Re: [IRCA] KSQR-1240

[The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good suggestion Rich.  Whatever, the CE seems to be on top of things at KSQR.  How're things in Davis?  About time we get together again...Maybe this spring or early summer.....don




richtoebe@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Didn't someone mention that tightening up the bandwidth would mean more dB to the signal?
>
> Wasn't that one justification the engineer from Clear Channel gave in reducing audio bandwidth to 5kHz?
>
> Maybe that's what they did-- I noticed more punch to the signal after KSQR dropped Mexican regional music.  I have no trouble hearing KWG.
>
> Rich Toebe
> Vacaville CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KSQR-1240
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> Maybe that's it!  Maybe they ARE running 5 or 10 kw nowdays.  They could
> do it for 20 years and the FCC would never notice (or do anything about
> it if they did notice).  Any night of the year you can find at least
> half a dozen cheaters at night going full blast.  Probably a lot more
> we're not aware of (yet)......So far KSQR hasn't been a pest at night,
> usually KSUE, KJOP & KSMA (for starts)....don
>
> Michael Hawkins wrote:
>
> > If its up for more than four hours, I guess they should consult a
> > specialist.  In Tracy, they used to be audible, but not any more than
> > you would expect for a graveyard at 60-70 miles distant.  Sometime
> > around September or October, they must have made some kind of change,
> > as they were coming in more like a 5KW regional at 20 miles than a 1KW
> > graveyard at 60 miles.  Even at night, they are dominant on 1240 at
> > this range.  I only have about 5-10 degrees of loop rotation to try to
> > null them to the point of being able to hear anything else on the
> > frequency. Mike HawkinsTracy CA
> >
> > Art Blair <artngwen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >      Don't know why people think that the stations signal is
> >      louder now than in the past. Several months a story in the
> >      Sacramento Bee mentioned that people in Folsom couldn't hear
> >      KSQR, this was when they had just switched over to Air
> >      America. Could it be that the Bee is somewhat rightist
> >      leaning? Naw! Maybe some dropped some Viagra on them and
> >      that is why the stations signal is up
> >      .Art..._______________________________________________
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