Re: [IRCA] KMZQ 670
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Re: [IRCA] KMZQ 670

What radio-locator.com shows are coverage maps, not patterns. If you look they call them coverage maps. Sometimes they're very similar to each other, sometimes they're somewhat similar and every once in awhile they're not. The place to go for patterns is the FCC web site. Here are KMZQ and KBOI's night patterns. KMZQ's is from their CP, but recently they have applied for some changes.
KMZQ: http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1225072-101620.pdf
KBOI: http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/504682-70019.pdf
It looks to me like they shouldn't bother each other, especially because KMZQ is only running 600 watts at night.
As Pete noted in the late 1990's KIRN paid KBOI to change from ND to directional at night (six towers; that can't have been cheap). They did that to clear the way to move to a new transmitter site and run considerably more power than they were. They got the CP they wanted but later decided against it. I wonder how much they paid KBOI.. Whatever it was they totally wasted it. KBOI's night pattern works very well. I almost never hear them; I'm about 50 miles from KIRN. When they were ND they had a very good signal in Southern California every night.
Earlier this year KIRN applied to move their daytime transmitter site only (they would have diplexed off an existing station) and increase to 20 KW (from 5 KW). Apparently they thought better of it because in early September they told the FCC to cancel the application.
Navigating the FCC web site takes some getting used to but once you get the hang of it all of the engineering studies for CP's and applications and a whole lot more are there for anyone to read. I find some of them absolutely fascinating. 

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html
If anyone would like some help in learning how to find the really good stuff on the FCC web site write me directly and I'll be happy to help. It's not hard. 

73
----- Original Message ----- 
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:32:56 -0700
From: Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] KMZQ 670
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Not sure why there is any confusion on this. Everyone should take a
look at www.radio-locator.com, punch up KMZQ and KBOI and then
compare their night patterns. They will not be in each other's face
at night. It is my understanding that sometime during the past three
years, KBOI reached an agreement with KIRN, the Farsi language
station near LA, whereby they (KBOI) would suck in some of their
southward-bound signal. I have logged KIRN here at night and would
anticipate that with their northbound day pattern, I will be able to
log KMZQ through KBOI some around LSS when reception to the south is
favorable.

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
12225w 4719n
HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop
ICF2010 + "     "    "      "
DX398; Palomar loop
SRF-59 & SRF M37V

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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:54:41 +0000
From: midcapemarc@xxxxxxxxxxx (Marc DeLorenzo)
Subject: [IRCA] Spain
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Cc: capedx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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R. Nacional (formerly RNE1) in at decent level 2230-2250 UTC on 585, 621, & 639 kHz, all in parallel. 621 the best which could be Canary Islands because they also carry R. Nacional. Discussion between man & woman in Spanish - quite clear in peaks but subject to fades. 

--
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, MA
http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html


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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:24:41 -0400
From: Robert Ross <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] One New Logging Tonight on Ultralight @
SUNSET.........................
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Hi Guys:

 Still picking them off One at a time...but it's pretty slow going. Real
nice conditions tonight at Sunset....but only one NEW ONE heard, which is
NEW for the ULR Log and the OVERALL Log. Lots of nice stuff heard...but it
was ALL RELOGS!!

Radio used tonight was................SONY SRF-T615 Barefoot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ULTRALIGHT LOG TOTAL is now................504 Stations Heard
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

73........ROB.

********************************************************************************************
1540   WECZ   Punxsutawney, PA.  OCT/12/08  1723 EDT      EE       GD
Polka Music Pgm at tune in 1723 EDT. ID as "You're Listerning to POLKA ???
on WECZ AM 1540". Local Ads and Events. Mentioned "On West Liberty Street"
@ 1729. Mentions of "Oneida" and DuBois".Lots more Polka Music.
Local Ad for Strasky Trucking in Dubois. Ad for "Mike's Lock and Hardware
in Downtown
Historic Dubois". Gave a Phone Number in ad as 375-1073. Gave temperature as 
"82 Degrees in Punxsutawney". ID as "The Ground Hog". DJ was Mike ?? and
his Polka Show was over @ 1750 EDT.

NEW STATION    NEW ULR # 504        5 KW DAYS
ROSS, ONT.
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Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1

Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC
Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!!

Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude)
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????




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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:56:12 -0400
From: markwa1ion@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Spain
To: CapeDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dxtip@xxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
am@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Spain good here too, as well as France - especially 1206 and 1377.

Northern Euro's a bit less impressive though 1215 UK still good,
tangling with Spain at times.

Doing a spot of DXing in between watching the New England Patriots
losing (so far).

Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA

-----Original Message-----
From: marc725@xxxxxxxxx
To: dxtip@xxxxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: capedx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 6:54 pm
Subject: [CapeDX] Spain

R. Nacional (formerly RNE1) in at decent level 2230-2250 UTC on 585,
621, & 639 kHz, all in parallel. 621 the best which could be Canary
Islands because they also carry R. Nacional. Discussion between man &
woman in Spanish - quite clear in peaks but subject to fades.

--
Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, MA
http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html



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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:30:13 GMT
From: ng1u@xxxxxxxxxx (Ng1u)
Subject: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <0810122030145893@xxxxxxxxxx>

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2008 Oct 12 1201 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center 
#
#          Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 11 October follow.
Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 25.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 12 October was 4 (45 nT).
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G3 level occurred.
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 10   11   11   11   11   11   11   11   11   12   12   12   12   12
UTC  2100 0000 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0000 0300 0600 0900 1200
SFlx 69   69   69   69   69   69   69   69   71   71   71   71   71   71
A-in 1    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    27   25   25   25   25   25
K-in 0    1    1    2    3    5    5    5    4    2    4    3    4    4


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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:31:59 -0400
From: "Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] Logging
To: <badx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Mailing list for the International Radio
Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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WFLF-540 noted at 9:25pm with Glenn Beck promo, 540-WFLA ID.  In pretty
well, which isn't surprising considering the solar numbers. Earlier I heard an oldies station that sounded like it IDed as WASG. I realize that WGOP is 
oldies, but the ID sure didn't sound like that.  Anyone know if WASG is on
540 these days, moved from 550?  And, are they oldies?

SDR-14, 100' sloper, Timewave DSP-599zx

Craig Healy
Providence, RI




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