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KSIQ- Low power testing
- Thread starter Big 121
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OK I'll bite. How is very weak in east county a good start? Isn't Campo east county? Where the hell is Boulevard?
so did ksiq shut down in el centro...?as for hearing it..bits of it on hwy 67..around 4pm
Hey Big121, Are you are involved in this buildout?
The carrier was already shutdown in Brawley on Friday morning. Curious when booster on Mt. Miguel will be fired up?
The carrier was already shutdown in Brawley on Friday morning. Curious when booster on Mt. Miguel will be fired up?
Radio3787 said:
When they turn on the booster, you may hear precisely that.
Boosters, generally, make matters worse.
This entire move was a bad business decision. No one is going to buy a half signal in a crowded radio market. The new L.M.A. along with the CC clusters will be the dominant forces in San Diego.
RE:BobBracket post- Not affiliated/employed/related to KSIQ.
At 1 a.m. Saturday morning, Brawley/Campo/San Jacinto signals fighting it out for car radio's
capture ratio. Brawley programming similar to Q106 of the 90's.
Observation:signal shows almost no vertical radiation at this time.
At 1 a.m. Saturday morning, Brawley/Campo/San Jacinto signals fighting it out for car radio's
capture ratio. Brawley programming similar to Q106 of the 90's.
Observation:signal shows almost no vertical radiation at this time.
low power.. how low are we talking about?compaired to there rms rated power??
What first? At 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning, Brawley TX was off; Campo repeating "test" program. Was in Irvine Sat.,
don't know when Brawley went dark. Problem: CP authorizes TX testing for duration of CP, in this case until 11:59:59
1/9/10.. don't know when Campo popped off. Obvious violation, Reference FCC 73.1610.
They probably used the Brawley back up exciter for "testing", 10-30 watts or so. With a antenna gain, could be 40
to 130 watts or so.
Correcting the antenna model to "6600" , all horizontal polarization. Probably for several reasons; lower price.
Better coverage in hilly areas, some people argue. Lower power costs;takes 1/2 the drive power of a CP array
to achieve the same field strength. Tradeoff,-lower signal to vertical receive antennas.
Just speculation... old transmitter equipment might be installed at Campo.
don't know when Brawley went dark. Problem: CP authorizes TX testing for duration of CP, in this case until 11:59:59
1/9/10.. don't know when Campo popped off. Obvious violation, Reference FCC 73.1610.
They probably used the Brawley back up exciter for "testing", 10-30 watts or so. With a antenna gain, could be 40
to 130 watts or so.
Correcting the antenna model to "6600" , all horizontal polarization. Probably for several reasons; lower price.
Better coverage in hilly areas, some people argue. Lower power costs;takes 1/2 the drive power of a CP array
to achieve the same field strength. Tradeoff,-lower signal to vertical receive antennas.
Just speculation... old transmitter equipment might be installed at Campo.
The Brawley TX was shutdown on Friday, 1/8 at 09:00 to the tune of Donna Summer-"Last Dance".
They have purchased new gear for their Lake Moreno TX facility and studio in Jamul, CA.
They have purchased new gear for their Lake Moreno TX facility and studio in Jamul, CA.
Big 121 said:
That sounds like an excuse to use a "used" antenna, thus explaining the need for a lengthy period of tuning and adjustment.
I've been involved with FMs in "hilly" environments since the mid-60's and found that the optimum situation is full vertical polarization to both fill in the signal and avoid multipath.
I had the luxury of being in a market where I put the first FM on the air, and where there was no regulation about polarization. I used additional licenses to test with, particularly before moving my main, and very profitable, FM up to near the 14,000 foot level on one of those hills. We did considerable monitoring at different power levels and polarizations, finding that in all the problem areas, vertical reduced or eliminated problems and did not create new ones there or other areas. We even tried all kinds of TPO levels, from 250 watts into a 4 bay to 10 kw into a single bay. No difference. We also tried low-band, mid-band and high band frequencies, with no difference, althoght that was a less detailed test.
The point of using HPOL at the main site is to minimize interference to the VPOL booster. They don't care about the main, they care about coverage from the "booster."
RadeoEngineer said:
That makes sense; it also explains why they economized using an 8 bay antenna there, too.
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