June 2004 Tower Calendar Station Goes Dark

[Kevin Vahey]

250 watts directional DAYTIME??????

I am guessing it was to put a great signal into Dayton.....


On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 1:51pm, Laurence Glavin wrote:
> If you look at your copy of the 2004 Fybush Tower calendar for June,
> you'll note that WCTM-AM 1130 in Eaton, OH is the outlet who towers
> are pictured.  Allaccess.com reports that the station has gone
> temporarily dark but is being sold;  eveidently health issues with
> the owner.
> Quizzical question:  as I look at the 3-tower directional array
> for a 250-watt daytimer, I was wondering why it's directional at
> all.  A check of fcc.gov indicates there are no same-frequency or
> adjacent-frequency station for 100 kilometers...an 1140
> shows up only if you expand the search to 200km.
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