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October 5th 04, 02:43 AM

On 03 Oct 2004 01:29:58 GMT, (Radioman390) wrote:

I'm in Mountain View, CA and trying to find station KSFH-FM, which is an
FCC-licensed Class "D" station. It is owner by a local school, and when I call
them they say they're on the air with programming. I am 1 mile from the campus
and can SEE the antenna. I tune to every channel from 88.1 to 107.9 MHz.

Their website http://www.ksfh.com says they-re on 87.9 FM.
What I get on that frequency, from farther up the peninsula, doesn't
sound like what I'd expect from a high school site. It also says they
have a live internet feed, whicg should make it easy to match up what
you're hearing ion the radio, but it's offline at the moment.

From (googled KSFH):
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2001/2001_11_02.radio.html
"We can broadcast from and to anywhere with a phone line," he said.
Covering 90 percent of the South Bay region, KSFH 87.9 FM currently
operates at 10 watts giving them approximately a 15-mile transmission
radius from their campus. According to their Web site, in comparison,
most major commercial radio stations operate at about 5,000 watts.

That's a couple years old, but would explain why I don't hear
it.
Nothing, except, of course, the other stations normally heard. I also try
holding my antenna sideway, vertical, every which way.
I call the FCC office in San Francisco and they say yes they're a legal
station, and they should reach at least 3 miles, so try again. Again nothing.
What is going on?