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Does the current 102.7 use the same tower location, height and power as the old WPFR-Power 103????... It just doesnt seem like their signal is as strong as it was back in the 80s when WPFR was on the air.
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102.7 last modified their license back in 1994 (a permit to modify was granted in 1993).
The public notice comment associated with this change was:
CP TO MAKE CHANGES: ERP: 28.0 KW (H&V), HAAT: 201 METERS
H&V, TL: 0.3 KM SE OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS
29S AND 13W, NEAR PRAIRIETON, VIGO COUNTY, INDIANA.
So yes, they did change power, height and tower location since the 1980's.
In 1981 they did a power increase at the old site was to 50KW.
In 1978 they began operating at 33KW at the old location:
CP TO CHG SL/RC TO: 629 CHERRYSTREET, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA;
CHG TPO & ERP: 33KW(H-V)
Most stations try to IMPROVE their coverage with changes. Moving from 33KW to 50KW on the same tower is an improvement. The move to 28KW on a taller tower is equivalent to 50KW although the power vs height experts will have to chime in on if that is making the difference you're noticing or if it is just 20 years of increased noise in the FM band.
The public notice comment associated with this change was:
CP TO MAKE CHANGES: ERP: 28.0 KW (H&V), HAAT: 201 METERS
H&V, TL: 0.3 KM SE OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS
29S AND 13W, NEAR PRAIRIETON, VIGO COUNTY, INDIANA.
So yes, they did change power, height and tower location since the 1980's.
In 1981 they did a power increase at the old site was to 50KW.
In 1978 they began operating at 33KW at the old location:
CP TO CHG SL/RC TO: 629 CHERRYSTREET, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA;
CHG TPO & ERP: 33KW(H-V)
Most stations try to IMPROVE their coverage with changes. Moving from 33KW to 50KW on the same tower is an improvement. The move to 28KW on a taller tower is equivalent to 50KW although the power vs height experts will have to chime in on if that is making the difference you're noticing or if it is just 20 years of increased noise in the FM band.
The new tower is southwest of TH ... so somewhat farther away from Martinsville.
If I were building a Class B, I'd either go with a really tall tower (like WFMS/WIBC uses) or one right at 500 feet with the full 50Kw. I don't think 28Kw at 660 ft is a great trade off (WFMS is 12Kw at 1000 ft).
If I were building a Class B, I'd either go with a really tall tower (like WFMS/WIBC uses) or one right at 500 feet with the full 50Kw. I don't think 28Kw at 660 ft is a great trade off (WFMS is 12Kw at 1000 ft).
From my experience, if you're target is office buildings at 10-15 miles, use 50KW at 150 meters to penetrate the buildings. If you're shooting for a large metro area with many residential/mobile listeners at 30+ miles, the 1000' 12KW option makes more sense. In theory, if you have a direct line of sight from the transmitter to the receiver, the higher power will be stronger. If a given receiver location has line of sight from a 1000' stick, but not from a 500' stick, the 1000' stick will generally provide more signal.PTBoardOp94 said:
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