob Coomler <w6rjc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Don,

You are probably just far enough away from Fort Bragg to get some skip. I'm too close and the Coast Range creates blockage as the signal leaves there and then (theoretically) comes here.  I understand they are Spanish // KUKI 1400 in Ukiah.

Bob Coomler
Cloverdale, CA


--- On Fri, 1/30/09, Donald K. Kaskey <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Donald K. Kaskey <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] What's your closest unheard AM station?
> To: w6rjc@xxxxxxxxx, "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 10:43 PM
> Bob,
> 
> I've heard KDAC-1230-Ft. Bragg from San Francisco maybe
> a half dozen 
> times tops.  It was ALWAYS at sunrise.  Are they still
> spanish?
> 
> Dennis,
> 
> As to California stations I've NEVER heard....There are
> a bunch with 
> call letter changes I haven't logged but those I've
> never heard from 
> here or Sacramento are:  610-KAVL-Lancaster, 1040-KURS-San
> Diego, 
> 1050-KMAP-Frazier Park, 1100-KAFY-Bakersfield,
> 1320-KSDT-Hemet, 
> 1340-KWXY-Cathedral City, 1550-KWRN-Apple Valley.  I know a
> few of these 
> have changed calls but my log is several years out of date.
>  Or any 
> brand new stations that have taken the air in 2007 &
> 2008 would probably 
> be on the list as well.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> Bob Coomler wrote:
> > Well, almost 55 miles: KDAC 1230 Fort Bragg, CA. at 60
> miles. I've lived here almost 11 years and through all
> hours of the day, all seasons and a variety of receivers and
> antennas, I haven't even been teased. Granted, its a
> unique combination of distance and terrain, but you would
> think the law of averages would at least toss me a crumb.
> >
> >
> > Bob Coomler
> > Cloverdale, CA
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 1/30/09, vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> From: vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <vroomski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [IRCA] What's your closest unheard AM
> station?
> >> To: "IRCA" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 2:52 PM
> >> --
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> My closest unheard AM station is KIHR 1340 Hood
> River, OR.
> >> 55 miles up the Columbia river.  Local IBOC
> station KKPZ
> >> 1340 puts out moderate hash on 1340.  I tried the
> KIWA loop
> >> today, but could not cut the hash.  With the
> u-shaped fence
> >> antenna
> >>  faint audio can be heard.  Around sunset KTSN is
> usually
> >> heard from
> >> Elko, NV.  KIHR & KKEE 1230 Astoria, OR (65
> miles)
> >> might take
> >>  months to log.  Have spent abut 8 hours listening
> for
> >> KKEE.  Local 
> >> KSZN 1230 Gresham, OR (18 miles) can be nulled,
> but KHSN
> >> Coos Bay, OR (179 miles) pops up.  
> >>
> >>
> >> In would be interesting to find out if any DXers
> have a
> >> unheard
> >> station under 55 miles.
> >>
> >> Dennis,
> >> Salmon Creek, WA
> >>
> >> Dennis,
> >> Salmon Creek, WA
> >>
> >>     
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