Re: [IRCA] 690 KFXN

[John Sampson <jnsampson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Todd - Please keep us posted on this. Iâm back in Arizona until April and will be most interested in whatâs up with 690.  Right on about the old 1370 outlet, what a waste!  I have them verified as KDAN (I think their last call), never replied when I wrote to KMAP.  I do remember seeing their towers, too; I think they were quite close to a rec center/high school where my sons used to do AAU swimming. - John



> On Nov 6, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Forrester S <amradio1976@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The saga continues for 690. Now running an OC but this is also the same
> pattern as before when trying to run 24hrs.
> Jihn, I believe those calls were KMAP. George and I found their transmitter
> hidden in the hills of Newport on the SE corner of 494/61. It was a waste
> of airwaves indeed.
> 
> Todd
> 
> On Nov 6, 2017 12:42 PM, "John Sampson" <jnsampson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> When DXing from SW Minneapolis in the early 1990s, KUSD was still on the
>> air.  I was southeast of the tx of the 690 Mpls Station (different call,
>> same pattern), in their main lobe and still able to null them to almost
>> nothing and hear KUSD very well.  Another piece of trivia; any one remember
>> the Twin Cities station on 1370 that went dark in the early 80s?  Never
>> could figure the reason for their existence.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Nov 5, 2017, at 9:40 PM, Forrester S <amradio1976@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> They are at 4 watts. Montreals TSN Sunday Night Football is on top right
>>> now. I live
>>> 10 blocks south of their main night lobe (aprox of course). Its signal is
>>> very weak here. Strong during the daytime. Pretty cut n dry.
>>> 
>>> Todd
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 5, 2017 3:15 PM, "Rick Dau" <drummer1965us@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I think your real question is are they using their licensed 4 watt night
>>>> power at night, and the answer should be pretty obvious.  As far back as
>>>> May 2014, I was hearing KFXN down here at all hours of night, and they
>>>> probably haven't changed one iota since.  500 watts vs. 4 -- can you
>> blame
>>>> them?  4 watts is laughable.  To sufficiently cover the Twin Cities at
>>>> night, they'd surely need 10 times that, especially with a tower site on
>>>> the NW side of Minneapolis near Maple Grove and Plymouth.
>>>> 
>>>> FWIW, I can get KFXN's directional day signal easily in Spirit Lake,
>> Iowa,
>>>> 140 miles to the southwest.  And as others have pointed out, there's
>>>> absolutely no need for KFXN to be "pulling in" its daytime signal to the
>>>> southwest, since the station it once upon a time had to protect -- KUSD
>> in
>>>> Vermillion, South Dakota -- went silent for good in 1994 as a result of
>>>> vandalism at its transmitter site.
>>>> 
>>>> 73,
>>>> Rick Dau
>>>> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
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>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:02:32 PM
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>>>> Subject: [IRCA] 690 KFXN
>>>> 
>>>> Anyone happen to know if KFXN who happens to be using night power over
>> thr
>>>> past week or two is using this legitimately or not?
>>>> 
>>>> Todd Skaine
>>>> Bloomington MN
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