Re: [IRCA] KKOL

["Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@xxxxxxx>]

Patrick: KKOL is not on Vashon Island. They are on land leased from the Port
of Tacoma. I believe the site is a couple of miles east and slightly north
of KHHO. The stations on Vashon are, AFAIK, 1000, 820/950, and 770/1090. I'm
not sure about 710--but probably them too. 880 is not on Vashon. As was
demonstrated by 950's original 50-kW site (diplex with 850), Tacoma is not a
particularly good location for AMs licensed to Seattle--even if they run 50
kW. The path is pretty long and enough of it is over land with poor
conductivity (as opposed to salt water) that the signal in Seattle is not
huge. Being so high on the dial doesn't help either. However KKOL was stuck.
You can read all about it in their application for the new 50-kW operation
at CDBS. Despite the higher power, the new site does not provide a coverage
improvement compared with the old two-tower site in the Port of Seattle, and
the 50-kW signal in downtown Seattle must be noticeably weaker than the old
5-kW signal. Further evidence of the difficulty of finding an acceptable AM
site in the Seattle area is the time KKOL spent (must have been at least
three years) on the ship while they obtained all of the necessary permits
after they had settled on the Tacoma site. And then, for anyone who thinks
the Pacific Northwest is tower-friendly country, there's the KRKO saga ;>(

--
Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@xxxxxxx
eFax 707-215-6367

-----Original message-----

Dan,

Thanks. 159 degrees would put a null towards The Dalles OR (1300-KACI)
and 260 would put a null towards Aberdeen (1320-KXRO). Then at about 230
degrees (my direction), they probably put little signal also I would
guess. If they protect 1320 KXRO, I presume they will protect 1280
Tumwater WA too. 1290 would not be much of an issue, with Portland gone,
and Port Angeles going,  but their 1300 KACI null would also protect
KUMA 1290 Pendleton OR. 1310 Newport OR would be far enough not to be an
issue, as Newport is over 100 air miles down the coast from me and I am
over 100 miles from Vashion Island too. . But having their site on
Vashion Island, they can easily pipe their signal North to cover most of
the Puget Sound area.

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager




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