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Author Topic: New loggings: KMZQ, KOAL, and KATL  (Read 885 times)

Offline Treehouse SWL

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New loggings: KMZQ, KOAL, and KATL
« on: September 09, 2023, 2312 UTC »
This past summer, I acquired a CCRadio 2 and inherited a GE Superadio 3, so I've been trying them out to get used to their reception quirks, etc. Last night/early this morning, I used the CCRadio 2 with my AN-100 indoor loop and ended up logging three new ones from my location north of Seattle:

    KMZQ 670 in Las Vegas (870 miles). I matched its talk programming with the station's online stream. This was the first time I was able to clearly hear something behind KBOI, which dominates. This supposedly runs just 600 watts at night, but I suspect it was using its daytime power.
    KOAL 750 in Price, Utah (806 miles). This was lurking behind Portland's KXTG with "Coast to Coast AM"; it runs at 6.8 kW at night.
    KATL 770 in Miles City, Montana (768 miles). I could hear this one mixing with Saskatchewan's CKJH behind Seattle's KTTH with adult contemporary songs (including Taylor Swift) that matched the station's online stream. It runs 1 kW at night.
Eric Fetters-Walp / eQSL to fettwalp@outlook.com

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