WTIC (and WBZ, WRKO) night signals

[Mark Casey]

> Why is it so much more difficult to hear WBZ here in Middlebury, Vermont? 
> Day, forget it, and night, noisy.
> Bill O'Neill

Depends on the antenna system design. For some stations, the best skywave 
reception might be 300-700 miles out. I notice that WBZ's nightime talk 
shows seem to get a lot of calls from Ohio, North Carolina, etc, so that may 
be the case.

In contrast to both WTIC and WBZ, many of the New York City 50kw AM's have 
pretty good night signals throughout the transition area from ground wave to 
skywave.

Of course, it also depends on how "noisy" is defined. Even the best skywave 
signals are somewhat noisy due to fading and cancelling.

Mark
K1MAP