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KXA Power Increase
- Thread starter Carmine5
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There are so many factors that can affect the utility costs of a high watt transmitter plant (actual wattage, solid state vs. tube, type and complexity of the antenna system used, day vs. nighttime power, etc.). I know of one 50kW AM station that had an utility bill of about $3500.00 a month.
Over here KXXA & KFBK try to out-hiss each other.
No one wins.
No one wins.
I believe KFBKs protected (co-channel) night-time signal covers Seattle.
KKXA not KXXA my bad.
KKXA not KXXA my bad.
oh I know. KBKW's coast to coast with george noory sounds better from a far away fading AM signal , than local FM KIRO? yep, that's it!dunno said:
I meant KFBK, not KBKW
In my area, KKXA's signal doesn't present very much interference to adjacent channels.
RE: KFBK: KFBK has the most dependable AM signal for C2C into the Puget Sound region at night. Other stations like KEX, KPNW and KONA often have a lot of co-channel interference.
I listen to C2C either on KFBK, KEX, or KPNW, depending on signals. I've never listened to KIRO-FM. I don't listen to FM much at all. I don't find most FM programming very interesting.
RE: KFBK: KFBK has the most dependable AM signal for C2C into the Puget Sound region at night. Other stations like KEX, KPNW and KONA often have a lot of co-channel interference.
I listen to C2C either on KFBK, KEX, or KPNW, depending on signals. I've never listened to KIRO-FM. I don't listen to FM much at all. I don't find most FM programming very interesting.
But KFBK is directionalized right at Seattle at night, and can often be heard during the dark hours in a lot of Alaska. Their signal doesn't travel south to Palm Springs, but comes in like a local at night throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
If they were granted a 750 miles protection zone as a clear channel, it would have to be modified to accommodate their actual pattern, since 300 miles south of Sacramento, they don't get much of a signal out. That is, if the FCC's revised rules worked in the real world of acutal radio signal propagation.
But the FCC allowed stations on 800 and 820 to cover up KGO's likewise solid skywave up here. So I doubt KFBK could file for any kind of signal protection from 1520.
Hey, maybe KFBK will broadcast the Sacramento Kings basketball schedule this fall! I'm sure they've got a big fan base around here. Would be a shame to miss out on that, just for some side-channel noise.
By the way, when I heard George Jones died, I tried 1520 on my car radio, and, right on cue, they started a classic George Jones song. Glad that somebody cared.
If they were granted a 750 miles protection zone as a clear channel, it would have to be modified to accommodate their actual pattern, since 300 miles south of Sacramento, they don't get much of a signal out. That is, if the FCC's revised rules worked in the real world of acutal radio signal propagation.
But the FCC allowed stations on 800 and 820 to cover up KGO's likewise solid skywave up here. So I doubt KFBK could file for any kind of signal protection from 1520.
Hey, maybe KFBK will broadcast the Sacramento Kings basketball schedule this fall! I'm sure they've got a big fan base around here. Would be a shame to miss out on that, just for some side-channel noise.
By the way, when I heard George Jones died, I tried 1520 on my car radio, and, right on cue, they started a classic George Jones song. Glad that somebody cared.
No 750 mile rule anymore.
§ 73.182 (1)(i)(B) (i) The mainland U.S. Class A stations
are those assigned to the channels
allocated by § 73.25. The power of
these stations shall be 50 kW. The Class
A stations in this group are afforded
protection as follows:
(A) Daytime. To the 0.1 mV/m
groundwave contour from stations on
the same channel, and to the 0.5 mV/m
groundwave contour from stations on
adjacent channels.
(B) Nighttime. To the 0.5 mV/m-50%
skywave contour from stations on the
same channels.
§ 73.182 (1)(i)(B) (i) The mainland U.S. Class A stations
are those assigned to the channels
allocated by § 73.25. The power of
these stations shall be 50 kW. The Class
A stations in this group are afforded
protection as follows:
(A) Daytime. To the 0.1 mV/m
groundwave contour from stations on
the same channel, and to the 0.5 mV/m
groundwave contour from stations on
adjacent channels.
(B) Nighttime. To the 0.5 mV/m-50%
skywave contour from stations on the
same channels.
KKXA is a powerhouse in Snohomish County.
Wonder if KRKO and KKXA make it into Darrington now? When I was there in 1996, only ghostly nighttime skywaves were heard on AM - almost nothing, save super weak signals from KIRO and KOMO came in during the day. And except for the Bellingham and Victoria stations (and strangely enough, KSER on that 1,000 watt/100 foot stick in north Lynnwood), nothing else came in clearly.
I oughta take a drive out there this weekend.
Wonder if KRKO and KKXA make it into Darrington now? When I was there in 1996, only ghostly nighttime skywaves were heard on AM - almost nothing, save super weak signals from KIRO and KOMO came in during the day. And except for the Bellingham and Victoria stations (and strangely enough, KSER on that 1,000 watt/100 foot stick in north Lynnwood), nothing else came in clearly.
I oughta take a drive out there this weekend.
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Andrew Skotdal
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Let me know what you hear when you get to Darrington. My sense is that all the signals will still be weak. I have a trip scheduled that direction soon.
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