Gary, You might be right with the Russian community in Washington working together to set up a radio stations. The same frequency and good equipment to broadcast with. Seattle area Russian station having far more coverage.
Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: d1028g...@aol.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:02:40 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate Vancouver, WA Hi Dennis, Great detective work! The Russian communities in western Washington seem fairly well connected, so maybe the Vancouver 1710 kHz Russians got the pirate idea from the Puget Sound community? I wonder if the programming is the same, or similar. 73, Gary (in Puyallup, WA) In a message dated 2/26/2010 8:45:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, vroom...@comcast.net writes: My wife and I found the area that the Pirate station on 1710 kHz is broadcasting from. The broadcasts are in Russian, with classical and opera being played. The station has a nice signal for 3/4 of a mile, then the signal starts to fade. On the way back home we were able to hear the weak fading signal 4 1/2 miles West of the location. The area in Eastern Vancouver, WA is in a very expensive neighborhood with some areas being gated. Using the volume control on the Escape radio we kept lowering the level and soon were able to get within probably 1/8 mile of the transmitter. No antennas were seen, only a few satellite dishes. Many huge pine trees in the area. It reminded me of when some of us at the IRCA Flagstaff convention tracked down the station with the long wire antenna. We used the volume control as a sort of RF control. For instance, the volume was lowered and the closer we got to the transmitter site,the louder the audio got. The volume control was set to six and the signal vanished within 1/8 of a mile from the transmitter area. Much like the Seattle area Russian station heard this past summer, but not as strong in the signal department. Dennis, Salmon Creek, 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 _______________________________________________ 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