Re: [IRCA] WMVP

[Dennis Gibson <wb6tnb@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not surprised. WMAQ (now WSCR), WGN, WBBM and WLS are all lower in the band and nondirectional with one half wavelength towers. WMVP's night pattern has a massive null to the west to protect KOMO.

http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1170992-97761.pdf

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On Mar 30, 2014, at 12:19 AM, Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Even back in the days when KOMO Seattle had a regular silent period every Monday morning, I'd try like crazy at 4AM to log WCFL 1000 Chicago here in SoCal, never with any luck. I was taunted by the fact that I could hear WMAQ, WGN, WBBM, and WLS all at armchair level.  ms
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>> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:17:23 -0500
>> From: todftscytj7707@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WMVP
>> 
>> I would wager conditions. They are the usual strength here. Fair to good
>> signal but never more than that.
>> 
>> Todd Skaine
>> Woodbury, MN
>> 2010 or car radio
>> On Mar 29, 2014 11:09 PM, "Nigel Pimblett" <nige2730@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>>  Not sure if it's just conditions, or whether something's not quite right
>>> with their night pattern, but WMVP from Chicago on 1000 khz, which is
>>> normally a very rare visitor here,  has been heard 3 nights in a row.
>>> It's generally not dominant, but is consistently in the mix, which is not
>>> normally the case.  Might be a good opportunity for those out west (and not
>>> too close to KOMO) to log this one.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Nigel Pimblett
>>> Dunmore, Alberta
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