Re: 1957

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On 20 Jun 99,  Dan Strassberg wrote:

> Although it makes sense that a station radiating the equivalent of 20 kW
> at 500' from Needham (or maybe by '57 it was the equivalent of 50 kW)
> would interfere with a little Class A in Cambridge only 400 kHz away, I
> think the allocation was completely in accordance with the rules, or at
> least it was in accordance with the rules that existed at the time. The
> explanation that I read at the time had nothing to do with WBZ-FM. Rather,
> the move was explained by the fact that 107.1 was almost at the 10th
> harmonic of FM receivers' 10.7-MHz IF. Now, I've never heard anyone say
> that 96.3, which is exactly at the ninth harmonic, is an undesirable
> frequency. Moreover, I would think that the local oscillator was more
> likely to be rich in odd harmonics than even ones. Still, that is the
> explanation that I heard. Can you shed any light?

I remember at the time having trouble receiving WHRB in Bedford.  I didn't 
understand such things that well in 8th grade.  I knew from the newspapers 
that a station was there, but I couldn't receive it.  Once, I got WHRB 
just barely at 107.1.  When I called the station to ask about it, they 
said it was because of interference from WBZ, and they were going to move 
to 95.3 soon.

When they moved to 95.3, I still had trouble receiving them, although it 
was slightly better.  I could receive them, but it was a real struggle on 
the radio I had then separating them from WKBR-FM on one side and WMTW-FM 
on the other.


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