Re: [IRCA] DA's in Alaska, was 1400

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

Ok, I forgot the few lone directional AM's.. I am quite embarassed.

Sorry, lol ;)

Paul



On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> There are a few directional stations in Alaska.
>
> KRSA-580 is DA1 with main lobes N-S
> KOAN-1020 is DA-N with most power going NE&SW
> KICY, as Patrick mentioned, uses a DA after midnight to broadcast to Russia
> The Anchorage station on 650 had a DA to protect WSM when it came on the
> air in 1969.  The call at the time was KYAK.  The station is now
> non-directional.
>
> There's no shortage of vacant land in Alaska, the least densely populated
> state, but tower construction is difficult and costly.  Plus there's not
> much need for DA's up there given the state's remote location.
>
> Bruce
>
> On 12/12/2010 6:17 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>
>> There are no directional AM's in Alaska and probably never will be.. land
>> is
>> extremely hard to come by and what little you can find, is hard to build
>> on.
>>
>> KIAL had a CP to go to 4.2KW, still on 1450, but never built it out.. that
>> would've required a full 1/4 wave tower, albleit a big improvement over
>> the
>> whip antenna and 50W they'd been using before years until shutting the AM
>> off and going to FM only.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Patrick Martin<mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>>  770 Valdez is heard here often even wih their current power. I wonder if
>>> any would have to be directional to protect US or Canadian stations?
>>>
>>> Patrick Martin
>>> Seaside OR
>>> KGED QSL Manager
>>>
>>
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