Re: [IRCA] GNARLY 1710 INFO

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Might there not be two separate transmitters, operating on some sort of an alternating schedule with the intent of making it harder to pin down ?

Russ Edmunds
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--- On Thu, 5/28/09, Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] GNARLY 1710 INFO
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:36 PM
> Hi Pete,
> 
> The plot thickens! Thanks for sharing this information.
> 
> Before I drove around the church in Mill Creek, I drove
> about five blocks
> past it to the west (toward Lynnwood) and found the signal
> drop, drop,
> dropping. After picking it up the strongest near the
> apartments across from
> the church, I thought it likely that the transmitter was in
> the area.
> 
> Based on the engineer's info and my location this afternoon
> at 164th St. SE
> and North Road, the distance to a spot half-way between
> Boeing Field and
> Hwy. 99 is three miles.
> 
> If it's indeed a single transmitter in Lynnwood, maybe the
> groundwave varies
> a lot depending on the surrounding terrain. A drive between
> the two
> neighborhoods should settle this once and for all.
> 
> BTW, I thought I heard an ID at 12 noon that sounded like
> "Radio Enshah" or
> "Radio Enya" or something like that.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Guy Atkins
> Puyallup, WA
> www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com
> 
> 
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> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 16:17:00 -0700
> From: Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: IRCA of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] GNARLY 1710 INFO
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> Yesterday I talked with the CE of KCIS-630 who was
> intrigued enough
> to ask a friend (a contract engineer) to check it out. The
> results:
> 
> > Chris actually found the transmitter up here in
> Lynnwood. Near the
> > Home Depot between Highway 99 and Boeing field. They
> aren't putting
> > out very much signal. 100 mv from across the street.
> Chris says
> > they are using something like a citizen's band antenna
> on a two
> > story building. Perhaps there are other 'pirates' out
> there doing
> > the same thing.
> 
>  Mill Creek and Lynnwood are about five air miles apart but
> based on
> the mv reading from across the street, it seems unlikely
> that a
> single station at either location would be "loud" at the
> other. At
> the same time, unless they were synced (unlikely), they
> would clash
> significantly between both locations.
> 
> Anyone want to hit both locations on the same day?
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