[BC] Real cases of IBOC interference wanted for research

Doug Vernier dvernier
Wed Jul 19 17:05:26 CDT 2006


Dave,

If you provide your zip code the ZipSignal program will provide the signal
strength of KKOH at the zip code centroid.

http://www.v-soft.com/ZipSignal/default.htm

That way we can tell if the interference you hear is within the normally
protected signal contour.

Doug

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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:15:45 -0700
From: "David L. Hershberger" <dave at w9gr.com>
Subject: Re: [BC] Real cases of IBOC interference wanted for research
	purposes
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Hi Doug,

I have two AM cases to report. First, KXNT 840 in Las Vegas apparently
sometimes "forgets" to turn off their IBOC at night. When this happens it is
usually on weekends. This trashes our adjacent local 5 kW AM station at
night (KCNO 830). Here are examples recorded two years ago:

http://www.w9gr.com/knco.mp3  (normal reception, no IBOC)

http://www.w9gr.com/kncoiboc.mp3  (IBOC on from Las Vegas)

Details of antenna patterns, my receive location, etc. are in my comments on
the FCC web page.

The second case is daytime interference. KCBC 770  in Riverbank (Modesto)
trashes KKOH 780 in Reno. My location is Nevada City, CA and I think I am
well within KKOH's protected contour. I don't have a recording of KKOH but I
could easily make one.

Dave Hershberger


Doug Vernier, Telecommunications Consultants
V-Soft Communications
Broadcast Propagation Software and Engineering Consulting
WWW.V-Soft.com
319 266-8402

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