Re: WPAA-FM Off Air; I Finally Pick Up WNEF

["Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>]

Whats the normal power?  And what's the reduced power?  

JP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@yahoo.com>
To: <lglavin@lycos.com>; <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: WPAA-FM Off Air; I Finally Pick Up WNEF


> > Phillips Academy in
> > Andover, MA finally pulled the
> > plug (temporarily I presume) on WPAA-FM 91.7
> 
> Speaking of stations at 91.7, WMWM at Salem State
> (whom I've worked for since '81!) was temporarily
> off due to transmitter problems but is back on,
> at 10 per cent power. (It's "off and on" lately--
> mostly off-- since some DJs work 'real jobs' during
> the summer, and others are waiting for the station to
> be back at full power before going back on. Our
> general manager left it up to DJs as to whether or not
> to do shows while we're at low power.)
> 
> Still, WMWM reaches Salem, Peabody, Beverly,
> Lynn, Danvers, and Marblehead even at this lower
> power and when I'm on Rt. 128 (on high ground)
> it reaches into Reading-- again, despite being
> at reduced power.
> 
> > WNEF, although audible,
> > was not able to provide enough
> > signal strength for stereo.  
> 
> When WMWM is off air, WNEF comes in strong in
> Beverly, Salem, Hamilton, Ipswich, etc.
> 
> Incidentally, I live in Beverly and can pick up
> WNEF fairly strong _when WMWM is off_...and it
> almost sounds like it's going through an echo
> chamber. My guess is there's a milli-second
> delay at WNEF, and the signal is combining with
> WUMB, next door at 91.9, to create the "echo
> chamber" effect. Almost like two turntable playing the
> same record but one started a milli-second
> later than the other...)
> 
> 
> I too have picked up WHUS on occasion...
> 
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