Re: [IRCA] WMVP
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Re: [IRCA] WMVP

If that could segue into an actual scheduled DX test some night, I think a lot of DXers would be happy campers. Perhaps the station could even benefit from some of the data it receives in the form of reception reports or MP3 files.   ms

> From: wb6tnb@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:36:52 -0700
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WMVP
> 
> I suspect it's testing the 12 KW auxiliary antenna. It's nondirectional. WMVP is a DA-2 with a massive null to the west to protect KOMO.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 30, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I wonder if a really late night proof of performance transmitter test could be in order for WMVP 1000?  ms
> > 
> >> From: wb6tnb@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:40:10 -0700
> >> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WMVP
> >> 
> >> I just noticed that it has a CP for a 12 KW day auxiliary antenna at WLS, which is nondirectional. Maybe it's been testing it.
> >> 
> >> https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101526721&qnum=5120&copynum=1&exhcnum=1
> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >> 
> >>> On Mar 30, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Nigel Pimblett <nige2730@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> And normally their null out west is very effective.  It took me about 20 years to hear them for the 1st time, which is why it was so odd to hear them regularly this past week.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Nigel Pimblett
> >>> Dunmore, Alberta
> >>> 
> >>>> On 30/03/2014 9:24 AM, Dennis Gibson wrote:
> >>>> 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
> >>>> 
> >>>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>> 
> >>>>> 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
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> 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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