RE: WRKO Update

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

Well, WBZ's good signal in Chicopee is easy to explain. 
The signal is the equvalent of 200 kW ND day and night 
into a minimally efficient antenna. WRKO's good signal 
is hard to explain, however. In that direction, WRKO 
sends out the equivalent of about 3 kW daytime and much 
less at night. Except for periods shortly after sunrise 
and shortly before sunset, when the station is on day 
pattern but "nighttime" conditions prevail, picking up 
the station should require a very good radio, carefully 
oriented and a minimum of man-made noise. Nighttime 
reception ought to be a rare occurrence unless you are 
using a communications receiver and a good antenna.

I have heard WRKO myself, quite clearly, shortly after 
sunrise in Troy, NY. Troy must be nearly 100 miles west 
(and somewhat north) of Chicopee. However, in that case, 
I was clearly picking up daytime skywave.
 
> Out here in Chicopee, we get the signal from WMEX (or whatever it's called)
> pretty well.. but WRKO and WBZ beam in here better than it.
>