WBIX 1060 running Rosary

[Doug Drown]

It'll be interesting to hear how well it comes in up here in east 
coastal Maine.  As it is even now, I can get WBIX with a steady, albeit 
somewhat faint, signal all day long --- 150 miles across the water from 
Boston.   -Doug

Quoting "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>:
> The coverage map won't stay on my screen long enough for me to study
> it carefully but it looks like the daytime coverage after the upgrade
> to 50 kW using the three-tower array proposed in the application for a
> modification of the already granted CP. That three tower array would
> consist of towers 2, 3, and 4 of the existing five-tower nighttime
> setup in Ashland. AFAIK, the FCC has not yet authorized the
> modification of CP. (The original CP calls for the use of all towers
> of the existing 5-tower 2.5-kW night pattern but with a power of 50 kW
> all day. No change in night facilities. Like the original CP, the
> proposed modified CP makes no change in the night operation.)
>
> Meanwhile, it sounds to me as if the station is running less than its
> licensed 2.5 kW at night and the day power sounds as if it is less
> than the licensed 40 kW/22 kW CH from the old WKOX two-tower site on
> Mt Wayte Ave in the heart of Framingham. Conceivably, the station is
> now operating full-time from Ashland, but, if so, it would not be
> using the proposed three-tower day array or 50 kW. Rather, it might be
> running its night (five-tower) pattern at 5 kW during the daytime. 
>
> -----
> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
> eFax 1-707-215-6367
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
> To: <raccoonradio@mail.com>
> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 3:19 AM
> Subject: Re: WBIX 1060 running Rosary
>
>
> > Station's site:
> >
> > http://www.wqom.org/index.php
> >
> > Has map showing alleged coverage area maybe w/ power increase?
> >
> > also http://www.thestationofthecross.com has a fundraising campaign
> > for better signal(s) of their various stations
> >
> > -----
> > "You won't find sports on EWTN. But will you find the Cardinals and
> > the Padres"
> > --one-time promo for Eternal World Television Network. Some EWTN
> > shows
> > will air on 1060. 
> > (You may recall Col. Potter on M.A.S.H referring to Father Mulcahy
> > as "Padre")
>