Prov. shuffle: Rush, Buddy, etc

[Laurence Glavin]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan.Strassberg" 
>To: "Kevin Vahey" , "David Tomm" 
>Subject: Re: Prov. shuffle: Rush, Buddy, etc
>Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:38:21 -0400

>WKOX will NEVER have an "at least equivalent" signal to WRKO. WKOX's
>50-kW signal will be roughly equivalent to WWZN's. Except in unusual
>cases (such as where a salt-water path completely changes the story),
>50 kW on 1200 is not 50 kW on 680 (or 850). Also, WWZN uses almost
>200-degree towers, whereas WKOX's new towers in Newton won't even be
>90 degrees. Thus. WKOX will, in effect, be transmitting with about
>half the power that WWZN uses. That 2:1 equivalent-power advantage to
>WWZN will approximately compenstate for WWZN's frequency being ~25%
>higher than WKOX's. From a coverage standpoint, the 50-kW full-time
>AMs in this market fall into three groups: 1) WBZ, 2) WRKO and WEEI,
>3) WWZN and WKOX. In fact, because of its low frequency and good
>transmitter location, WEZE, a 5-kW station, really belongs ahead of
>WWZN and WKOX. Also, because of its lower frequency and superior
>transmitter location, WRKO has better coverage than WEEI--almost
>everywhere.

In your experience, has there ever been a time when, after a CP was built, 
the resultant signal turned out BETTER than what one would conclude based
on some of the factors listed above: less-than-quarter-wave towers; less-
than-ideal-soil-conductivity, etc? 






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