Re: [IRCA] KOMO 1000 not 24h

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

OOPS, I was going to say something.. I wonder what KOMO has been
shitting down, some bad transmitter tubes? LOL

Paul Walker
www.onairdj.com


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Oops, make that shutting down...... gh
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> --- On Thu, 4/30/09, Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> From: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [dxld] KOMO 1000 not 24h
>> To: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: am@xxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, abdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Thursday, April 30, 2009, 9:52 AM
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>> ** U S A. Hi, Glenn, Have you noticed the hole in the MW
>> spectrum at 1000 kHz in the wee hours? KOMO has been missing
>> --- maybe something to do with the economy. It is not for
>> tests. Since I am usually asleep around 0700 UT, I do not
>> know when KOMO has been shitting down, but they were
>> certainly off by 0800. Yesterday they were still off at
>> 1100, and I do not know when they have been signing on in
>> the morning. So here, now (0854 on 30 April) I have Winnipeg
>> on 990 and Calgary on 1010 and on a very weak station in
>> Spanish on 1000 kHz. WMVP in Chicago is hardly audible, and
>> I wondered why until I checked the latter's nighttime
>> antenna pattern:
>> http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1170992-97761.pdf
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>> I cannot think when I have ever seen a US AM channel open
>> up like this for DXing; there is a weak
>> "graveyard" rumble but until propagation opens
>> something else up, only the Spanish station can be heard. 73
>> (Dave Walcutt, Eugene OR, April 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>>
>> No, I certainly haven`t, as KTOK occupies 1000 here; you
>> might hear them too. I expect KOMO absence is very temporary
>> for some maintenance work. Spanish is probably XEOY in
>> Mexico City. See if it`s // 6010. If you can get past that,
>> there is a 200 kW in Brasil and a 50 kW in Colombia on 1000
>> (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Paul B. Walker, Jr.
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