WATD coverage

[Jim Hall]

I hope Liam will be ready soon too, Alex.  But I guess when he offered a 
"free web site" everyone took advantage of the offer and now he is very 
busy...hehe.


At 01:22 PM 6/1/2004, Eli Polonsky wrote:
>A few things to consider, besides terrain in Brookline, interference
>from (or being inside of) buildings, Prudential interference, etc...
>
>Most quality car tuners are better than most home tuners. Only the
>best home stereo receivers equal most good car tuners for reception.
>
>In Somerville I get WATD nicely in the car, and at home if I place
>my antenna properly, I get them in stereo quite well on my mid-1970's
>Marantz and Sansui analog receivers with only slight background hiss.
>Those were excellent home tuners, better than many of todays digitals
>IMO.
>
>However, my digital Akai receiver from the mid-80's will only get
>WATD clearly in mono. If I can even get the stereo light to come on
>at all, it's extremely noisy.
>
>I use TV "rabbit ears" on my home stereos for indoor reception. I
>don't know what you're using for a home antenna, but I find basic
>"rabbit ears" far better than the wire antennas that come with most
>home stereos, and also better than most of the expensive designer
>indoor antennas which are designed more for decor than for function.
>
>I can pretty much forget about getting WATD on any portable home
>radios such as my Sony boombox, Walkmans, or my clock radio. Those
>poor quality tuners won't touch it, they get Prudential intermod all
>over the dial.
>
>You can expect WATD to come in fairly well on the North Shore
>because it's over water. Though salt water doesn't really "conduct"
>FM like it does AM, it provides flat and open terrain for the signal.
>
>Eli Polonsky
>
>
> >I've written before about how I can get WATD on my car radio in Brookline
> >(with a few dropout
> >spots here and there), but can't get it on any of my home radios except my
> >livingroom stereo, and then not very well.
> >
> >I was particularly surprised Saturday, while driving to Swampscott, to see
> >just how far north the WATD signal reached, at least in my car.
> >
> >That makes it all the more strange that I can't get them on my home
> >radios.