Hi Patrick, I have noticed that ever since Friday, or possibly yesterday, that the iboc side lobes of k g o are more noisy, as if there is data being transferred on a second channel, but remember, they have been iboc for some time now, and the way it works right now is, that on the week days, they switch either transmitters, or, switch on the iboc at 9 in the morning before Ronn Owens, and switch it off at 4 in the afternoon just before the afternoon news, but at least, they sound high fidelity with their iboc, but there's got to be a way for all iboc stations to somehow slash the side noise on the frequency to a bare minimum, if possible, and when they first went iboc, there was slight over modulation on their signal, but now, that seems to have been corrected, and I really wish they'd at least mention their iboc on the air, but maybe none of the stations that use iboc do. I hope they don't do what most iboc stations are doing, and that is, to broadcast in 5 kilohertz fidelity, like k n e w, and k q k e at 960 are doing. If your radio is in the center of k g o's carrier, you really can't tell, locally, right now, that they're using iboc, possibly if you listened hard enough, you could, but remember, you're listening under different conditions than I am. On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:20:28 -0800, Patrick Martin wrote:
Hi everyone, I have no idea if it is another test, or they kicked it on at 0600 PST this morning for good, but KGO's signal is really bad with this horrible hash behind the carrier right on 810. It sounds like a chainsaw behind Bernie Ward's God Talk. Now KEX does not have that chainsaw sound, even though they run IBOC. Of course KGO's hash knocks out most everything on 800 & 810 off the SW EWE. I can just imagine the number of calls KGO must be getting. The last time they ran the IBOC test after Midnight months ago, I called. This is unreal. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.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 Marty _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.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