Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach"

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 8/13/2014 8:12 PM, Radio KH6O wrote:
> Anyone who is  familiar with the San Francisco Bay Area has noted
> KGO's three AM broadcast band transmitting antennas located *IN* the
> water of the East Bay. From KGO's history page:

You would think this would make KGO a superstation, however, my
experience is that KGO's signal is nothing special.  I used
to listen to KGO and KFI (Los Angeles) when I lived in Seattle,
and KFI, despite being 500 miles farther away was just as
strong as KGO and often stronger.  Also, KFI can be heard
at noon in the SF Bay Area on ground wave, but the same
cannot be said of KGO in the LA area.  I would concede that
KGO seems to have the superior ground wave signal across
the bay on the peninsula vs other SF bay area stations.

Rick N6RK