Hi Pete, Thanks for your detailed investigation. It's obvious now that the 1710 carrier around the Tacoma-Puyallup area is some kind of mixing product, and not the mystery Russian station that Patrick, Walt and Steve have been hearing. Your explanation of KOMO-1000 and KRO-710 sounds very plausible, since I haven't yet heard enough audio to clearly identify the station(s). KHHO-850 and KKMO-1360 are the most obnoxious Tacoma pests here, so I thought they might have been the culprits. Anyway, at least we now know of another local spurious mixture, as if we didn't have enough of them already :>) 73, Gary In a message dated 5/22/2009 11:34:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@comcast.net writes:
This morning I drove from home in NE Tacoma through downtown to the Proctor district and then back up I-5 to Federal Way and then due West to home again and did not hear anything similar to what Pat heard. Rather, I heard the additive mixing product of KIRO-710 and KOMO-1000. Gary, you might want to check the mixing product you heard; 300 degrees would be pretty much in line with the KOMO/KIRO transmitter sites. I thought for sure if I were going to hear Russian that I would do so in Federal Way because I often hear Russian language-speakers at Costco and Winco. I don't think there is a nucleus where they all live but a lot of them seem to have settled in the area. Meanwhile, 1710 was hammered across the Sound on Schuster Drive and at least two miles East of home by slop from Browns Point Radio-1700, my nearby Part 15 friend. Obviously it has fairly sophisticated audio processing equipment which is not surprising because the operator works at a music syndicator in Seattle. Not sure where to go with this now. It is certainly possible that it is not 24/7. I will try to get a more precise direction on it tonight by taking the Palomar loop outside and using it with the 2010. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop ICF2010 + " " " " DX398; Palomar loop SRF-59 & -M37V Eton E100 _______________________________________________ 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 **************Kick start your favorite grad’s career with mobile email for under $50. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100122638x1221971194x1201441917/aol?redir==http://www.getpeek.com/aol) _______________________________________________ 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