In a way, I can consider myself a bit relieved that KCBQ's transmitter site is no longer on Mission Gorge Rd. Back then, it was very strong here (I'm about 5.5 miles or so away from that site) in the daytime, and could be heard up to about 1260 on the dial (and was still strong on 1200), wiping out other stations I would have liked to hear (like 1140 KNWQ, 1150 KTLK, 1180 KERN (then KERI), 1190 KXMX, for example). If I had my Tecsun PL-380 DSP radio back then (although it actually didn't exist at the time), it would have been desensitized across half the band, with 49dBu signal readings probably over +/-100kHz or so.
Even now, they still are a major blowtorch here, and get in the way (not as bad as before, though) of me hearing some of the weaker signals I would like to be able to listen to in the daytime. On 1150 and 1190, for example on my PL-380, they still cause any signals below 45dBu indicated to be lost in the noise. And, by coupling that radio and a Select-A-Tenna to a powerline groundwire, I can overload the back end of the radio.
Back when KCBQ was in Santee, I built a crystal radio as one of the projects in a radio shack multi-in-one kit that I had (and still have). Using something like a 20-foot wire antenna, I was able to faintly hear KCBQ. Upon hooking up a longer antenna, or using a better audio amplifier, KCBQ basically was heard over the ENTIRE band. At the time I was starting to experiment with that, I believe KCBQ was still playing oldies on AM, but went talk within a few years of that (if not sooner).
Even now, they still are a major blowtorch here, and get in the way (not as bad as before, though) of me hearing some of the weaker signals I would like to be able to listen to in the daytime. On 1150 and 1190, for example on my PL-380, they still cause any signals below 45dBu indicated to be lost in the noise. And, by coupling that radio and a Select-A-Tenna to a powerline groundwire, I can overload the back end of the radio.
Back when KCBQ was in Santee, I built a crystal radio as one of the projects in a radio shack multi-in-one kit that I had (and still have). Using something like a 20-foot wire antenna, I was able to faintly hear KCBQ. Upon hooking up a longer antenna, or using a better audio amplifier, KCBQ basically was heard over the ENTIRE band. At the time I was starting to experiment with that, I believe KCBQ was still playing oldies on AM, but went talk within a few years of that (if not sooner).