Re: Application for Modification of 93.3 in Andover, MA

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

You are correct, WBUR's null is southwest, however - it's pretty 
slight.  They aren't terribly directional, just enough to protect WCNI 91.1 
in New London, CT.   You wouldn't think it necessary, but it is...I can get 
WBUR as far south as Exit 6 on I-95 in Rhode Island (that's the Coventry area)

WBUR's real problem is a lack of ERP - they're only 7200 watts or so, but 
they're some 1000m HAAT   So if anything does reduce the signal in your 
area (terrain, mostly...like the hills in Newton nuking the signal in Back 
Bay) then something nearby like WXRV in Haverhill can really blow it out.
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Aaron "Bishop" Read     / aread@speakeasy.net
Fried Bagels Consulting / www.friedbagels.com
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At 07:44 PM 11/21/01 -0500, Dan Strassberg wrote:
>As far as I know, WBUR's null is toward the southwest.
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
>To: Gary <gff@mediaone.net>
>Cc: Boston radio e-mail list <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 7:03 PM
>Subject: Re: Application for Modification of 93.3 in Andover, MA
>
>
> > <<On Sun, 18 Nov 2001 18:03:55 -0500, "Gary" <gff@mediaone.net> said:
> >
> > > Even worse is the null job WXRV does on WBUR-FM (90.9).  It is
>unlistenable
> > > in Haverhill and environs.
> >
> > That's just the sort of receiver overload you would expect from a
> > 25-kW full class B not very high above the ground.  In other words,
> > get a better radio!
> >
> > (Does anybody remember which direction(s) WBUR's directional antenna
> > protects?)
> >
> > -GAWollman
> >
> >