Re: [IRCA] Pre/post Sunset Skip --04/07/12

[Stephen Airy <pianoplayer88key@xxxxxxxxx>]

As far as I know, KIEV isn't on the air, and from what I've read on various other boards/lists/forums, isn't gonna be for a while.  I suspect the sports you heard on 1500 may have been KSTP St. Paul - they are a semi regular weak visitor here on my Tecsun PL-606.  Also along a similar vein, any possibility that your 1570 Spanish could have been XERF?
As for 760 S.D., I bet monitoring them right at their LSS might be interesting ... they are 5kW ND day and 50kW DA (null toward Detroit with a kidney bean like pattern or something like that) night.  They might be very weak or not there at all before pattern change, then suddenly jump to life with a much stronger signal at sunset.  Where I am, their signal is full quieting day and night, using only a portable's built-in ferrite.  I do have a way to tell the difference in strength at pattern change, though ...  ;)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICaOz_Nvxeo  ; As strong as they are, though, it is still possible to get a fairly deep null, though ...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLX26cQpbQ ; (although as you could probably tell from the video, it's EXTREMELY difficult to hold it - move the radio even a fraction of a degree off axis and you've lost about 20-30dB of null or something like that.)
CKWX is usually impossible here due to a local co-channel 10kW that's 6 miles N of me, but a couple months ago I caught them off the air and was able to get CKWX's signal.  (I have a recording if desired.)
As for 640 L.A., interestingly their groundwave signal is slightly weaker here than 1070 KNX, even though KFI is 12 miles closer (99 mi vs KNX's 111).  KFI's signal has an all land path to me, but KNX comes partially over saltwater, due to its transmitter being more to the west and the geography of the Southern California coastline

73, Stephen (in El Cajon / La Mesa, CA).



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 From: bill kral <jwkral@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2012 11:04 AM
Subject: [IRCA] Pre/post Sunset Skip --04/07/12
 
Saturday evening skip was absolutely amazing. Things must have started to hop at 18:00 PDT but I started my scan at 18:30 and the first signal in loud and clear was 940 Fresno CA. The total band was showing good skip except 540 which was still vacant. No CBK yet while 990 and 1010 were active already. 1700 had an audible signal from Tj.Mex.  Some of the closer by graveyarders were topping out with temporary clear signals and one that ID'd nicely was KEDO Longview WA during a Mariners Baseball game. KPWX in Mt.Angel OR was still giving CKWX Van BC a hard time at least half an hour after LSS so are they cheating by delaying powering down to night power? Caught some sports on 1500 before it faded and I assumed it to be KIEV Culver City CA (if they are on air now). Heard Spanish on 1570 for a few minutes before disappearing so either KCVR Lodi CA or KTGE Salinas CA. Both of these were first time catches here. 640 LA and 760 S.D. were showing signs of life
an hour before LSS at 7:55 PM PDT.Scanning time was cut short due to other commitments but this time I enjoyed a little downtime from the digital noise that usually plagues most of the vacant freqs here. 
Bill in BC
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