WATD coverage

[Jim Hall]

I'm sorry. I must have clicked on the wrong email when replying.  That 
message was for another group.


At 01:27 PM 6/1/2004, Jim Hall wrote:
>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.