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Last night I heard 670 KMZQ Las Vegas, with the usually dominant KBOI almost MIA. Not sure if it was auroral conditions (didn't check many other frequencies at the time) or just a fluke. Day power? Not sure. Plenty of IDs. On a small XHDATA radio with loop, as well as my PR-D4W.
It's always cool to hear Las Vegas here in the rainy PNW.
It's always cool to hear Las Vegas here in the rainy PNW.
I didn't check last night, but every night before that it starts just a few seconds after 11 pm Mountain. I'm not running timed recordings but I assume it's still ending at 6:01 am the next morning.
I filed a complaint with the FCC last week through its online form. Have heard nothing sense and follow-ups are explicitly discouraged. That method seems to be the only way to file a complaint. The whole system seems designed to discourage contact with the public. But how else is the FCC staff to get complaints that they can act on? It's worse than Oakland city government, where the leaders always complain about budget cuts and constraints, but at least in experience the staff will return your phone calls and often are helpful. The FCC doesn't even list phone numbers. No wonder stations can violate technical parameters with apparent impunity. Where's Herbert Hoover when you need him?
The FCC generally wont act on public complaints from the public about radio stations in regards to stuff like this.
do they care KMXA is just airing a toner all night? Nope, not an FCC violation at all. Except if they dont run a legal ID, plus the FCC isnt quite as slap the broadcasters pee pee fine happy as they used to be.
You could spend half the effort youve spent figuring out what KMXA is doing and why... then emailign the FCC and use that to contact the station and ask why?
I also know people, not stations have complained about stations not operating with proper night facilities. i dont care how obvious it may be, from what i understand, you really need to have calibrated field equipment that can measure stuff.
If you have equyipment, but its not calibrated, the station could claim the equipment is faulty
Thats the way..i... understand things to be, but i could be wrong.
I got a few stations from Cuba during the overnight hours in New Jersey, with ranges between 1,315 and 1,436 miles away. Radio Enciclopedia on 530, Radio Rebelde on 530, 600 & 670, and Radio Progreso on 640 & 690. The station on 690 is a brand new catch.
It would be nice if the station actually had useful contact information. The only information I can find is a number in Los Angeles.
I actually haven't spent much effort at all. I filed the complaint and that's that. It's the FCC's responsibility to follow up.
And the station can come back and say it was on to do work on its night antenna array from midnight to 6 AM as permitted under the "Experimental period" in the rules and the FCC goes away. It's not illegal.
True, but the station may be on day pattern and power during the nighttime outside those houses, and that's what the complaint asks the FCC to look into.
I sure as hell wish people would read the previous posts about KMXA in this thread, and get the necessary context, before reacting to it. Aaaargh!
and that complaint is gonna fall flat on its face...... as long as they arent breaking broadcast law, the fcc likely wont do much.. much bigger fish to fry. .and broadcasting a tone all night isnt illegal
And you cant prove they were on day power and pattern at night. .sure, you may be pretty damn sure and it may be pretty obvious, but unl;ess you have calibrated field equipment and can prove ti with measurements, they arent goign to act on that complaint most likely.
also, when searching google, i easily found two numbers for entravision in Denver, their owner
(361) 883-2823
and (303) 832-0050
Tonight from Denver:
On 1050 - back and forth between KTBL Albuquerque, relaying its translator as "94.5 The Pit" playing active rock, and XEBCS La Paz, Baja California with talk programming.
On 1050 - back and forth between KTBL Albuquerque, relaying its translator as "94.5 The Pit" playing active rock, and XEBCS La Paz, Baja California with talk programming.
Aside from nailing a few pirates these days, I’m not sure the FCC has enough people to fry any radio fish these days. Too many other categories to cover, unlike 50 years ago, when they parked a radio direction finder truck by the local post office for a month to find the CB hound in my town running the 500-watt transmitter. Not sure they ever did.
Did some tuning around the lower band. No Las Vegas on 670. Just KBOI. Did hear an interesting feature on the CBC (CBU, 690) on sports betting, and how it's reinvigorated sports for the younger generations. Reminded me of the sports betting stations that seem to be increasing in number, as well as sports betting shows on regular sports talkers.