RE: WNEF 91.7 almost on air

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 01:53 AM 12/29/01 -0500, Michael P Fitzpatrick Jr. wrote:
><Aaron Read wrote>
> > > Why don't you guys apply for a translator on 96.1 up
> > > in Ipswitch or
> > > so?
>
>Because you have a class B on 96.1 in Worcester, and a class A on 96.3 up in
>NH to be concerned with. A translator on 96.1 in Ipswich or anywhere south
>of, oh, Maine, would be too short spaced.
>--Mike

Again, as opposed to WMFO, WMLN, WZLY and WJUL....all co-channel on 
91.5?   And WJUL's not some dinky 150 watter, they're a full 1kW with some 
decent HAAT, too.   Short-spacing rules are a joke in New England.   Null 
your translator and take advantage of the terrain and you can fit a 
transmitter in almost anywhere.

Hell, I found a way to fit a Class 100 watt station on the Boston Univ 
campus that would, just barely, protect WGBH and WERS except for about a 
30-50 yard radius.   It included mounting the transmitter on the side 
of  the LAW tower to provide an effective null to the north, and 
directionalized the hell out of it to aim it east...but it would've 
worked.  Of course, it would've required WGBH & WERS signing off on 
allowing a 2nd adjacent camper which I doubt they'd do without a 
substantial palm greasing.  And I never did really sit down and think about 
how badly WGBH & WERS would interfere with the proposal signal.  Probably 
pretty badly upon reflection.


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