Re: [IRCA] 1240 KODY from AZ last night

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great catch! Distances in that 800-1200 mile window for GYers can work right when cx are good. I have logged quite a few So CA stations from NW Oregon through the years as well as a few from MT and WY. 

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:39:06 -0700
> From: azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [IRCA] 1240 KODY from AZ last night
> 
> (6-foot tuned loop + 23-foot tuned vertical + Quantum Phaser)
> 
> I've been logging some fairly nearby stations with my new phased setup this
> month, but nothing too exciting.  However, last night, with my loop set up
> indoors I was doing a bit of graveyarding.  Although the low density of
> stations out here means that the channels are less crowded, it also means
> that there are fewer targets.  1240 is an odd frequency for me.  There's
> only one station within 200 miles (KJAA "Jukebox 1240") and only around 30
> out to 750 miles.  I had only picked up KJAA and also KFBC Cheyenne WY at
> 617 miles multiple times since August.
> 
> At 9:22pm (0422UT on the 30th), I heard "NewsTalk 12-40, K-?-?-Y", which is
> pretty generic.  But, later with some audio processing, this turned out to
> be "..coverage of the Nebraska Cornhuskers on NewsTalk 12-40, K-O-D-Y,
> North Platte".  A 785-mile graveyarder, I'll take that any night!  Not long
> after, I heard an ad for a business in Durango, so that was almost
> certainly KDGO, but it didn't stick around long enough to get enough to log
> it.
> 
> Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
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