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103.1 WRNR SOLD!!!

davideduardo said:
It almost sounds as if the Transit Authority does not understand how truly limited the coverage of WTTZ-LP should be expected to be.
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The MTA is 100% not at fault here. LPFMs and translators are both secondary services and WTTZ-LP was on the air first. The new translator has encroached on their protected contours. If it is interfering and based on WTTZ-LP getting the required 10 interference complaints, it is the one that needs to power down.

Disclaimer: I was involved with said translator when it was on 99.9 and leased to WNAV.
 
As an 11-year resident of Greater Baltimore, I know exactly what's going on... It's the Chesapeake Bay and the lengendary temperature inversions. Tropospheric ducting is really common there. Delmarva Peninsula stations often bleed into unwanted parts of Maryland during the more humid months.. TV/FM DXers love it. Ham ooerators love it (or curse it).

I even hear Bay-Area stations (mainly mon-comms) warning listeners of abnormal listening conditions caused by "ducting".

Real cause: WTTZ's antenna is way too high so its signal is more prone to get caught up in ducting scenarios. Baltimore's Catholic LPFM on 92.7 does not have that problem - running 100 watts with a lower HAAT.

WTTZ should stop complaining and fix their own engineering mess.
 
Steve Kingston out at WRNR-FM, leaving the station with the other partners. The station now has DJs in morning and afternoon, a very welcome addition. Maybe I'm late to notice, the station carries Ravens games which used to be on WNAV. Heard them actually acknowledge AM 810 during a game break šŸ˜²
 


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