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« Reply #1060 on: November 04, 2011, 08:52:16 AM » |
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On a side note, what ever happened to the winter use of the PSRA? I haven't noticed it yet the past couple months like we've seen in years past. Perhaps the gang at KAZG is waiting for the approval of the new Nautel Transmitter!  Perhaps it has something to do with the loss of "The Positive Side of Sports" from KAZG's revenue stream  While the website still shows it's on every weekday at 7am, Los Buckeye Boyz know it's been MIA for several months now. An hour of worn out oldies before a Sports Parkinglot show is just what the Doctor (and Nurse) ordered! But the most important questions remains: why is a new xmttr on the shopping list if there are no plans to use the nighttime power of 52 watts? |
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« Reply #1061 on: November 04, 2011, 08:59:12 AM » |
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Tuned in this morning around 6:10 A.M. and heard nothing on 1440 except for some static from Funny 1440 out of Riverside, CA. Turned the radio back to 1440 around 6:25 A.M. and boom, there was an ad for the KAZG website leading into "Sealed with a Kiss." What's interesting, though, is that it appears to be the full 5000 watts of pow-pow-power coming from the Lumberyard shack out in Scottsdale and not the PSRA of 500 watts or whatever KAZG has used in years past during the winter months. Now monthly sunrise for November is 7:00 A.M. so KAZG has some "splainin' to do!" with this early power up! Paging the usual suspects: Catfish with a "C", KOOL Lauren, the almighty Doc of Buckeye and Oldiesfan with an "O"!  Obviously they haven't reset the infamous lamptimer for the month of November. 6:30a was local sunrise in October, now it's 7am. So no PRSA, just the full 5kw from the banks of the Crosscut canal. Guess Gumpdusky has turned over their lamptimer programming responsibilities to KFuNN as both stations still don't have it right. btw...is Riverside's 14~Forty still doing All Comedy? The Nurse and I sure miss Gary Coleman's lame jokes  |
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« Reply #1062 on: November 04, 2011, 10:44:36 AM » |
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At 6:20 this morning I did hear good ol' good ones being pumped out of the Lumberyard,
and the signal seemed to be stronger than the PSRA, or 52 watts--which of course catfish
(with a "c") says they can't do with the old Ampliphase Gates Five--so let's just say
stronger than the PSRA.
At the same time, the KayFuNNsters were not audible, so we can assume they were still
"booming out" on only 100 watts.
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« Reply #1063 on: November 04, 2011, 06:46:27 PM » |
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On a side note, what ever happened to the winter use of the PSRA? I haven't noticed it yet the past couple months like we've seen in years past. Perhaps the gang at KAZG is waiting for the approval of the new Nautel Transmitter! They may have reallocated the engineering budget to scrape the rust off of KUPD's aging tower and antenna system. They're supposed to be 100kW, aren't they? They've been having a harder time trying to get their signal to penetrate the thick walls of Discount Tire garages across the Valley! |
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« Reply #1064 on: November 04, 2011, 11:59:57 PM » |
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Perhaps it has something to do with the loss of "The Positive Side of Sports" from KAZG's revenue stream While the website still shows it's on every weekday at 7am, Los Buckeye Boyz know it's been MIA for several months now. A bit off topic, but you brought it up - that show's Amanda Jahn took a TV weather gig here in Northeast Ohio (WJW "Fox 8"), but left almost as soon as she arrived. Is she back in Arizona? |
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« Reply #1065 on: November 07, 2011, 02:04:40 AM » |
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Good grief, Catfish. 500 watts into a dummy load with a voltage tap at the proper point (say, 1/10th or so from the bottom - trial and error while watching the antenna current meter should do it) will give you that booming 52 watts into the antenna.
Cannibalize some nichrome wire from a room heater, grab a 480 volt AC relay to select full power or through the divider, mount the parts on a piece of plywood and you're good to go.
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« Reply #1066 on: November 07, 2011, 10:26:02 AM » |
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A bit off topic, but you brought it up - that show's Amanda Jahn took a TV weather gig here in Northeast Ohio (WJW "Fox 8"), but left almost as soon as she arrived.
Is she back in Arizona?
Both A.J. and the Positive Side of Sports are MIA from Lumberyard 14~Forty. Dunno the whereabouts of A.J. since her brief stint in Cleveland. Nurse Jeff and I've emailed the KAZG webmaster to remove the PSOS from the website, but nothings changed. Our hunch is their Goldminers are lobbying Mrs Gumpdusky to upgrade the POS xmttr at the gold mine. |
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« Reply #1067 on: November 07, 2011, 01:36:25 PM » |
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This morning at 6:19, the Lumberyard was again on at what seemed to be
full daytime power (which shouldn't start until 7 AM in November).
Either that, or it was a very good PSRA (500 watts?) signal--better than in
the past.
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« Reply #1068 on: November 07, 2011, 02:37:32 PM » |
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This morning at 6:19, the Lumberyard was again on at what seemed to be
full daytime power (which shouldn't start until 7 AM in November).
Either that, or it was a very good PSRA (500 watts?) signal--better than in
the past.
Could have been the cloud cover wiping out skywave interference and the rain improving the non-existent (per catfish with a "c") ground system. But is it possible for the lamptimer to drift a full 19 minutes before calling the PSRA goldminers to work? |
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« Reply #1069 on: November 07, 2011, 05:44:32 PM » |
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Yo, Doc...clarification:
I didn't mean that KAZG popped on at 6:19 AM today. I don't know when they did,
although I'd guess 6 AM LST*...I just happened to tune in around 6:18-6:19 and
they were on the air.
*: LST = Lamptimer Standard Time
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