repack phase six

[Richard Chonak]

68/58 is coming in normally again here, thanks.

--RC



On 10/21/19 1:58 PM, Eli Polonsky wrote:
> Earlier this year, Ch. 68's transmitter was moved from one of the 
> towers near Route 128 in the Newton/Needham area, I think it was on 
> the "FM-128" tower in Newton Upper Falls, out to the Ch. 66 tower in 
> Hudson. I still receive it (and its shared Ch. 58) over the air here 
> in Somerville, but with a somewhat weaker signal than before, and 
> occasional pixellation or momentary dropouts, similar to my reception 
> of Ch. 66 (and its shared Ch. 50).
>
> I haven't noticed 68 being off the air, though. Have you been 
> receiving it since its transmitter move to Hudson? If not, it may 
> require a different positioning of your antenna (toward west of 
> Stoneham) than for the channels from the 128 Newton/Needham towers 
> (toward south of Stoneham).
>
> EP
>
>
>     Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 16:23:56 -0400
>     From: "richard@chonak.com <mailto:richard@chonak.com>"
>     <richard@chonak.com <mailto:richard@chonak.com>>
>     To: Boston Radio Interest Board
>             <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
>     <mailto:boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>>
>     Subject: Re: repack phase six
>
>     Channels 7, 38, and 56 have moved to their new channels. So far
>     the change seems to be a plus for reception in Stoneham. Meanwhile
>     68 was unavailable when I checked this morning.-
>
>     Does anyone know when they will be off-air and back?
>
>     --RC
>