Re: [IRCA] First impressions of 24h IBOC
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Re: [IRCA] First impressions of 24h IBOC



At a location in south Seattle, 1520 Oregon City is pretty much covered
by noise. 1540 Bellevue, just a few miles away across the lake, is at
times almost covered by noise. Quite dramatic interference on such a
local signal.

Eric Svajdlenka
KA7MEK
Everett, WA

--- Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK, here are the after Midnight impressions. Apparently a lot of
> stations did not kick their HD on tonight. But two did here on the
> West
> coast, 
> 
> 1190 KEX , Yep, they kicked theirs on at Midnight and the hash it
> pretty
> nasty. The worst out of the bunch as I expected. I can easily hear
> CtoC
> on 1180 in USB without problems, 1200 is worse, I can hear WOAI, but
> it
> would not be worth listening to unless it was for DX.
> 
> 1530 KFBK  Then kicked theirs on to at Midnight. I can easily hear
> both
> 1520 & 1540 in SB, easier than KEX, but the audio on KFBK is
> terrible.
> They sound like they are broadcasting from the bottom of a barrel.
> Unless they get that solved people will not be listening. It is
> awful.
> 
> There might be others, but those so far are the only ones I can tell
> for
> sure. 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Martin
> KAVT Reception Manager
> 
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