Since I was the one who talked with KNBR today and have been busy all day with interviews, I will now give you straight from the horse's...uh...mouth. I was trying to beg the guy to have a short silent period to coincide with the DX test where it may be possible for many to hear Helena MT if only KNBR was off. He said he couldn't do it (which I fully expected), but he said that on Tuesday (11/28), he will be taking KTCT/1050 down for 1-1.5 hours at 2300 PT, returning to the air on Wednesday (11/29) at 0000-0030. After one of the 50KWers was back up, he would then take down the other one (KNBR/680) for the same amount of time, though he said this would probably be around 0100 PT. He stressed that the information was tentative, that it was not confidential, and that I could tell people in the hobby, as long as I made sure that I also let people know that it was tentative and exact details were subject to change. I told him that I had only heard KNBR off the air once (back in 1980), and during their silence, I logged Omak WA, Charleston WV and Raleigh NC. He was impressed (or at least sounded like it). He was very friendly as well, which I really didn't expect of a engineer responsible for two 50KW stations in the Bay Area. Let's hope that they keep the schedule he mentioned, and that Lee can finagle (or however you spell that) the Helena station to do a second test to see how far away they can be heard in the absence of KNBR. Mike
Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Re: DX'er Mike Hawkins of ABDX/IRCA spoke with engineers at KNBR and found out some juicy information. KTCT 1050khz, San Francisco, CA will be off the air on Tuesday night at 11PM West Coast Time for about 1.5 hours, on November 29th. [PST = 0700-0830 UT, but Nov 29 is a Wednesday, so why is Tuesday referred to as 29th? --- gh] KNBR 680khz, San Francisco, CA will be off the air on Tuesday night/Wednesday night around 1AM West Coast for about 1.5 hours on November 29th. [PST = 0900-1030 UT; does this mean two consecutive nights, or did you mean /Wednesday morning, which is the 29th?] Well, at least we have two weeks to sort this out... 73, Glenn Hauser ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
