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KAZG at night

M

MarkAndrews

Okay, so the dog woke me up at 4:30am to go outside. My wife graciously took care of that chore, but I got up anyway to look at wx radar, as she said she saw lightning while outdoors.

Being the weather hobbiest that I am, I turned on my walkman to AM to detect lighning static, with little result. But at 5:05 this morning, I dialed across 1440, and found Arizona Gold playing away! Heard two songs and a jingle to confirm the station.

Did someone again forget to turn off the transmitter last night, or has KAZG finally fired up their 52 watts at night? Reception was pretty good from 14 miles away in east Mesa, with an undercurrent of Spanish underneath the signal and a little hash from an adjacent frequency. At 5:59, I heard the signal blip and the interference disappear, as if it was an increase to full daytime power.

Do any of our techies hanging out here have any word on this?
 
Re: at night

> Did someone again forget to turn off the transmitter last
> night, or has KAZG finally fired up their 52 watts at night?
> Reception was pretty good from 14 miles away in east Mesa,
> with an undercurrent of Spanish underneath the signal and a
> little hash from an adjacent frequency. At 5:59, I heard
> the signal blip and the interference disappear, as if it was
> an increase to full daytime power.
>
> Do any of our techies hanging out here have any word on
> this?
>


i noticed that too. ?

lately, i've been hearing the following signals better than normal as well >>

790-CA 980-CA 890-UT 1070-CA 1080-TX 1170-CA 1520-OK 720-NV 840-NV
 
Re: at night

> > Did someone again forget to turn off the transmitter last
> > night, or has KAZG finally fired up their 52 watts at
> night?
> > Reception was pretty good from 14 miles away in east
> Mesa,
> > with an undercurrent of Spanish underneath the signal and
> a
> > little hash from an adjacent frequency. At 5:59, I heard
> > the signal blip and the interference disappear, as if it
> was
> > an increase to full daytime power.
> >
> > Do any of our techies hanging out here have any word on
> > this?
> >
>
>
> i noticed that too. ?
>
> lately, i've been hearing the following signals better than
> normal as well >>
>
> 790-CA 980-CA 890-UT 1070-CA 1080-TX 1170-CA 1520-OK 720-NV
> 840-NV
>


also, i did see some activity at the 1440 tower site a couple weeks ago...

a few engineers were playing with an stl antenna out in front of the shack; i don't know if it was goin up or down or perhaps it was in storage for one of the other sandusky towers. ??
 
Re: at night

> Did someone again forget to turn off the transmitter
> last night, or has KAZG finally fired up their 52 watts at
> night? Reception was pretty good from 14 miles away in east
> Mesa, with an undercurrent of Spanish underneath the signal
> and a little hash from an adjacent frequency. At 5:59, I
> heard the signal blip and the interference disappear, as if it
> was an increase to full daytime power.
> Do any of our techies hanging out here have any word on
> this?

Hmmmm...52 watts going 14 miles puts you right at the point of improbability. Maybe they were "testing" the xmttr at full power? Another thing to check out is whether the mighty 14-forty has a pre sunrise authorization to fire-up before actual sunrise. Given the fact the station is a throw away for Sandusky, the Nurse and I understand why mgmt won't spend an extra $50 a day with SRP to keep the oldies on all night.
 
Re: at night

> Hmmmm...52 watts going 14 miles puts you right at the point
> of improbability. Maybe they were "testing" the xmttr at
> full power? Another thing to check out is whether the
> mighty 14-forty has a pre sunrise authorization to fire-up
> before actual sunrise. Given the fact the station is a
> throw away for Sandusky, the Nurse and I understand why mgmt
> won't spend an extra $50 a day with SRP to keep the oldies
> on all night.
>
Yeah, Doc... I know it sounds a little fishy, but I once worked at a daytimer that had a 71 watt pre-sunrise power from a bad hilltop location, and I was surprised at how good the coverage was. I figured if KAZG had a PSA they'd be using it. But then again...
 
Re: at night

> > Hmmmm...52 watts going 14 miles puts you right at the
> point
> > of improbability. Maybe they were "testing" the xmttr at
> > full power? Another thing to check out is whether the
> > mighty 14-forty has a pre sunrise authorization to fire-up
>
> > before actual sunrise. Given the fact the station is a
> > throw away for Sandusky, the Nurse and I understand why
> mgmt
> > won't spend an extra $50 a day with SRP to keep the oldies
>
> > on all night.
> >
> Yeah, Doc... I know it sounds a little fishy, but I once
> worked at a daytimer that had a 71 watt pre-sunrise power
> from a bad hilltop location, and I was surprised at how good
> the coverage was. I figured if KAZG had a PSA they'd be
> using it. But then again...
>

Easy to test: break into the lumberyard and stick your tongue on the tower. 52 watts should give you a nice burn.
 
Re: at night

> > > Hmmmm...52 watts going 14 miles puts you right at the
> > point
> > > of improbability. Maybe they were "testing" the xmttr
> at
> > > full power? Another thing to check out is whether the
> > > mighty 14-forty has a pre sunrise authorization to
> fire-up
> >
> > > before actual sunrise. Given the fact the station is a
> > > throw away for Sandusky, the Nurse and I understand why
> > mgmt
> > > won't spend an extra $50 a day with SRP to keep the
> oldies
> >
> > > on all night.
> > >
> > Yeah, Doc... I know it sounds a little fishy, but I once
> > worked at a daytimer that had a 71 watt pre-sunrise power
> > from a bad hilltop location, and I was surprised at how
> good
> > the coverage was. I figured if KAZG had a PSA they'd be
> > using it. But then again...
> >
>
> Easy to test: break into the lumberyard and stick your
> tongue on the tower. 52 watts should give you a nice burn.
>

The battery on our '76 Gremlin Levi's Special has got more power than that! But Nurse Jeff and I have run across a few flamethrowers that are on at night with less than five watts. Makes you wonder what the point is anyway.
 
> Did someone again forget to turn off the
> transmitter last night, or has KAZG finally
> fired up their 52 watts at night?

Last time I had the bizarre inclination to
even check on the big 1440, it seemed they
would sign on at 6:00am all the time, with
the gargantuan 52 watts until the monthly
specified sunrise time (if after 6). Could
be they're flipping on the plate at 5:00 now.
(Maybe they wanted to show up Beth and Bill--
isn't it true the KESZ duo are voicetracked
before 6 and after 9?)


> At 5:59, I heard the signal blip and the
> interference disappear, as if it was an
> increase to full daytime power.

Probably was--6:00am is April sign-on/
daytime facilities. Off at 7:00pm.
 
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