Fw: Central Mass observations/questions

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

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>
To: Keith Fornal <kfornal@loa.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: Central Mass observations/questions


> WCMX must now be able to stay on the air _at least_ until Chicago sunset.
> WMVP is directional to the east, so its nighttime secondary service area
may
> still extend into New England, but I wonder. The FCC has changed the
> formulas for computing nighttime skywave service and the protected service
> contours of stations in the northern part of the country are much smaller
> than they used to be. I saw a map of WSCR's calculated 0.5 mv/m 50%
skywave
> contour and I was amazed to learn that it extends only 475 miles--on the
> east that's just past Buffalo NY. I'm guessing that WMVP's directional
> pattern might extend that another 150 or 200 miles, which gets you only to
> Syracuse or maybe Utica. I suspect that WCMX could probably now get 5 or
6W
> all night and substantially more between Leominster sunset and Chicago
> sunset.
>
> --
> Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
> 617-558-4205, eFax 707-215-6367
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Keith Fornal <kfornal@loa.com>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 1:38 AM
> Subject: Central Mass observations/questions
>
>
> > WCMX 1000 Leominster:  This 1000 watt daytime-only station was operating
> > well after local sunset (5:45pm).  I began to listen to the station as I
> > passed thru Leominster around 6:30 pm.  I figured that the station
> > perhaps has some very low powered night service but was surprised that
> > the signal held quite strong on the 20 min ride south on I-190 to
> > Worcester.
>