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David Eduardo wrote:


XELO (XEROK) was a 150 kw station; it had a better signal in some parts of
the Phoenix metro than a couple of the local stations.

At Noon? BTW, they've been X-Rock since the early '70s.

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David Eduardo wrote:


XELO (XEROK) was a 150 kw station; it had a better signal in some parts
of the Phoenix metro than a couple of the local stations.

At Noon? BTW, they've been X-Rock since the early '70s.

Yep, at noon. At an alternate site I used, near Chandler, XEROK was
comparable to stations like KRDS.

XELO became XEROK as you say around 1972 when Bruce Earle rebuilt the
home-grown 150 kw floor furnace that had run for years under the McVeigh
administration of XELO. When McVeigh's partnership in Mexico was broken, he
bought 1060 in El Paso and 800 became a CHR. After the first year or so,
XEROK decided to run 50 kw days and 150 kw nights, since there was really
nothing gained by running high power in the daytime.

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David Eduardo wrote:

XELO (XEROK) was a 150 kw station; it had a better signal in some parts
of the Phoenix metro than a couple of the local stations.

At Noon? BTW, they've been X-Rock since the early '70s.

Yep, at noon. At an alternate site I used, near Chandler, XEROK was
comparable to stations like KRDS.

XELO became XEROK as you say around 1972 when Bruce Earle rebuilt the
home-grown 150 kw floor furnace that had run for years under the McVeigh
administration of XELO. When McVeigh's partnership in Mexico was broken, he
bought 1060 in El Paso and 800 became a CHR. After the first year or so,
XEROK decided to run 50 kw days and 150 kw nights, since there was really
nothing gained by running high power in the daytime.


Except Phoenix and Tucson and all points in between.

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David Eduardo wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

XELO (XEROK) was a 150 kw station; it had a better signal in some parts
of the Phoenix metro than a couple of the local stations.

At Noon? BTW, they've been X-Rock since the early '70s.

Yep, at noon. At an alternate site I used, near Chandler, XEROK was
comparable to stations like KRDS.

XELO became XEROK as you say around 1972 when Bruce Earle rebuilt the
home-grown 150 kw floor furnace that had run for years under the McVeigh
administration of XELO. When McVeigh's partnership in Mexico was broken,
he bought 1060 in El Paso and 800 became a CHR. After the first year or
so, XEROK decided to run 50 kw days and 150 kw nights, since there was
really nothing gained by running high power in the daytime.
Except Phoenix and Tucson and all points in between.

Too far for usable coverage, and not salable. Of course, they discovered
during the 70's that night coverage was not salable anywhere.

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David Eduardo wrote:
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David Eduardo wrote:

XELO (XEROK) was a 150 kw station; it had a better signal in some parts
of the Phoenix metro than a couple of the local stations.

At Noon? BTW, they've been X-Rock since the early '70s.

Yep, at noon. At an alternate site I used, near Chandler, XEROK was
comparable to stations like KRDS.

XELO became XEROK as you say around 1972 when Bruce Earle rebuilt the
home-grown 150 kw floor furnace that had run for years under the McVeigh
administration of XELO. When McVeigh's partnership in Mexico was broken,
he bought 1060 in El Paso and 800 became a CHR. After the first year or
so, XEROK decided to run 50 kw days and 150 kw nights, since there was
really nothing gained by running high power in the daytime.
Except Phoenix and Tucson and all points in between.

Too far for usable coverage, and not salable. Of course, they discovered
during the 70's that night coverage was not salable anywhere.

Sure thing Eduardo. That's why I can get KOH and KGO every night among
others.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

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Too far for usable coverage, and not salable. Of course, they discovered
during the 70's that night coverage was not salable anywhere.

That's why I can get KOH and KGO every night among
others.

Every night? Reliably? I thought HD was impeding your KKOH DX listening?
At least thats what you lead us to believe.

Telamon
Ventura, California

Even if it was reliable....there are no sales generated for KOH and KGO in
Ventura.

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Too far for usable coverage, and not salable. Of course, they discovered
during the 70's that night coverage was not salable anywhere.

That's why I can get KOH and KGO every night among
others.

Every night? Reliably? I thought HD was impeding your KKOH DX listening?
At least thats what you lead us to believe.

Telamon
Ventura, California

Even if it was reliable....there are no sales generated for KOH and KGO in
Ventura.

If there were no other stations on the air....you might be able to pick up
New York stations too. How much protection do we allow? Answer? KKOH is
not protected in Ventura, nor have they ever been.