[IRCA] KIRO'S OFF AIR SCENARIO

[Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

I sent a thank you note to John and enclosed a CD of KFIA, KSPN and  
the clicking sound. Also, I didn't detect any apparent KIRO carrier  
while I was listening to these two stations, so I asked him how much  
power he might have been running (I mean there must have been  
something on the air). One of the really tough mixing products, and  
wishfully the one he was talking about, is on 830. Alas, I just  
checked it and the KIRO image is still there. This has all the  
characteristics of a transmitted signal and really does a job on the  
channel unless northern conditions are exceptional, at which time  
CKKY does rise above it. KIRO mixes with KTTH. 650 is useless days  
but is OK at night; the 830 image prevails at night. I haven't heard  
back from him so if you speak to him, you might inquire about 830.

If he used to work at KGY, he probably is sensitive to that station's  
mandatory tower move as dictated by the Port of Olympia.

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
12225w 4719n
ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop
DX398; Palomar loop
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Bruce Portzer wrote:
> He mentioned that the ticking sound some
> of us heard happened when they did a sweep test (which involves  
> sending
> low powered r.f. pulses into the antenna and measuring how much comes
> back).  This was KIRO's first silent period in ten years.
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