Re: [IRCA] Eastern beverage

[neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick, as you know, you'll need to DX for quite a few nights with the unterminated Bev to really have a decent idea if it's better at night. Could your 1390 have been my local from Chicago ?

http://www.gospel1390.com/main.html although I don't get WGRB all that well at night.

73 KAZ

-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Apr 7, 2008 2:34 PM
>To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, am@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [IRCA] Eastern beverage
>
>I recorded overnight 1390 and the oldies station I heard earlier with
>the 103.3 FM ID was a mix of two stations I believe. KRRZ ND was a
>common visitor most TOH periods. I think MN was there also, plus some
>SSer. Then at 0600 EDT, I could plainly hear a Black Gospel station in
>the jumble that popped in and out, but no ID caught. Except for Salem OR
>(less than 1 KW ND nights), everyone else is either lp or nulls the NW,
>probably to protect old timer KSLM (then) with 5/1 KW for years many
>years. I nabbed ME and SC in a mix back in the 90s when WEGP was
>testing. 
>   With the drop of the termination off the end, the beverage pattern is
>beginning to remind me more on many frequenies of the old beverage. So
>it may not be the elevation that has had the effect on the directivity,
>but the change in termination. I will experiment more with resistance at
>the end a bit later on, but right now I am enjoying the new directivity
>of the wire, even with extra splash from the two Astoria statons. hi.
>  New observations, I find 1560 Burbank (Richland area) WA alone off the
>beverage days in SS. Not strong but fair, no sign of KZIZ. KZIZ's signal
>is just as poor as before off any antenna. 1600 KOHI has gained a bit of
>signal at S9+5. 850-KHHO-Tacoma is better days now for some reason,
>probably a side lobe. KPAM 860 now is the strongest metro Portland
>station days, now close to S9+30. I have never seen that signal from any
>Portland area station days that strong.  620-KPOJ, 750-KXL are both
>around S9+20, about the same they were. 910 Portland is about S9+20 now.
>they were S9+5 or 6. But last night I did noticed much more of a jumble
>on many frequencies. Also Couer d' Alene ID was on top of Portland 1080.
>Interesting changes. 
>
>
>73,
>
>Patrick 
>
>Patrick Martin
>KGED QSL Manager
>
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