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[IRCA] PL-606 Bandscan (with SAT) - El Cajon, CA, 5-15 mid PM
- Subject: [IRCA] PL-606 Bandscan (with SAT) - El Cajon, CA, 5-15 mid PM
- From: Stephen Airy <pianoplayer88key@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all... now it's my turn to join the bandscan posting fray. :)
Link to audio recordings: http://tinyurl.com/PL606-ECscan20110515
Radio: Tecsun PL-606
Antenna: Select-A-Tenna
Location: near 32°45'40"N 116°56'50"W
Date/Time: Sun, 2011-05-15, 2:30-4:00pm PDT
Signal is as displayed on the PL-606 - dBuV (relative to 1 µV input to DSP Si4734), S/N (dB - max 25). The selectable bandwidth was set at +/- 1 kHz.
ERP for directional signals was calculated by multiplying the square of the actual vs RMS voltage ratio (from FCC data) by transmitter power. (1170 KCBQ, at 50kW, with a ratio of 3750/2499.5 toward me, has an ERP of about 112.5 kW. Thanks Deane McIntyre for the equation.)
Two stations are listed on a few frequencies, either because of co-channel interference, or threshold signals making quick identification difficult.
Freq Call Signal Dist Hdg Pwr(W) DA? ERP(Watts)
---- ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ --- -----------
530 WNHV296 27,12 117mi 315° 100 ND
OR
530 KNNN867 27,12 25mi 57° 10 ND
Note: 530 peaked at 28,21 strength
540 XESURF 74,25 18mi 183° 25,000 ND
550 KFYI 29,00 289mi 80° 5,000 ND
OR
550 KUZZ 29,00 212mi 328° 5,000 DA 982.254
560 KBLU 25,15 134mi 90° 1,000 ND
570 KLAC 53,25 116mi 322° 5,000 ND
590 KTIE 24,02 93mi 347° 2,500 DA 99.664
600 KOGO 86,25 8mi 249° 5,000 DA 2,636.7
610 KAVL(?) 24,01 152mi 333° 4,900 DA 1,371,73
620 XESS 61,25 20mi 180° 16,000 DA 41.9
640 KFI 65,25 99mi 322° 50,000 ND
670 KIRN 42,25 148mi 317° 5,000 DA 10,372.5
690 XEWW 87,25 33mi 189° 77,000 DA 180.462.57
710 KSPN 45,25 129mi 320° 50,000 ND
720 KDWN(?) 25,00 255mi 26° 50,000 ND
730 XEEBC 32,15 63mi 163° 1,000 ND
740 KBRT 68,25 92mi 297° 10,000 DA 23,415.06
760 KFMB 89,25 7mi 321° 5,000 ND
790 KABC 53,25 120mi 317° 5,000 ND
800 XESPN 76,25 18mi 193° 1,000 ND
820 XEVMS 30,18 80mi 96° 3,500 ND
830 KLAA 52,25 89mi 335° 50,000 ND
840 KXNT 27,02 277mi 24° 50,000 DA 5,133.26
850 XEZF 33,22 84mi 96° 1,000 ND
860 XEMO 76,25 25mi 197° 10,000 DA 7,243.143
870 KRLA 38,25 120mi 323° 50,000 DA 3,445.84
910 KECR 86,25 9mi 7° 5,000 DA 4,148.77
930 KHJ 43,25 121mi 317° 5,000 ND
940 XEWV 28,10 80mi 96° 1,000 ND
950 XEKAM 71,25 25mi 200° 20,000 ??
960 KIXW 34,16 122mi 353° 5,000 ND
970 KNWZ 32,22 78mi 35° 5,000 DA 13,881.3
980 KFWB 40,24 116mi 322° 5,000 ND
990 XECL 38,16 84mi 96° 5,000 ND
OR
990 KTMS 38,16 197mi 308° 5,000 DA 10.65
Note: 990 strength varied due to co-channel interference
Noted range was 33,10 to 44,21
1000 KCEO 63,25 38mi 330° 2,500 DA 5,306.7
1010 XEDX 34,00 64mi 165° 2,000 ND
OR
1010 KXPS 34,00 81mi 22° 3,600 DA 610.2
1020 KTNQ 42,25 106mi 326° 50,000 DA 4,694.032
1030 XESDD 62,25 20mi 180° 5,000 DA 485.68
1040 KURS 67,25 11mi 246° 360 ND
1050 XED 43,25 91mi 94° 10,000 ND
1050 KCAA 37,01 86mi 351° 1,400 DA 173.13
1070 KNX 67,25 11mi 314° 50,000 ND
1090 XEPRS 72,25 26mi 198° 50,000 DA 6,221.58
1100 KFNX(?) 29,00 295mi 75° 50,000 DA 36,437.86
1110 KDIS 42,25 111mi 327° 50,000 DA 84,215.165
1130 KSDO 88,25 6mi 350° 10,000 DA 10,340.78
1150 KTLK 37,10 106mi 326° 50,000 DA 1,356.53
OR
1150 XERM 37,10 84mi 95° 1,000 ND
1160 XEQIN-? 39,00 163mi 158° 10,000 ND
1170 KCBQ 89,25 9mi 7° 50,000 DA 112,545.014
Note: 1170 KCBQ at first showed 94,25 signal strength,
then 90,25, then settled at 89,25, likely due to the
radio desensing from the strong signal
1180 KERN(?) 34,00 237mi 326° 50,000 DA 64,558.4
1190 KGBN 37,22 97mi 327° 20,000 DA 4,012.7
1210 KPRZ 74,25 26mi 26° 20,000 DA 32,410.5
1230 KXO 37,00 81mi 87° 830 ND
OR
1230 KYPA 37,00 117mi 319° 1,000 ND
1240 KNSN 74,25 11mi 246° 550 ND
1250 KZER 42,25 201mi 306° 2,500 DA 2,429.84
1260 KMZT 34,08 135mi 320° 20,000 DA 10,116.42
1270 XEAZ 71,25 16mi 201° 500 ND
1280 KFRN 47,25 104mi 314° 1,000 DA 1,683.83
1290 KZSB 37,22 195mi 307° 500 ND
1290 KKDD 35,16 96mi 350° 5,000 DA 6,464.
1300 KROP(?) 35,10 84mi 78° 1,000 ND
1310 XEC 64,25 17mi 195° 1,000 ND
1320 KKSM 37,14 38mi 323° 500 DA 259.375
1330 KWKW 34,22 119mi 318° 5,000 ND
1340 KCLU 37,25 195mi 307° 650 ND
1350 KTDD 32,20 94mi 348° 5,000 DA 2,724.222
1360 KLSD 86,25 8mi 255° 5,000 ND
1370 KWRM 32,13 85mi 336° 5,000 DA 3,974.26
1390 XEKT 51,25 22mi 137° 5,000 ND
1400 KKZZ(?) 34,04 164mi 312° 1,000 ND
1400 KESQ(?) 34,10 78mi 31° 1,000 ND
1410 KCAL 32,12 92mi 351° 5,000 ND
1420 XEXX 66,25 18mi 197° 2,000 ND
1430 KWST 30,10 82mi 87° 1,000 ND
Note: 1430 strength varied, range 28,05 to 34,14
1430 KMRB 34,04 114mi 325° 50,000 DA 183.35
1440 KFNY 34,05 91mi 345° 1,000 ND
1450 KFSD 49,25 27mi 338° 1,000 ND
1470 XERCN 78,25 18mi 183° 5,000 ND
1490 KSPE 37,10 195mi 307° 1,000 ND
OR
1490 KGBA 37,10 81mi 91° 500 ND
Note: 1490 strength varied due to co-channel interference
Noted range was 53,05 to 40,16
1510 KSPA 39,25 100mi 338° 10,000 DA 17,291.125
Note: 1510's strength varied due to possible skywave fading
Strongest signal given, also saw it as low as 32,18
1520 KVTA 36,18 159mi 308° 10,000 DA 5,828.47
1540 KMPC 32,10 116mi 322° 50,000 DA 8,209.6
1550 XEBG 59,25 18mi 193° 1,000 ND
1570 KPRO(?) 30,01 85mi 342° 5,000 DA 0.03
1580 KBLA 30,14 119mi 321° 50,000 DA 73,051.4
1580 KBLA 31,18 119mi 321° 50,000 DA 73,051.4
Note: 1580 was recorded twice. On the 2nd,
signal began fading after the noted peak.
1590 KUNX 25,05 165mi 309° 5,000 DA 287.7
1590 XEYX 25,14 80mi 96° 10,000 ND
Note: 1590 was recorded twice with the same antenna heading. The
suspected stations are listed separately even though both may be
in each recording; signal strengths are for each recording.
1600 KAHZ 29,16 99mi 333° 5,000 ND
1610 WQKL984-? 27,07 19mi 298° 10 ND
1620 WNSB415 41,25 15mi 208° 10 ND
1630 XEUT 72,25 16mi 184° 10,000 ND
1650 KFOX 30,05 118mi 318° 10,000 ND
1670 KHPY 30,12 88mi 351° 10,000 DA 18,589.3
1690 WPUA825-? 20,00 14mi 263° 10 ND
1700 XEPE 73,25 16mi 189° 10,000 DA 6,980.8
As this radio has a dBµ meter and not a S-meter, I'm not sure how to specify those S# strengths. If I did, they'd be based (by ear) on the RST scale. S1 "faint barely perceptible" could be carrier up to program audible but isolating headphones in a quiet environment required. S4 "fair signal" would be easy armchair copy and sufficient to trip the seek/scan on a radio. S7 "strong signal" would be full-quieting (RF noise floor below receiver noise floor) and S9 "extremely strong" would be overloading the front end (severe blocking/desense - Tecsun DSP radio displaying 49/00 or 50/00 several channels off, or splatter - Sony SRF-M37W hearing signal just as loud 60-100+ kHz off). I don't recall the RST "S" scale having S+x dB, so anything over S9 would be distorting/clipping on-frequency like this: http://tinyurl.com/PL606-EC-KFMB-OvrLdDemo & http://tinyurl.com/PL380-760-KFMB-unID-20110101
I'm guessing if I did specify the "standard" S# strengths, those clips of KFMB might be peaking at something like S9+140dB maybe? ;)
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