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Re: [IRCA] DX Tips for WDXR
Good catch on KERN, Patrick. I believe at night they're directional pattern may not favor you all that much.
I live in El Cajon, CA (near San Diego, CA), but sometimes visit friends in/near Visalia, CA or go to a conference once or twice a year in Tulare, CA, about an hour or so north of Bakersfield near where KERN is located. (I'm about 4 hours or so south of Bakersfield, not taking into account L.A. traffic.) I have noticed on multiple occasions that I usually get a better signal at home than in central California at night when visiting my friends there. It's there, but usually either just weak or has co-channel interference. (I forget exactly, though, as it's been a few months since I've been there and afaik I'm not going again till the end of May.)
Also, I've noticed the same thing on 840 KXNT North Las Vegas, but even more severely. At home, KXNT is a fairly solid blowtorch, sometimes with a local-grade / "full-quieting" (noise-blanking) signal at night, but at Lake Mead east of Las Vegas on the NV/AZ border, reception of KXNT is difficult, if not impossible on a pocket radio, although a loop can help.
Another thing, your signature mentions you as being the KGED QSL manager - that's 1680 in Fresno, CA, right?
I haven't checked in the past few weeks, but in January and February I was often hearing KGED at noon with my Tecsun PL-606 and Select-A-Tenna sitting on a chain-link fence. Also at noon I was frequently hearing a Spanish-language station mixing with them on the same channel. I understand KGED has been broadcasting in an Asian language for some months now. As the fence I was using as an antenna (with the SAT) favors north/south reception, I suspect I was possibly receiving 1680 KNTS Seattle, WA, at noon. You wouldn't by any chance know of anyone involved with that station that would be able to confirm my reception of it? (I do have several recordings links, if desired.)
--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] DX Tips for WDXR
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, NancyJohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 12:20 AM
1180 KERN CA, Wasco, good on top of KLAY with talk at 1128 EDT
3/24, News at 1130 "KERN News Talk 11-80" IDs. (PM-OR)
1330 KWLO IA, Waterloo, good with Four Tops oldies song
Bernadette, followed by "KWLO" ID into another oldies song a 0310 EDT
3/25. (PM-OR)
Drake SPR4
SW EWE, 1500" Eastern Beverage
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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