RE: New tower in Newton?

["Larry A. Lovering" <lloverin@bbnplanet.com>]

At my house in Cranston, RI, WCRB comes in loud and clear in my driveway and
on the tuners around the house.  But, driving away from the house,
interference from other nearby stations flutters the signal quite a bit.

- -Larry


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
[mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of A.
Joseph Ross
Subject: Re: New tower in Newton?

>I don't know, but you reminded me that I had promised a few weeks ago to
>report on whether WCRB's reception in my office downtown had improved any
>since the move to the FM128 tower.  It has, though not by much.  I still
>get interference from WROR, but it seems to be easier to find a position
>for the antenna that manages to get decent reception on WCRB.
>One of the other problems I used to have was that I would position the
>antenna for good reception, then get loud hissing again as soon as I took
>my hand off it.  Or moved from the radio to my desk.  Or moved at all.  I
>haven't been having that problem since the transmitter change.

>Now, I'm  not at all sure I understand why such a small change should
>improve reception that much, but it does seem to have done so.

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