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Re: [IRCA] KOMO 1000 not 24h
Glenn,
Coincidentally, I had the Perseus running at the right time early
this morning and caught KOMO announcing they were going off for
transmitter maintenance, and went off a few seconds before 0800 UTC
after playing the national anthem. The announcer said they would return
by 4:30 am (i.e. 1130 UYC) at the latest.
At this QTH left a very weak WMVP mixing with a Spanish station (likely
XEOY as you say).
73,
Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, Alberta, Canada
Glenn Glenn Hauser wrote:
** 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
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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