Re: weak signals

[Dan Strassberg <dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net>]

At 04:50 AM 5/28/97 +0000, you wrote:

>Are you sure?  I was living in Manchester in the late 60s, and had no
>trouble picking up WMEX when they went 50 kW.  Didn't notice any particular
>improvement in their signal, but it didn't get any worse either.  Certainly
>didn't have the signal of WRKO or WBZ, but came in fine on a portable.  I
>don't remember them having much of a night signal with 50k, but they didn't
>before either....
>
The reason you didn't notice any improvement in the night signal was that
there was none. They stayed with 5 kW-N from the same site with the same
pattern until they moved the TX to Waltham in 1981. Only the day power and
pattern changed in 68 (or whenever).

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