Globe articles on WCRB, WGBH

[Dan.Strassberg]

No, I was going on a report from a usually highly credible listener
who often posts at radio-info.com and who also posts rather frequently
to this list. He is not infallible, of course, and it's always
possible that his Insignia HD radio was a bad unit. However, I don't
recall his saying that he took or sent his unit back in an effort to
obtain a sample that isn't deaf. I'm not sure of the distance between
my location (Arlington Heights, near Lexington, about 1/2 mile north
of Route 2) and Great Blue Hill, but it must be close to 15 miles, so
the likelihood of front-end overload from WGBH is vanishingly small.
However, back when 100.7 was transmitting from 75 Concord Ave in
Lexington and 96.9 was transmitting from Zion Hill in Woburn,
front-end overload was a fact of life on nearly all FM receivers in
this neighborhood. Both stations were culprits.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
eFax 1-707-215-6367

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Doherty" <dave@skywaves.net>
To: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>; "A. Joseph Ross"
<joe@attorneyross.com>; "John Mullaney" <john@minutemancomm.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: Globe articles on WCRB, WGBH


> Hi Dan-
>
> That's not the radio I was thinking of.  I ordered one to pick up in
> the store and got the confirming email. When I went to pick it up,
> they had no idea what it was. "Yeah, I know the computer says we
> have two, but... What is it again?" So I never got a chance to test
> that one.  But other reports are that they are pretty good.
>
> I'm in Worcester, in a place that is not remotely line of sight to
> Boston.
>
> I have a Directed aftermarket car radio hooked up to an attic
> antenna and my computer that does just fine on the Boston stations.
>
> I just received three "Mighty Red" radios from Eric Rhoads of Radio
> Ink. I charged one up and plugged in the buds, and I was able to get
> the Boston Class B's in HD in my living room on the ground floor.
> Not too shabby.
>
> Maybe your receiver is being overwhelmed by blanketing interference
> from WGBH?
>
> -d
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 5:33 AM
> To: "Dave Doherty" <dave@skywaves.net>; "A. Joseph Ross"
> <joe@attorneyross.com>; "John Mullaney" <john@minutemancomm.com>
> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Subject: Re: Globe articles on WCRB, WGBH
>
>>
>> But the reports on the sensitivity of that $35 HD radio (earbuds;
>> no
>> speaker--Insignia brand; mfd by LG) leave you wondering whether it
>> could pick up WGBH HD-2 (or is HD-3 the subchannel that's // WCRB?)
>> in
>> Milton--in the shadow of WGBH's tower. Clearly, if somone's problem
>> is
>> receiving the broadcasts, a deaf radio is not likely to be the
>> solution.
>>
>> -----
>> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
>> eFax 1-707-215-6367
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dave Doherty" <dave@skywaves.net>
>> To: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>; "John Mullaney"
>> <john@minutemancomm.com>
>> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 2:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: Globe articles on WCRB, WGBH
>>
>>
>>> HD Radios are available now for around $35. That doesn't seem out
>>> of
>>> reach...
>>>
>>> -d
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 1:01 AM
>>> To: "John Mullaney" <john@minutemancomm.com>
>>> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
>>> Subject: Re: Globe articles on WCRB, WGBH
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 18 Dec 2009 at 12:09, John Mullaney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You do know that WCRB is available on WGBH HD2 right? And
>>>>> classical
>>>>> fans can afford an HD radio.
>>>>
>>>> Speak for yourself!  Why do you assume that only wealthy people
>>>> listen to classical music.  'Tain't so!
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> A. Joseph Ross, J.D.                           617.367.0468
>>>> 92 State Street, Suite 700                   Fax 617.507.7856
>>>> Boston, MA 02109-2004
>>>> http://www.attorneyross.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>