WATD and WMEX

[Rob Landry]

The Waltham site was 50 KW 24/7, but with three different directional 
patterns: day, critical hours, and night. It was a very touchy array, 
requiring lots of engineering support. I'm told one reason it was so 
touchy was the close tower spacing.

Waltham was not a good location for this station; much of its power went 
out to sea and up the coast. I'm told it put a better signal into 
Portland, Maine than into parts of greater Boston.

They would have done better with a site farther to the west and south, I 
think. I wonder if they could have used Ashland or even Burrilville.


Rob

On Wed, 4 Dec 2019, A Joseph Ross wrote:

> I thought WMEX moved its transmitter site to somewhere in Waltham when it
> went to 50 kw.  I didn't think they transmitted at 50k from Waltham.  Am I
> mistaken?