It seems too solid of a signal here in Bremerton to be a pirate station, so I believe right as of 4:26pm, 91.7 FM (KXOT) is testing, with audio from TVW (With dead air now and then). Here in Bremerton, it's putting out splatter on 91.3, 91.5, and 91.9, so I think they are currently testing right now from their new location on Gold Mountain. Anyone else in the area got a signal report??
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91.7 KXOT....Testing??
- Thread starter swhyde1980
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As of 5:30pm, they are off the air again. Hopefully someone here caught it!
I was recording 91.7 in hopes of catching some meteor scatter. So I caught this instead.
I'll be able to note an accurate sign-on and sign-off time when I've gone through the recording, but it was indeed KXOT.
However, it sounds like their old site, so I suspect it was a test so they could show activity.
Looks like they signed on at around 3:28 PM (faded in and onto the frequency is more accurate.)
Received from the U District.
I'll be able to note an accurate sign-on and sign-off time when I've gone through the recording, but it was indeed KXOT.
However, it sounds like their old site, so I suspect it was a test so they could show activity.
Looks like they signed on at around 3:28 PM (faded in and onto the frequency is more accurate.)
Received from the U District.
The signal from KXOT was really strong here in Bremerton, more than it ever was from off Indian Hill in Tacoma, so I have to assume it came from the new Gold Mountain site. Especially with the splatter on adjacent frequencies.
Also if this is correct, they installed themselves on KCPQ's tower:
https://maps.google.com/?q=http://t...freq=91.7&contour=60&city=TACOMA&state=WA.kml
Also if this is correct, they installed themselves on KCPQ's tower:
https://maps.google.com/?q=http://t...freq=91.7&contour=60&city=TACOMA&state=WA.kml
KBCS has been HD since at least sometime in 2010, possibly earlier. I'm not sure they were HD during my massive 06/29/10 e-skip opening; 91.1 was my most productive frequency, as was 90.5, which I suspect didn't have KEXP's HD on it that day. (I don't know when KEXP turned on their noise machine.)
However, I often get 91.1 and 91.5 via e-skip here in north Seattle, although KROH isn't strong enough to overcome the digital hash on 91.1. Most skip stations are stronger than KROH though.
91.5 is harder to get than 91.1, and it takes an exceptional signal to cut through the noise.
However, I often get 91.1 and 91.5 via e-skip here in north Seattle, although KROH isn't strong enough to overcome the digital hash on 91.1. Most skip stations are stronger than KROH though.
91.5 is harder to get than 91.1, and it takes an exceptional signal to cut through the noise.
Speaking of HD radio, that was my next thought... I wonder if they built out the new 91.7 facility, to have HD radio? (Would make it more attractive to a potential buyer).
I don't have any problem with strong local reception _on a station's main _frequency.
I do have a problem with FM HD, which takes up two extra channels (more in some cases), for very few listeners, keeping me and other listeners from hearing other licensed stations.
Fact is, I could hear KROH 24/7 if it wasn't for the noise from 91.3's HD. The HD isn't really all that usable, so mainly it's a noise generator with little redeeming value.
You have to be on top of KBCS to use its HD, even though it produces interference to KROH. C89.5 is another station whose HD noise seems to travel better than its HD content.
As for 91.7, I could be wrong, but I believe KXOT was HD, and I'd expect the new facility to be HD as well.
Here's something silly: if KBCS was purely analog, and it had spurious radiations at 91.1, they could be fined. But give them (or anyone else) an HD license, and they can splatter over adjacent stations.
Using KROH as an example, they have no right to interfere with KBCS or the Tacoma station on 90.9, but HD stations are allowed to limit KROH's service area by transmitting interference. .
I was amazed when KMTT's HD was off for a week or so last year, allowing me to hear the 103.5 in Vancouver, which I think is much better than any similar stations we have in Seattle.
And I could receive it 24/7. That's much more useful than automated playlists from a hard drive (I can make those myself without a transmitter!)
If you're a fan of HD you'll obviously disagree with me, along with the other five HD fans in the metro. (Oops, that could be a high estimate.)
Granted, most folks aren't interested in listening to more distant signals, but also most people have no interest in HD.
I have a selective receiver so I can get the most out of my FM listening. But the 21 HD stations I get transmit on at least _42_ additional frequencies. That is absurd.
One more thing: I do not understand how radio corporations can fire people to save money, yet keep their HD's active, even though outside of this board and another radio hobbyist or two, I'd chalenge you to find _any_ actual HD listeners.
HD is an invention created for a need that didn't exist.
And Fisher is smarter than the other guys; they didn't buy into it, and I doubt that it's hurt them at all.
They might have even saved a few bucks.
I do have a problem with FM HD, which takes up two extra channels (more in some cases), for very few listeners, keeping me and other listeners from hearing other licensed stations.
Fact is, I could hear KROH 24/7 if it wasn't for the noise from 91.3's HD. The HD isn't really all that usable, so mainly it's a noise generator with little redeeming value.
You have to be on top of KBCS to use its HD, even though it produces interference to KROH. C89.5 is another station whose HD noise seems to travel better than its HD content.
As for 91.7, I could be wrong, but I believe KXOT was HD, and I'd expect the new facility to be HD as well.
Here's something silly: if KBCS was purely analog, and it had spurious radiations at 91.1, they could be fined. But give them (or anyone else) an HD license, and they can splatter over adjacent stations.
Using KROH as an example, they have no right to interfere with KBCS or the Tacoma station on 90.9, but HD stations are allowed to limit KROH's service area by transmitting interference. .
I was amazed when KMTT's HD was off for a week or so last year, allowing me to hear the 103.5 in Vancouver, which I think is much better than any similar stations we have in Seattle.
And I could receive it 24/7. That's much more useful than automated playlists from a hard drive (I can make those myself without a transmitter!)
If you're a fan of HD you'll obviously disagree with me, along with the other five HD fans in the metro. (Oops, that could be a high estimate.)
Granted, most folks aren't interested in listening to more distant signals, but also most people have no interest in HD.
I have a selective receiver so I can get the most out of my FM listening. But the 21 HD stations I get transmit on at least _42_ additional frequencies. That is absurd.
One more thing: I do not understand how radio corporations can fire people to save money, yet keep their HD's active, even though outside of this board and another radio hobbyist or two, I'd chalenge you to find _any_ actual HD listeners.
HD is an invention created for a need that didn't exist.
And Fisher is smarter than the other guys; they didn't buy into it, and I doubt that it's hurt them at all.
They might have even saved a few bucks.
Well, Bobdavcav, if you accept Ibiquity's claims that HD audio is superior, if a station only transmits its audio in HD, it can use the full 96K of that HD bandwidth for it. If they have a stereo HD2, they must split the bandwidth up, and even more so for an HD3, which would likely be poor quality mono.
HD2's and 3's seem to be harder to decode, so if you're not packing a lot of power, having those extra streams could just be a wasted effort as well as compromising the audio.
HD2's and 3's seem to be harder to decode, so if you're not packing a lot of power, having those extra streams could just be a wasted effort as well as compromising the audio.
slightly off topic but 91.5 has been broadcasting dead air in the Olympia area for the last week. It was a Spanish station format (religious?) as it blocked KOPB' signal down here. I thought I saw the station has a 20 watt transmitter on Cap Pk. K218CU .
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