Walt: You hit the nail on the head concerning their audience, they target the the east indian population oof Lower Mainland BC.
And with 20KW, if you drive that close you can see it, of course it will splatter :) Paul On Nov 4, 2007 6:44 PM, WALTER SALMANIW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've driven by KVRI a few times. It's very close to Semiahmoo near Blaine, > and is in a presumably salty marsh facing north across to White Rock in > B.C. The target audience really must be pretty exclusively in the lower > Mainland of B.C. which has a huge east Indian population. A messy > transmitter too, which splatters over a large hunk of bandwidth. Often > pretty overmodulated too....Walt. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, November 4, 2007 3:38 pm > Subject: Re: [IRCA] KOHI 1600 KVRI > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America < > irca@hard-core-dx.com>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Guys: > > > > Just because the technical data on radio-locator.com, > > fccinfo.comk or > > fcc.gov shows 6 towers in the pattern itself, doesn't mean > > that's all there > > is at the transmitter site. > > > > KVRI has 2 directional pattern, the night pattern being a bit > > looser then > > the day pattern. With 2 different patterns being needed, it's > > likely.. and > > very possible that the night pattern can't be created by the > > same 6 towers > > that the day pattern uses. While KVRIs day and night > > pattern comefrom the > > samepieceof property, I wouldn't doubt that there's 11 towers up there > > spread out to meet the pattern requirements. > > > > The Day and night patterns may have some towers in common, might > > not. When > > they switch to the night pattern, they may only use 1 of the day > > towers and > > include 5 other towers only used at night. > > > > KVRI is owned by Way Broadcasting, Inc aka Multicultural Radio > > Broadcastingand the station is targetting an ethic audience so I > > guess they'll do what > > it takesto put up that many towers. Being on 1600Khz, the > > towers arent but > > 130 feet or so. even if they're guyed towers, it'd only require > > aobut 25 to > > 30 acresof land.. which ISN"T alot. And although it might be > > expensive,itprobably palesin comparison to what tyhe station > > makes in an LMA and block > > time fees. > > > > Paul Walker > > > > On Nov 4, 2007 3:12 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Good Day: > > > > > > Listening to a replay of KOHI's hour talk show from Friday > > morning, host > > > Marty Rowe said that he is working with KVRI on the > > interference problems > > > they are having in KOHI listening area. Listeners have > > been complaining > > > that a station in a foreign language is interfering with their > > reception of > > > KOHI in the morning and evening. > > > > > > Marty said that one of KVRI 11 antennas is not working > > properly. KVRI is > > > working on the problem antenna. 11 antennas? Checked the FCC > > data base and > > > found that they are using 6 antennas for day and night patterns. > > > > > > KOHI is 180 degrees South of Blaine at 216 miles. The > > deepest null on > > > KRVI antenna pattern is 180 degrees South. > > > > > > Marty also mentioned that they still working on their antenna > > problems.> > > > Dennis, > > > Vancouver, WA > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > Paul B. Walker, Jr. > > www.walkerbroadcasting.com > > www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Sincerely, Paul B. 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