[IRCA] WNTN 1550 transmitter site change?

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Not may have, it definately has and gone from 10kw to 750w


On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 6:22 PM Mark Connelly via IRCA <
irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:

> I think that WNTN 1550 may have completed its transmitter site move from
> Newton to a diplex operation at the WJIB 740 tower on Concord Ave.,
> Cambridge.
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> The signal strength here seems to be less.  Even though the path from
> Cambridge to here has a slighter higher over-water percentage than that
> from Newton, neither the minor uptick in that percentage value nor the
> slight distance reduction is enough to make up for the significant power
> reduction.  When checked this afternoon the WNTN signal was about even with
> co-channel WSDK from the Hartford, CT area.  It had previously dominated.
> Adjacent channels 1540 (WXEX-NH over WADK-RI, WDCD-NY) and 1560 (WFME-NY)
> signals were stronger.
>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
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