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Old November 1st 07, 02:05 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Heard KOKC on 1520 kHz @ 12 AM PDT

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:00:34 -0700, RHF
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Heard KOKC on 1520 kHz @ 12 AM PDT
from Oklahoma City, OK -USA-
- - - Heard on 30 OCT 2007

S-Meter : Solid S7 with Good Audio and
Top-of-the-Hour KOKC Radio Station ID

"Talk Radio 1520 KOKC" = http://www.1520kokc.com/
http://www.ontheradio.net/radiostations/kokcam.aspx
http://www.kokcradio.com/

KOKC - 1520 kHz - 50 KW - Class "A" (I-B)
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=73981
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin...OKC&service=AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOKC_(AM)

FCC : Clear, Regional, and Local Channels
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amclasses.html

North American Nighttime "Clear Channel" AM Stations
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/bl...amndbyfreq.htm
CLEAR = http://www.ac6v.com/clearam.htm

Nightime AM/MW Radio Stations 50 KW Powerhouses
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/bl...rp/amradio.htm

"The Midnight Radio Network"
http://www.1520kokc.com/jocks.php?jockID=167
MRN = http://www.midnighttrucking.com/

Over-the-Air Distance from Oklahoma City, OK
to Twain Harte, CA about 1200 Miles.

yes - i heard it while listening to my radio ~ RHF
Twain Harte, CA -USA- @ 3650 Feet Elevation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twain_Harte%2C_CA
Latitude 38° 02' 41" N @ Longitude 120° 14' 5" W
Radio : Grundig Satellite 800 Millennium Radio
Antenna : Five 1/4 WL Element 5-Wire Flat TV Rotor
Cable about 100 Foot Long Horizontal Wire Antenna
Laid-Out : Feed-Point-End WSW to ENE Far-End
~39 Foot Feed-Point Apex and ~8 Feet Far-End
Horizontal but runs into a Sloping Hill Side at the Far-End
.

That was the only top 40 station we could get at night on the East
side of Phoenix in the '60s. They were "KOMA (in Oklahoma)" back
then. The BBC's late great John Peel used to work there.