Re: RE: Tunnel Radio or AMs in South Station Tunnel

["Dan Strassberg" <Dan.Strassberg@att.net>]

I would not be too surprised to learn that WEZE 590 is almost as strong as
WBZ in the South Station area. Yes we're talking 5 kW from
less-than-90-degree towers vs 50 kW from greater-than-half-wave towers, but
we're also talking about directional patterns for both stations that send
the strongest signal in the direction of South Station, and a pretty solid
salt-water path to South Station for both signals. (OK, the path for WBZ is
better, and since it _IS_ salt water, the difference in frequencies, which
normally favors the lower-frequency station, is of little importance.) Most
of all, isn't the straight-line distance from Hull to South Station a lot
greater than the straight-line distance from Wellington Circle to South
Station? I think it must be something like 8 miles for WBZ vs about 3 miles
for WEZE. Somebody can check a map and tell me if I'm wrong. No map is handy
here at the moment.

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Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@worldnet.att.net
Phone: 1-617-558-4205, eFax: 1-707-215-6367

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Pappalardo <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>
To: hopfgapr@sprynet.com <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>;
boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu
<boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: RE: Tunnel Radio or AMs in South Station Tunnel


>Funny, I don't get ANY AM in the tunnel....except for WBZ which is simply
>due to it's non-tunnel strength.