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KHHO To 24/7 Comedy

When does KGO dominate up here? I've tried for it on 2 different radios and managed to pull it in weakly one night back in August, but most of the time it is just splatter from KGNW. On the other hand, I can get KSL clear as a local at night despite KKNW on 1150.
 
Maybe it's your radio's problem. KGO ALWAYS makes it here at night. You just have to notch out KGNW, but KGO can still be heard over the splatter.

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
Maybe it's your radio's problem. KGO ALWAYS makes it here at night. You just have to notch out KGNW, but KGO can still be heard over the splatter.

-crainbebo
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On a good night, KGO usually outblasts KGNW anywhere except on Vashon Island itself (and even then, I still remember Ray Taliafero getting a caller from there once.)
 
On my car radio, KGNW puts significant splatter over 810 throughout metro Seattle. But I can tell it's there. Once I"m past Everett into points north, the splatter is less of a problem. KGO is a good example of the directionalized 50kw AM stations that I find are a good way to cover a large nighttime service area, with minimal fading. KGO can be heard reliably in much of Alaska during dark hours. Come to think of it, there are now fulltime stations on 800 or 820 in Portland, Seattle, and Juneau, so KGO is more of an "out of town" experience where it would otherwise have a strong nighttime signal.
From a technical standpoint (programming is another matter), stations such as KGO, WBZ Boston, KLAC Nashville (or whatever it's called now) and WWL New Orleans, and perhaps KFBK Sacramento and WKBW Buffalo are good examples of using the nighttime skywave on AM to reliably cover a defined area with a directional array. Any other examples come to mind that still allow for easy nighttime DXing outside a station's immediate "market"?
 
Christmas Eve KGO was outblasting so strong, it created distortion with my box loop tuned right. I heard KGO bleeding below 500 khz! Usually never happens with a skywave blaster.

-crainbebo
 
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