Re: PEI/Bay of Fundy

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In reply to my message about receiving WPLM in the area of the Bay of fundy,
Dan Strassberg wrote:

 >That's a bit of a surprise, since WPLM's patterns send most signal to   
 the
 >southeast over an arc of somewhat less than 180 degrees. The signal is   
 quite
 >weak around the rest of the compass. I can imagine you mught pick up   
 WPLM in
 >Yarmouth NS, but not at the east end of the Bay of Fundy and certainly   
 not
 >on PEI--at least during the day (and probably not at night).
 
I just always attributed the signal to what I believed to be a significant
size lobe in the area of the ocean... for example, I've noted that on Mt.
Desert Island in Acadia National Park, WILD comes in like a local.

Rick Kelly

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