Re: WNFT/WRKO sites

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

At 05:15 PM 6/7/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Matt Sobolewski wrote:
> 
>> ARS seems to be doing some renovations on the WRKO transmitter 
>> building. Maybe geting ready to move an 1150 transmitter in to diplex?
>>     
>
>I hope so. Could 850 AND 1150 use Burlington w/680 ?
>
>Will the Burlington site help the Southern NH nighttime signals 
>of 850 (poor) and 1150 (non-existant, I get a French-Canadian station
>{CHGM?} on 1150 at night)?
>
>Paul Hopfgarten
>Derry NH
>
All three stations could triplex from Burlington, but putting 1150 there
would involve adding towers and putting 850 there might or might not involve
adding towers. If 850 were to transmit from Burlington, its signal in
southern NH (and on the Cape) would definitely improve. It would not be as
good as 680's but would be better than it is from Needham. The questionable
area about 850 using 680's towers is whether the 680 towers are too far
apart for 850. They are already pretty far apart for a station on 680 and,
in terms of wavelength, they would be 1.25 times as far apart for a station
on 850. 1150 would definitely need some new towers. And though a move to
Burlington, coupled with a power increase, could improve the 1150 signal in
southern NH during the day, I doubt whether they could do much to improve
the signal north of the TX at night. There is a Canadian station on the
Gaspe, well to the northeast, that they have to protect. The 1150 project
has some tricky aspects. The absence of the old CHSJ would make it possible
for 1150 to push more signal to the east (a definite plus on the north
shore), but the presence of WADN would necessitate a rather severe null to
the west if 1150 were to increase its day power significantly. Hence 1150
could not put a signal to the west that was anywhere near as good as WRKO's
day signal or even as good as WEEI's day signal in the area west of Needham.

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