The first time I heard KOA was during a DXpedition in 1988. And I have heard it numerous times since then. For some reason, though, I cannot remember having reported KOA until recently. Well, I am glad I sent a report after all these years. After a couple of days, a nice and informative e-mail arrived in my inbox, from Jan Chadwell, Chief Engineer at KOA in Denver, CO. Besides confirming my report, Mr. Chadwell tells a little about KOA’s history. He concludes his letter like this: “It will be interesting in the coming years, with IBOC digital in the US and DRM digital in most of Europe, to see the impact on AM MW and SW around the world. Radio listening as we now know it may well become a thing of the past.”
I am afraid that Jan Chadwell is right, and this gives me a good opportunity to link to the Stop DRM statement at www.kongsfjord.no. Thank you for your verification, Jan.
Let me add that this is yet another KONG17 logging. Even though the station could be heard more or less daily during KONG17, I spent some minutes recording it for reception report purposes on October 16, 2007.