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

["Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>
To: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@yahoo.com>; <lglavin@lycos.com>;
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 3:58 AM
Subject: Re: WPAA-FM Off Air; I Finally Pick Up WNEF


> 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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