New 50kw in Lebaonon NH?

[Dan Strassberg]

Yup. It is moving forward--after a step backward a week or so ago. But the
COL is not Lebanon; it's Claremont. The CoL had to be changed when it proved
impossible to get permission to construct the antenna system in the
originally proposed location. More recently, the FCC apparently discovered
that the proposed 2.5-kW night operation from Claremont would interfere with
a station in Greenland! I have the impression that this station is not on
the air and, like a lot of Canadian allocations, probably never will be--but
I don't know and I don't think it matters because the allocation is
apparently notified to North America and therefore requires protection.
Heck, I don't even know whether Greenland uses 10-kHz spacing on AM as do
Western Hemisphere countries or 9-kHz, like European and Asian countries.
But again, it doesn't matter because 720 happens to be evenly divisible by
both 9 and 10.

Anyhow, WQTH had to cut back its night power from 2500W to 670W. The 12.8
mV/m NIF contour now covers only 88% of Claremont, but it's more than 80%,
so it should be OK with the FCC. Power-wise, 670W is still more than WQTH
had been granted in its original go-around. Its CP for Hanover specified
only 500W at night, but since Hanover is more centrally located in the Upper
Valley market, 500W from the originally proposed site (which I believe was
actually in Lebanon) might have been preferable. Unfortunately, even though
the NH Supreme Court ruled in WQTH's favor, Bob Vinikoor, the permittee,
could not get the Town to grant a building permit for the four towers. The
new setup, south of Claremont, uses six towers (four by day and all six at
night). The patterns are teardrops aimed north.

On a historical note, Vinikoor bought the former transmitter of the Big 8,
CKLW, for WQTH. He and a friend loaded it into a rented truck and drove
it back to New Hampshire over a year ago. On the way back, they stopped in
Rochester NY to show off the rig to Scott Fybush, who posted photos at
Fybush.com.

BTW, Vinikoor did put a station on the air from Lebanon, WUVR 1490. And he
has another project going on simultaneously with WQTH--getting WNTK on the
air with higher power at night. He has applied to add a second tower at
WNTK's existing site and to operate at night with 2 kW--enough to cover
Newport despite the huge signals from CFRB and WINS.

--
Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
eFax 707-215-6367

----- Original Message -----
From: "R Trovato" <xtrovato@yahoo.com>
To: <bri@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: New 50kw in Lebaonon NH?


> Does anyone know what the proposed pattern might be for the 50kw station
> that is being proposed for Lebanon NH?
>
> Is the patter on file anywhere?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rob
>