Re: [IRCA] Eastern Power out West- WABC etc

["Dave Williams" <beansdad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug -

I'm always excited when I hear something under KOA - but it always
turns out to be KHHO Tacoma ;-).

The WYLL catch was interesting. I actually had to null KSL as best as
possible, which meant that my Grundig was aligned almost N/S.
Thankfully WYLL streams their audio and I was able to compare. I
-was- awfully surprised to hear anything else on 1160.

KDKA has been the most consistent cross-country catch for me this
month. I have had them 5 times just in the past two weeks. But then
again, I really don't have anything "local" to the E of me on 1020;
for you, even just 90 miles wnw of me, you have to contend more with
the two Washington stations that are basically straight N of me and
are easily nulled.

I'm very surprised I haven't had Cleveland on 1220, especially as
WTAM has been heard here several times this month and 1220 at night
is just a mass of low-powered stations. At night here, KNTS (Bay
Area) and KHTS (SoCal) dominate, even at 500 watts or less each. Then
again, I haven't DXed that frequency as much as others.

Dave Williams
Redmond, OR


---- Original Message ----
From: oregon4wd@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Eastern Power out West- WABC etc
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:40:55 -0800

>Hi Guys,
>Mike, I never did get 1680 WTIR- Winter Garden or the one on 1700. I
>really 
>should have, but I can't remember why, hi.  When I lived down south,
>from 
>your list, I had only WGBS,WBZ and WLAC I believe. Perhaps some
>others.
>
>Patrick, I wouldn't mind WCBS 880, but I'll have to wait for -at
>least- for 
>KWIP's SS to have some down time. The only others on 880 to the East,
>to 
>contend with would be KRVN and maybe CHQT.  I don't know what my
>chances are 
>on 1030. KDUN put's out pretty good here. KTWO doesn't seem all that
>great 
>here the last few years.  WGY seems like a possiblitity since it's
>just 
>mainly KGO (to the south) that QRM's plus a few lower power stations.
>I 
>caught WHAM with KOFI on recently.  Another one I forgot to list is
>1160 
>WYLL that Dave caught a few days ago....1160 no less!  Is there
>anything 
>behind KOA on 850?
>
>Nick, I'll have to look up WHK.  Salem, OR.'s KCCS plays a little
>havoc, but 
>it's to the north. I've got the Mexico city one on 1220, but haven't
>heard 
>it for a few years. So technically, to the east, I should have it
>wide 
>open....so I understand what you saying.  I would think that with
>most of my 
>regional channels being in a N/S direction, that I would have decent
>shots 
>to the East- or West for that matter, but it seems like that usually
>isn't 
>the case- at least for me.
>
>Thanks all.  I know I made some comments about my own local situation
>in 
>reference to your suggestions (hopefully not to be construed as
>negative). 
>The main thing I suppose I'm looking for are current possibilities 
>irrevelant of my local situation.  I do have some frequencies that I
>should 
>eventually get past like: 640, 680, 810, 1160, 1530 etc. I have a
>cuban, 
>mexican and montanan on 640, but there should be more to the east.
>73- Doug 
>
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