Yes, coming in armchair copy into Victoria, as well, at 05:20 UTC with
Christian Russian music. I can hear KKXA as well co-channel, but mostly
just barely. Sure sounding like the full 50,000 watts, and not 15 kW.
73, Walt in Victoria, BC

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 4:03 AM Guy Atkins <dx@guyatkins.com> wrote:

> Hi Phil,
>
> On a whim I pulled out a CCradio 2E and was stunned to find near-LOCAL
> quality Russian talk on 1520!
>
> The signal nulls for me in a NNE direction (est. 345-350 deg. bearing) from
> Puyallup; that's actually *towards* Everett in general.
>
> I first heard Russian talk at 7:45pm PST, but now at 7:58 it's Russian
> language music.
>
> OK, at the top of the hour I just heard "KQRR, Oregon City, Oregon" in
> English, and then back into Russian with mentions of "Christiana" or
> similar. I note this station is 15 kw nighttime.
>
> I wonder why they are coming in so strong? They are nearly pegging the 2E's
> signal meter indoors.
>
> Guy Atkins
> Puyallup WA
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