Re: [IRCA] October 17, 1989 audio from KGO San Francisco

[Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Colin,

Thanks for including this in your post. We were there when it happened, looking down on the fire in the Marina but not really grasping what was happening to the homes situated on the gelatinous surface. With no AC, we watched what was going on using our 8â battery operated b&w TV set.

I do have a question, though. KGO lost a tower and ran using about 7 or 8kw for four months or so. Obviously it was being picked up by some listener in the Bay Area and relayed on the ham band. However,  I do not think they would have been able to continue transmitting without some down time for rewiring, and surely, some announcement relating to the reduced coverage would have to have been made.

Just askinââ

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
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> On Feb 11, 2016, at 1:13 PM, R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I thought everyone could use a break from 1500 kHz with a walk down
> memory lane -
> 
> I have not listened to this audio in over 25 years - and it was taken off
> air moments
> after the Earthquake and the day after. I have over an hour of Amateur
> radio band traffic and live KGO stuff within minutes of the earthquake
> striking. Here is some day after analysis and audio.
> 
> http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/san-francisco-october-17-1989-at-504-pm
> 
> This is what radio listening is all about.
> 
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