[MW DX] 1560 kHz KGOW Viet Radio (Bellaire/Houston, TX, USA) 10.12.2019
Broadcast in Vietnamese with ID in English 1:13 as "This program has came to you from the Voice of America" (sic!) & 1:43 as "This meets you Viet Radio on KGOW fifteen-sixty AM, Bellaire in Texas" Also XERF-AM (Ciudad Acuña, MEX) 2:06 on 1570 kHz for comparison at 06-01 UTC --- "During daytime hours, KGOW transmits from near Rosharon, TX, SSW of Houston, with 46,000 watts. At night, KGOW transmits from near Cypress-Katy, TX, NW of Houston, with 15,000 watts. The highly directive nature of both the daytime antenna array (six towers, with high efficiency) and the nighttime antenna array (nine towers, with standard efficiency) means that the apparent power towards Houston is greatly in excess of the licensed power, about the equivalent of 857,000 watts days and 197,000 watts nights (when compared to the 1,000 watt non-directional reference antenna for this class of station, Class B). This effect is shared by a number of other Class B stations in the Houston market." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGOW https://vietradio.com/ --- TX: KGOW night-time 15 kW (Cypress-Katy, Houston, TX, USA) QTH: MP87DA ANT: 280 m BOG directed to 350° RX: ICF-SW7600GR DX: 9232 km/353 deg Received at 01-00 CT in Houston & 06-00 UTC (11-00 local daytime) on December 10th, 2019 in North-West Siberia, Russia
Broadcast in Vietnamese with ID in English 1:13 as "This program has came to you from the Voice of America" (sic!) & 1:43 as "This meets you Viet Radio on KGOW fifteen-sixty AM, Bellaire in Texas" Also XERF-AM (Ciudad Acuña, MEX) 2:06 on 1570 kHz for comparison at 06-01 UTC --- "During daytime hours, KGOW transmits from near Rosharon, TX, SSW of Houston, with 46,000 watts. At night, KGOW transmits from near Cypress-Katy, TX, NW of Houston, with 15,000 watts. The highly directive nature of both the daytime antenna array (six towers, with high efficiency) and the nighttime antenna array (nine towers, with standard efficiency) means that the apparent power towards Houston is greatly in excess of the licensed power, about the equivalent of 857,000 watts days and 197,000 watts nights (when compared to the 1,000 watt non-directional reference antenna for this class of station, Class B). This effect is shared by a number of other Class B stations in the Houston market." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGOW https://vietradio.com/ --- TX: KGOW night-time 15 kW (Cypress-Katy, Houston, TX, USA) QTH: MP87DA ANT: 280 m BOG directed to 350° RX: ICF-SW7600GR DX: 9232 km/353 deg Received at 01-00 CT in Houston & 06-00 UTC (11-00 local daytime) on December 10th, 2019 in North-West Siberia, Russia