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Just got the following from Larry Gamble of KTNS...
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KTNS AM 1060 unable to test Friday evening, October 10, 2003.
Cancellation due to unexpected studio maintenance. Currently doing
test. First test Saturday 10/11/03 Pacific standard time: 5:51 am,
5:55am and 6:06am. Will continue at ten minute intervals until 6:30
am. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please notify accordingly.
Larry Gamble, General Manager
KTNS AM 1060
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I'm going to ask him about repeating the test this coming Friday
evening, so we have more notice.


Not trying to start an argument (really!!) but ***why would a broadcast
station even bother with these tests, other than maybe nostalgia or some
sort of uber-techno-geekiness on the part of the Chief Engineer or GM*** ?

I don't have any problem with DX tests (in fact, they're kind of neat) but I
guess I'm asking what really motivated stations to start doing them way back
when ? Sheer curiosity ?

Along the same lines, how many broadcast stations respond to reception
reports nowadays ?

Just wondering......