[KFCF Friends] KFCF/KPFA News and Solar Conjuction/Outages
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March 2, 2002
Dear KFCF Friends and Subscribers,
Thanks for your support during our recent marathons. We had another =
record-breaking fund drive and some really great programming. We =
appreciate your support and look forward to a lot more great programming =
now that much of the battle in the Pacifica situation has been resolved. =
Members of the KFCF/Fresno Free College Foundation Board of Directors =
will be attending the Pacifica National Board Meeting in Los Angeles =
this coming weekend, so if you have any concerns you'd like us to =
convey, send us an e-mail at office@kfcf.org .
Locally, we have a number of great things we are working on, including =
a KFCF Benefit with Utah Phillips and Kenny Hall at the Forestiere =
Underground Gardens in Fresno on April 13th. Information on tickets, =
cost, etc. should be available this week at www.kfcf.org , and tickets =
will be available at The Movies in Van Ness Village in the Tower =
District in Fresno.
We are approaching one of our bi-annual solar conjunction periods. The =
conjunction (sometimes referred to as a solar outage) is when the sun in =
its' seasonal arc lines itself up directly behind the satellite that =
transmits the KPFA signal to Fresno. It happens once a day for a few =
minutes for about a week in March and October during the late morning.
During this "conjunction" the satellite receiver will see the sun as a =
much more effective transmitter of energy than the few watts the =
satellite uses, and will cause gargling, popping or muting of the audio =
from the satellite receiver for a few moments. A schedule of times is =
at the end of this e-mail and most occurances will be far shorter than =
the times calculated by the software.
This is similar in effect to the "rain fades" we get when a heavy rain =
storm in Fresno or Berkeley (or both) has raindrops that are half the =
diameter of the wavelength of the radio frequency used for the satellite =
system and the raindrops "absorb" the signal, causing the receiver to =
mute, gargle and pop. We apologize for the inconvenience to our =
listeners, but we have no control over Mother Nature, and hope you'll =
understand during the few minor outages we have over the year.
Rych Withers
President
Fresno Free College Foundation
Update - Solar Outage Schedule for March, 2002
Date Time Fade margin in degrees=20
March 3 10:53 - 10:57 AM 4.7=20
March 4 10:51 - 10:58 AM 9.8=20
March 5 10:51 - 10:58 AM 15.9=20
March 6 10:51 - 10:58 AM 12.3=20
March 7 10:51 - 10:58 AM 6.0=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>March 2, 2002</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear KFCF Friends and =
Subscribers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for your support during our =
recent=20
marathons. We had another record-breaking fund drive and some really =
great=20
programming. We appreciate your support and look forward to a lot more =
great=20
programming now that much of the battle in the Pacifica situation has =
been=20
resolved. Members of the KFCF/Fresno Free College Foundation Board =
of=20
Directors will be attending the Pacifica National Board Meeting in Los =
Angeles=20
this coming weekend, so if you have any concerns you'd like us to =
convey, send=20
us an e-mail at <A href=3D"mailto:office@kfcf.org">office@kfcf.org</A>=20
.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Locally, we have a number of =
great things we=20
are working on, including a KFCF Benefit with Utah Phillips and Kenny =
Hall at=20
the Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno on April 13th. Information =
on=20
tickets, cost, etc. should be available this week at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.kfcf.org">www.kfcf.org</A> , and tickets will be =
available at=20
The Movies in Van Ness Village in the Tower District in =
Fresno.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We are approaching one of our bi-annual =
solar=20
conjunction periods. The conjunction (sometimes referred to as a =
solar=20
outage) is when the sun in its' seasonal arc lines itself up directly =
behind the=20
satellite that transmits the KPFA signal to Fresno. It happens once a =
day for a=20
few minutes for about a week in March and October during the late=20
morning.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>During this "conjunction" the satellite =
receiver=20
will see the sun as a much more effective transmitter of energy than the =
few=20
watts the satellite uses, and will cause gargling, popping or muting of =
the=20
audio from the satellite receiver for a few moments. A schedule of =
times=20
is at the end of this e-mail and most occurances will be far shorter =
than the=20
times calculated by the software.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This is similar in effect to the "rain =
fades" we=20
get when a heavy rain storm in Fresno or Berkeley (or both) has =
raindrops that=20
are half the diameter of the wavelength of the radio frequency used for =
the=20
satellite system and the raindrops "absorb" the signal, causing the =
receiver to=20
mute, gargle and pop. We apologize for the inconvenience to our =
listeners,=20
but we have no control over Mother Nature, and hope you'll =
understand=20
during the few minor outages we have over the year.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rych Withers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>President</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Fresno Free College =
Foundation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<H3><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Update - Solar Outage Schedule for =
March,=20
2002</FONT></H3>
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<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Date</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Time</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Fade margin in =
degrees</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>March 3</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>10:53 - 10:57 AM</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4.7</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>March 4</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>10:51 - 10:58 AM</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>9.8</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>March 5</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>10:51 - 10:58 AM</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>15.9</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>March 6</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>10:51 - 10:58 AM</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>12.3</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>March 7</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>10:51 - 10:58 AM</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>6.0</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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