Re: [IRCA] KYOL / 1510 STA

["Doug Pifer-desert4wd.com" <oregon4wd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pretty sure I got this one- Thanks...... KGA is the one here for sure, but I 
have some definite 70's songs rising up occasionally. No ID yet and it may 
take a while from the looks of things.
73- Doug
Albany, OR


> --- "Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW"
> <AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'm surprised that I haven't seen more reports of
>> KYOL being heard where
>> it normally isn't. The switch 10 days ago to ND at
>> 25% of licensed power
>> should represent about a 19-fold power increase to
>> the east and west of
>> Denver. They are now using only tower #2 of the
>> 4-tower array. Towers 1,
>> 3, and 4 are still up and they bracket tower 2 on
>> the east and west
>> sides. Since they are folded unipoles they are now
>> floating at ground
>> potential. I'm starting to wonder if they are acting
>> as parasitic
>> elements and limiting the east-west radiation more
>> than I had
>> anticipated. As expected, the signal to the north
>> and south has been
>> obviously reduced with the DA turned off and the
>> power reduced.
>>
>> Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO
>> http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/
>> http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/

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