So Near And Yet So Far

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

It's entirely possible WEIM 1280 is running non directional at like 500
Watts or something.. which would account for the weaker signal.

If there's power to the WFGL site, I can't imagine why they're not back..
they have a local contract engineer.

I personally have never worked at a directional station where I was involved
in any repair/engineering, but Im not sure what tests they'
d have to run before turning a directional station back no that a non
directional station wouldn't have to check.

Paul Walker


On 12/16/08, Laurence Glavin <lglavin@mail.com> wrote:
>
> The folks at Costa-Eagle must be fuming.  WCCM-AM 1110 is still
> off-the-air.  Their
> other outlets: WNNW-AM 800 and WCEC-AM 1490 are broadcasting as
> normal.  Now here's
> the deal...WCCM is the only directional station out of the three, so I
> wouldn't
> be surprised if they have to run a few tests before they can resume
> broadcasting
> (that may be why WEIM-1280 in Fitchburg appears to be running at lower
> power and
> WFGL-AM 960 is nowhere to be found.) The transmitter with assorted phasing
> equipment
> has been sitting there for five days or so in the dark and cold.  So I
> thought
> I'd go out to the transmitter site, which is at the end of a dirt road
> perpendicular
> to the main drag, Pelham Road.  There was a truck blocking the street and
> it
> wasn't from Costa-Eagle;  it was for workers cleaning up the area.  One of
> them said, yes, all the RESIDENCES in the area got their power back, but
> Public
> Service of NH was not yet restoring power to BUSINESSES along the street;
> oops, the ONLY business for a couple of miles IS the WCCM transmitter.  So
> that station may be off at least until tomorrow.  I also noticed that
> WDER-AM 1320
> in Derry is still off-the-air.  Its studio and transmitter site is near
> downtown though.
>
>
>