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99.3 XHOCL off the air

Disregard above. I checked with a more highly-sensitive radio, and *did* hear XHOCL's Tijuana-San Diego I.D. But signal level was waaaaaaay lower than normal (even below 99.5 KKLA/Los Angeles, some 100 miles further from me). Perhaps 99.3 moved their stick, or they're having transmitter problems. Does anyone know?
 
Signal Geek said:
Disregard above. I checked with a more highly-sensitive radio, and *did* hear XHOCL's Tijuana-San Diego I.D. But signal level was waaaaaaay lower than normal (even below 99.5 KKLA/Los Angeles, some 100 miles further from me). Perhaps 99.3 moved their stick, or they're having transmitter problems. Does anyone know?
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Don't know your location. XHOCL is 764 ft above sea level which puts it just below a typical inversion layer, so nominal coverage is around 45 miles, however, under a very heavy inversion when strong ducting can occur, the signal can travel for hundreds of miles with gain, making it seem like a local signal. We would need to know your location to determine whether it's signal propagation, or simply that something has changed at the station.
 
At your distance reception is generally via direct wave or knife edge (if you're behind a hill or mountain range). Weather conditions usually don't affect FM reception of local stations that close-in.
 
TomásEstefan said:
At your distance reception is generally via direct wave or knife edge (if you're behind a hill or mountain range). Weather conditions usually don't affect FM reception of local stations that close-in.
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I still don't have an answer to my question. Why is XHOCL's signal a fraction of its previous strength?
 
TomásEstefan said:
Don't know your location. XHOCL is 764 ft above sea level which puts it just below a typical inversion layer, so nominal coverage is around 45 miles, however, under a very heavy inversion when strong ducting can occur, the signal can travel for hundreds of miles with gain, making it seem like a local signal. We would need to know your location to determine whether it's signal propagation, or simply that something has changed at the station.
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Back in earlier times 99.3 was a Clear Channel operated station -and was always very interesting when traveling the route from SD to Anaheim for Disneyland remotes. We always did the remotes on ISDN -but one day I rode the station all the way into Mickey's parking structure. The next morning it was gone. Fickle FM for ya.
 
DaveMasonsd said:
Back in earlier times 99.3 was a Clear Channel operated station -and was always very interesting when traveling the route from SD to Anaheim for Disneyland remotes. We always did the remotes on ISDN -but one day I rode the station all the way into Mickey's parking structure. The next morning it was gone. Fickle FM for ya.
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I can frequently hear the station up here in the SFV, when there's a good inversion layer.
 
Can anyone confirm if 99.3 moved their transmitter... possibly to Cerra Bola? From Mt. San Antonio, 99.3 came in fine. But at my location, all the Cerra Bola sticks (95.3, 104.9 and 105.7) have very weak signals.
 
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