WTTN is a daytimer here on western antennas and was very strong last eve. Nice catch on 760 for you. This is a good time of year for sunset skip. 15 minutes after you logged KKZN, I have them on my Perseus recording crushing a very nulled WJR.
73 KAZ Barrington IL -----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Airy <pianoplayer88...@yahoo.com> >Sent: Jan 4, 2012 10:29 PM >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ><irca@hard-core-dx.com> >Subject: [IRCA] No chance for me, but did get KKZN under KFMB Re: WTTN >1580 WI Not on Night Power > >Hmm... looks like I still won't have a chance at that one, even with its SW >lobe. Co-channel KMIK in Tempe, AZ (300 miles east of me), goes directional >with 6 towers at night and sends nearly all its IBOC-dehanced juicemy way. >They are one of the strongest stations I get here at night, sometimes rivaling >the strength of some locals within 10 miles of me. (Only the two nearby 50kW >blasters (1170 daytime and 760 nighttime) and the 10kW (1130, 6 mi) are >guaranteed to be stronger. KMIK has out-slugged 1360 (5kW/1kW, 8 mi), 910 >(5kW, 9 mi), 1170 night (2.9 kW, 9 mi) and 600 (5 kW, 8 mi), and has almost >tied with 760 daytime (5 kW, 7 mi).) > >On the other hand, I did log 760 KKZN Thornton (Denver), CO, at 3:45 pm PST >this afternoon, heard both on the GE Superradio III and the Tecsun PL-606 >barefoot in KFMB's null. KKZN aired a traffic & weather report while KFMB had >a talk show running (also KFMB is at a right angle from me vs. Denver, and >hadn't stepped up to 50 kW for sunset yet) making it easier for me to hear the >Denver area station. > > > >________________________________ > From: "dxe...@aol.com" <dxe...@aol.com> >To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 8:08 PM >Subject: [IRCA] WTTN 1580 WI Not on Night Power > > >WTTN 1580, formerly licensed to Watertown WI, moved to Columbus WI in 2009 >to become a rimshot station in the Madison market. Licensed as a 5kw >directional station daytime, it drops to 4 watts ND nights, and cannot >normally >be heard here. > >Tonight at 2200 CST WTTN is blasting into Madison, obviously not on its >night facilities, probably at its full 5kw daytime power. Format is SS:SPT, >"ESPN Deportes." > >The station's daytime pattern is to the ESE/WNW (toward >Milwaukee/west-central Wisconsin) with a smaller SW lobe right into the much >closer Madison >market. >73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI >_______________________________________________ >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
