-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
AM 1500 KIEV CP
- Thread starter e-dawg
- Start date
O
OCradiodude
Guest
JON BRUCE said:
1510 to 50kw? Perhaps another reason why he switched the format to talk. Possibly getting hopeful that he'll get 1500?
OCradiodude said:
or officially keep 1500 silent to allow 1510 to upgrade
OCradiodude said:
50 kw will barely double the coverage of 1510, and the protection requirements are such that this would still be a very limited station... a little chunk of LA, a little piece of the IE and mostly the no-man's zone around Ontario and Fontana which has no ratings.
K6JHU said:
That stil will not help much. No matter what the power, it is at the very high end of the dial in an area with poor ground conductivity. The old comparison of 1 kw at 550 being equal to 50 kw at 1500 holds true, and may be worse due to the conductivity issue.
I find it hard to imagine that 1510 wouldn't reach at least partway into L.A... I can hear it in the daytime here in El Cajon, near San Diego, although not exactly with a very strong signal.
So what is it that prevents stations from being heard much more than several dozen miles, or so it seems? Are the static levels in L.A. up around 250mV/m, or are people not willing to listen to a station that doesn't have a 90dB signal-to-noise ratio? I'm probably about 100 miles away from KNX, but I can hear them with a fairly clear, almost static-free signal here. Also, I can hear KLAC, KSPN, KABC, KLAA, KRLA, KHJ, KFWB, KTNQ, KDIS (but not KTLK due to strong locals on 1130 and 1170), KFRN (but not much at night), KWKW, KMPC, KBLA (although night is usually dominated by KMIK) here day and night, mostly, yet I've heard you (or someone) say some of their signals don't even reach orange county at night. ??? ??? ???
So what is it that prevents stations from being heard much more than several dozen miles, or so it seems? Are the static levels in L.A. up around 250mV/m, or are people not willing to listen to a station that doesn't have a 90dB signal-to-noise ratio? I'm probably about 100 miles away from KNX, but I can hear them with a fairly clear, almost static-free signal here. Also, I can hear KLAC, KSPN, KABC, KLAA, KRLA, KHJ, KFWB, KTNQ, KDIS (but not KTLK due to strong locals on 1130 and 1170), KFRN (but not much at night), KWKW, KMPC, KBLA (although night is usually dominated by KMIK) here day and night, mostly, yet I've heard you (or someone) say some of their signals don't even reach orange county at night. ??? ??? ???
- Status