WBZ Reception

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I once heard WBZ on a walkman while riding on a greyhound bus around 5pm
one late november afternoon in 2004 somewhere in north carolina.. and it
was pretty darn clear too

Paul

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Dale H. Cook <radiotest@plymouthcolony.net>
wrote:

> At 02:56 PM 10/19/2016, Kevin Vahey wrote:
>
> >The other 50 KW clear that roared into Chicago was WWL 870 New Orleans
> for the same reason WBZ did - directional by choice not mandate.
>
> Neither WBZ nor WWL gets an immense power gain in the major lobe from
> their directional patterns, which are cardioids. WBZ gains to the north,
> west and east because its parameters are close to 90 degree spacing, close
> to 90 degree phase angle, and unity ratio, yielding a single null to the
> east (very close to the classic simplest cardiod). WWL gains to east and
> west, maximizing coverage along the Gulf coast, with two nulls and a minor
> lobe to the south. WBZ has significantly higher power gain towards Chicago
> than WWL.. In both cases one primary reason for the choice of a directional
> antenna system is that fish have neither diaries nor people meters.
>
> Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
> http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html
>
>