Re: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference

["HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>]

To be perfectly honest, it could be a chance for a DX'er (who has the
time (who has the time? Not me, LOL)) to explain DX'ing and propagation
to CKWX.  It could be an olive branch to the station from DX'ers, to set
them straight and get a plug for MW DX'ing.  Maybe a DX Test? :)

Any volunteers?  Still the weather related angle is too funny.  I bet
they go right back to it, later on this month with the SR times.

73,
Dave in Indy

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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:26:53 -0700
From: Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference
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  This is what's known as a snow job.  Vancouver could have used some of

that stuff during the Winter Olympics :)

Let's see what they say after the high pressure ridge is gone.

Bruce


On 10/6/2010 10:21 AM, Eric Floden wrote:
> from CKWX site
>
>
>
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/111376--say-goodbye-to-notici
as1130
>   Say goodbye to Noticias1130. Spanish radio should stop bleeding
through
> airwaves soon
> Mike Lloyd Oct 06, 2010 07:36:25 AM
>
>   VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Many of our listeners from the Fraser Valley
to the
> Tri-Cities have been hearing a Spanish language station broadcasting
on
> News1130. The signal that has been bleeding through our airwaves is
coming
> from Mt Angel, Oregon.
>
> After a meeting between our engineers and those from the American
station,
> here's the real deal: It's not just simple signal skipping or a strong
> signal drowning out News1130. We're told it's a rare atmospheric
anomaly,
> stronger than it's been in years. A few things have converged to
create
> conditions not seen in decades, some of which are weather-related.
>
> News1130 Meteorologist Russ Lacate has been talking about an enormous
> high-pressure ridge for some time now. "It's been influencing the
coastal
> weather from Prince Rupert to L.A. and what's really happening is the
> uppermost layer of the atmosphere is becoming very stable, very
stratified.
> [That's] creating a channel between the layers of the atmosphere
through
> which radio waves can travel unobstructed."
>
> Lacate says in rare conditions like these, radio waves can travel
across
> abnormally long distances. It is called a "skywave" and it seems to
peak
> between 7am-9am and 6pm-8pm.
>
> The good news is it's expected to return to normal soon. So, adios la
> Mexicana, hola News1130! And muchas gracias to all our listeners for
being
> patient.

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