Re: Why Lower Power?

[Jeremy Mixer <mixer@zoso.net>]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Sven Franklyn Weil wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Rick Fortunata wrote:
>
> > Has anybody else noticed the strange pattern that I
> > have?
> >
> > Last week, WGUY in Dexter, Maine, got authorization to
> > make a minor modification. I looked this up in the FCC
> > database and it appears that the modification is to
>
> Is this an FM station?  Maybe the station is lowering their power becasue
> they're increasing the height of the antenna.  Usually when you raise one
> you have to lower the other in order to maintain the same coverage area
> and not cause interference to other stations on the same (or adjacent)
> frequencies.

What would be the point of this, to save money in electricity by making
the tower taller? Last that I knew WWBX was 75,000 watts...... are they
lower now? Did they raise their aentenna?