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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Ct Yankee on February 24, 2020, 2226 UTC

Title: Oakland A's leave radio in Bay Area, what would Charlie Finley think?
Post by: Ct Yankee on February 24, 2020, 2226 UTC

Next they will be keeping baseball scores electronically, and the beat goes on.....

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/18/oakland-athletics-off-the-radio-waves-in-the-bay-area-commit-to-as-cast-stream/

Title: Re: Oakland A's leave radio, what would Charlie Finley think?
Post by: BoomboxDX on February 25, 2020, 0256 UTC

I guess the Sacramento station that they will be on covers the Bay Area fairly well -- supposedly most of the East Bay is within the contours of their 'local' quality signal. At least theoretically. Not being a Bay Area person, I don't know how well the station reaches the Bay Area in the real world....

Title: Re: Oakland A's leave radio in Bay Area, what would Charlie Finley think?
Post by: Ct Yankee on February 25, 2020, 1239 UTC

I learned of the change as I have a son living in Oakland.  In numerous visits/DX trials there, I don't recall receiving KHTK in Oakland.  But perhaps I didn't try hard with a local A's option available.  I'm planning on assisting him with a project out there in the Spring, I will make an effort to tune into 1140 KHTK.

Now, I am about as far away from NYC as Oakland is from Sacramento.  Some NYC 50k Class A stations are of excellent reception, some are barely audible.  I know KHTK is a 50k Class B station, I don't know how low they transmit at night.

The A's have a high number of day time broadcasts compared to east coast teams.  There are only 2 AL teams in the same time zone so most road games are 2-3 time zones ahead.  From listening, I know most of their road night games finish before sunset in Oakland.  Plus 33 of the 81 A's home games this year are afternoon tiffs.  If the signal is impeded by sunlight into the bay, methinks terrestrial radio in English of the A's will be a "tough catch".

Title: Re: Oakland A's leave radio in Bay Area, what would Charlie Finley think?
Post by: redhat on February 25, 2020, 1303 UTC

Quote from: Ct Yankee on February 25, 2020, 1239 UTC

I know KHTK is a 50k Class B station, I don't know how low they transmit at night.

License says 50KW day and night, directional to the NNW/SSE from a 5 tower array near Galt, CA.  Coverage should extend to Oakland.

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