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I recently went hiking up the top of Mt. Livermore on Angel Island. I'm impress the number of radio stations that I can hear on top of the island. Here are the stations that I recieved on my MP3 player on Mt. Livermore

88.1 Some Pirate station from Richmond or Berkeley
88.5 KQED San Francisco
88.9 K205BM K-Love translator
89.1 KBBF Santa Rosa
89.3 KOHL Fremont
89.5 KPOO San Francisco
89.7 KFJC Los Altos
89.9 KNDL Angwin
90.1 KZSU Palo Alto
90.3 KUSF San Francisco
90.5 KSJS San Jose
90.7 KALX Berkeley
90.9 KXJZ Sacramento
91.1 KCSM San Mateo
91.5 KKUP Cupertino
91.7 KALW San Francisco
91.9 KLVR Santa Rosa
92.1 KKDV Walnut Creek
92.3 KSJO San Jose
92.7 KREV Alameda
92.9 KFGY Healdsburg
93.3 KRZZ San Francisco
93.7 KJZY Sebastopol
94.1 KPFA Berkeley
94.5 KBAY San Jose
94.9 KYLD San Francisco
95.3 KRTY Los Gatos / KUIC Vacaville Signal jammin
95.7 KBWF San Francisco
95.9 KRSH Healdsburg
96.1 KSQQ Morgan Hill / KYMX Sacramento Signal Jammin
96.5 KOIT San Francisco
96.7 KNOB Healdsburg
96.9 KWAV Monterrey / KSEG Sacramento Signal Jammin
97.3 KLLC San Francisco
97.7 KFFG Los Altos / KVRV Monte Rio Signal Jammin
98.1 KISQ San Francisco
98.5 KUFX San Jose
98.7 KXTS Geyserville
98.9 KSOL San Francisco
99.1 KSQL Santa Cruz
99.3 KVYN St. Helena
99.7 KMVQ San Francisco
100.1 KZST Santa Rosa
100.3 KBRG San Jose
100.5 KZZO Sacramento
100.7 KVVZ San Rafael
100.9 K265DI Sausalito / KSXY Forestville Signal Jammin
101.3 KIOI San Francisco
101.7 KKIQ Livermore / KXFX Santa Rosa Signal Jammin
102.1 KDFC San FRancisco
102.5 KDON Salinas / KSFM Woodland Signal Jammin
102.9 KBLX Berkeley
103.3 Some Pirate Jazz station coming from Oakland
103.7 KKSF San Francisco
104.1 Some Pirate station from Berkeley
104.3 KXSE Davis
104.5 KFOG San Francisco
104.9 KCNL Cambell/ KMHX Ronhert Park Signal Jammin
105.1 KNCI Sacramento
105.3 KITS San Francisco
105.7 KVVF Santa Clara
106.1 KMEL San Francisco
106.3 KTRY Cazadero
106.5 KEZR San Jose
106.9 KFRC San Francisco
107.3 KLVS Stockton
107.7 KSAN San Mateo
107.9 KDND Sacramento
 
That's, uhhh, some pretty good selectivity on your MP3 player.

You should have tried AM radio. You might have picked up stations like KGO, KCBS, and even- get ready for this- KNBR.
 
EastBay said:
That's, uhhh, some pretty good selectivity on your MP3 player. You should have tried AM radio. You might have picked up stations like KGO, KCBS, and even- get ready for this- KNBR.
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If the island is where I think it is, the strongest AM signal just might be KFAX.
 
DanStrassberg said:
EastBay said:
That's, uhhh, some pretty good selectivity on your MP3 player. You should have tried AM radio. You might have picked up stations like KGO, KCBS, and even- get ready for this- KNBR.
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If the island is where I think it is, the strongest AM signal just might be KFAX.
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Or KTRB, since they now share a daytime tower site. As for that "pirate" on 88.1, that would be 17 watt KECG at El Cerrito High School.
 
Don Mussell said:
Or KTRB, since they now share a daytime tower site. As for that "pirate" on 88.1, that would be 17 watt KECG at El Cerrito High School.
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No, because KFAX is directional to the northwest. Due west (270 degrees), KFAX's signal is equivalent to ~150 kW ND.
 
I'd put my money on KCBS being stronger than KFAX. Both transmitters are about the same distance from Angel Island, but KCBS has more (almost all) of it's path over salt water - the path from KFAX to AA is mostly over land until you get near the Bay Bridge. And KCBS has the equivalent of about 200 Kw going in that direction - the 25 mv/v contour (formerly required to encompass the City of License) extends past San Jose.
 
Lou_S said:
I'd put my money on KCBS being stronger than KFAX. Both transmitters are about the same distance from Angel Island, but KCBS has more (almost all) of it's path over salt water - the path from KFAX to AA is mostly over land until you get near the Bay Bridge.
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Huh? Using the ruler tool on Google Earth I can draw a straight line over water from the KFAX xmtr to Angel Island. Now it's true that there's a little bit of land northwest of KFAX, but after that it's all water up to Angel. However, it's significantly further from Angel to KFAX than to KCBS.
 
...the path from KFAX to AA is mostly over land until you get near the Bay Bridge.
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Surely there must be a shorter route to an AlAnon meeting than that.

And don't call me surely.
 
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