WORLD EXCLUSIVE (I'veGotta Stop Reading Drudge): WKOX 50K?

[Dan.Strassberg]

Not so much in Arlington! I can't tell the difference from 10 kW ND
from Framingham. Even if they are running 1/4 power, which is common
during testing, I'd expect a noticeable increase. The day signal here
with 50 kW from Newton is supposed to be more than 25 mV/m. The night
signal will be weaker--about 20 mV/m. The Framingham signal was 3.2
mV/m days and 1.6 mV/m nights. So even if they are running the new
night pattern at 1/4 power, I should be getting about 10 mV/m, which
would be noticeably stronger than 3.2. Has anybody driven by the site
to see whether the WUNR towers are down yet? If not, the pattern that
would be produced would almost certainly be pretty meaningless--with
those two tall towers right in the near field and probably not
grounded the way, say, unused towers from a night array would be
during the daytime at a fully operational DA-2 site.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
To: "Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@mail.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: WORLD EXCLUSIVE (I'veGotta Stop Reading Drudge): WKOX
50K?


> It is coming from Newton without question. They are equal to 680 and
> 850 in Cambridge right now.
>
> On 9/21/07, Laurence Glavin <lglavin@mail.com> wrote:
>> I was just sampling the AM dial this morning (Friday) and WKOX-AM
>> 1200's
>> signal was VERY strong on the radio I use that also displays
>> relative signal
>> strength, way above its customary reading, and almost as strong as
>> WBIX-AM
>> 1060.
>> I tuned in to the frequency on a couple of ordinary radios in the
>> house, and
>> the
>> sound level was up there with the strongest signals.  Then when I
>> got into
>> the car
>> while it was in the garage, WKOX was still quite audible, something
>> that
>> was not true heretofore. Therefore, I assume they're testing the
>> 50KW setup
>> at the Sawmill Brook Parkway site.  It will be interesting to see
>> how well
>> it comes in tonight...and no, unlike WXKS-AM 1430, there wqas no
>> IBOC hash
>> on adjacent frequencies.
>>
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