Doug Stephan, Bruce Williams Renaissance on the West Coast

[Tom_]

Doug Stephan and Bruce Williams are now on "Cash = 1700" 10kW/10kW DAN out of NW Mexico. The signal is directional at night and reaches all the way to Washington State.

Nationwide, Bruce Williams has been replaced by numerous right wing talk host competitors but still remains a politically independent and highly respected voice in the interconnected world of business and politics.

Doug Stephan's independent perspectives and left leaning guests certainly provide an alternative to the frequent use of invective adjectives from early morning liberal shows from Air America, Democracy/Jones, and KGO n/t 810.

Twin post to this one to assess nightime coverage area of "Cash = 1700" on the DX BOARD. If you're a listener, please visit the DX board and tell us what state you're in.

http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=592718&Board=dx

The station streams on the internet on "The = Mighty = 1090" web page:

http://www.mty1090.com/sc/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=367&Itemid=1

 

[ajhenderson]

> Doug Stephan and Bruce Williams are now on "Cash = 1700"
> 10kW/10kW DAN out of NW Mexico. The signal is directional
> at night and reaches all the way to Washington State.
>
> Nationwide, Bruce Williams has been replaced by numerous
> right wing talk host competitors but still remains a
> politically independent and highly respected voice in the
> interconnected world of business and politics.
>
> Doug Stephan's independent perspectives and left leaning
> guests certainly provide an alternative to the frequent use
> of invective adjectives from early morning liberal shows
> from Air America, Democracy/Jones, and KGO n/t 810.
>
> Twin post to this one to assess nightime coverage area of
> "Cash = 1700" on the DX BOARD. If you're a listener, please
> visit the DX board and tell us what state you're in.

Please don't start with nonsense about this worthless station. Every brokered client I've spoken to that's been on that pile of garbage has been sorely disappointed. And seeing that they're on 1700, I doubt that they're getting past Escondido most of the time. Not exactly the best frequency for maximizing coverage area unless you're a Part 15.

Although I do enjoy listening to Bruce Williams on XM from time to time, I can understand why he's long gone. Speaking of financial talk, did anyone hear Ray Lucia fill in a few weeks back? Total lack of class; used his own bumper music and turned the show to fit his format. Endless promotion for his show and the raylucia.com. What a classless buffoon; although it's no surprise seeing that the people running his back office are total idiots with no sense of decency or intellect. Bruce, fortunately, still sounds like a class act.

 

[dampier]

> Nationwide, Bruce Williams has been replaced by numerous
> right wing talk host competitors but still remains a
> politically independent and highly respected voice in the
> interconnected world of business and politics.

Actually Bruce has gone into right field since the days of Talknet. I still respect the guy and will listen, but he's very much wearing his conservative politics on the mike these days. He gets fewer callers, so you'll hear him give his political viewpoints on everything from fencing off Mexico to Scooter Libby in-between calls.

 

[Tom_]

Re: X band and skywave

> And
> seeing that they're on 1700, I doubt that they're getting
> past Escondido most of the time.

Precisely because they are on 1700kHz = the end of the commercial AM band = is why they can be heard in at least three western states and Mexico.

Nightime skywave distance increases as you move up the dial from 530kHz to 1700kHz. That's why 10,000 watts nighly makes it all the way up the Pacific Coast to Washington state = the station also has a directional nightime pattern that increases the skywave distance to the north. The shortwave bands are above the commercial AM band, with greater skywave distances. This is why DXing the X-Band is a lot of fun (1600kHz-1710kHz).

 

[ajhenderson]

Re: X band and skywave

> > And
> > seeing that they're on 1700, I doubt that they're getting
> > past Escondido most of the time.
>
> Precisely because they are on 1700kHz = the end of the
> commercial AM band = is why they can be heard in at least
> three western states and Mexico.
>
> Nightime skywave distance increases as you move up the dial
> from 530kHz to 1700kHz. That's why 10,000 watts nighly
> makes it all the way up the Pacific Coast to Washington
> state = the station also has a directional nightime pattern
> that increases the skywave distance to the north. The
> shortwave bands are above the commercial AM band, with
> greater skywave distances. This is why DXing the X-Band is
> a lot of fun (1600kHz-1710kHz).

Hmmm... I can't DX much of anything in the X-band in Phoenix. A couple of faint Sonoran stations on 1660 and 1670, not much else. Plus, you'd get a lot of second harmonics from stations in the 800s.

Even at 25kW, KFI 640 booms in at night. I understand the X-band is much less cluttered, and there are basically no stations on it in the southwest, but other than better reception under bridges, I'm not sure I'd rather be there.<P ID="signature">______________
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[Tom_]

Re: X band and skywave

> Hmmm... I can't DX much of anything in the X-band in
> Phoenix. A couple of faint Sonoran stations on 1660 and
> 1670, not much else. Plus, you'd get a lot of second
> harmonics from stations in the 800s.

Harmonics could be a problem in the X-band if you are inside a building. Try a loop antenna as well for increased performance. In a nutshell, the directional Cash 1700 nightime signal is "mostly north, west, and south," with "much less to the NE,E,SE." But given it is high on the dial, you might still be able to get it in Phoenix with a loop antenna.

 

[dampier]

Re: X band and skywave

> Precisely because they are on 1700kHz = the end of the
> commercial AM band = is why they can be heard in at least
> three western states and Mexico.

The bigger issue is that there are still relatively few X band stations so their coverage area is often larger just because they have fewer signals to compete with.