[BC] Faraday Fence - No Foreign Signals Allowed

[Rich Wood]

------ At 09:42 AM 2/17/2010, Dave Hultsman wrote: -------

>Remember on day pattern it was greater than 50 kW. across salt water 
>from Rosorita beach to Los Angeles.   Also I seemed to recall when 
>it was run by a company previous to yours they were known to leave 
>it in day mode.

Dave,
When did it have more than 50kW TPO? The previous owner was Luis 
Carrillo and nothing at the transmitter site changed under Ed Noble. 
There was an old GE 50kW and a 50kW Continental 317 (serial #1, I'm 
told) . When I was there the day pattern was almost a figure 8 from 
Mazatlan to the Canadian border, pretty tight with the main lobe to 
the North.. At night it pulled in from the East. TPO was the same, 
day and night. I'm assuming you mean ERP. The fulltime day mode ended 
before I got there. I'd get calls from Yuma that the signal suddenly 
disappeared when the pattern was supposed to change. I can't imagine 
Luis paying for a larger transmitter. If he could trade it out, maybe.

Were there ever transmitters there larger than 50? Everyone thought 
the power was higher than 50 but I could never find documentation or 
anyone who remembered it being higher until it went to 77kW days. 
People also thought we were Wolfman Jack's station.

Weren't you part of the Continental's installation? Are you sure 
you're not hiding a 500kw monster in your basement?

Rich