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103.3 Translator on the air in Pensacola... Finally
- Thread starter Poledo
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The homemade sign I saw said something along the lines of "Listen to the Christmas Lights on 103.3 FM.". It's on Tarragona St at the intersection of Chase St and I-110, right next to the train tracks. I was expecting a talking house playing Xmas music, but it turned out to be 1230 preaching with well over 100 watts. Signal is perfect downtown (32501) but gets scratchy in Gulf Breeze (32561).
I'm bettin' dollars to doughnuts (whatever that means) that it was someone with a part 15 doing the synchronized music & lights show, and their frequency has been taken over by the translator. I seem to recall finding two or three in P'cola last year, including one in Gulf Breeze, and they all picked 106.9 if I remember correctly.
Edit to add: I'm hearing the translator here in Foley, AL, albeit very weakly. It's up against the 103.5 translator for WBHY-AM in Spanish Fort, but actually stronger than that. NC Register via EWTN was the programming. That translator must pack some punch!
Edit to add: I'm hearing the translator here in Foley, AL, albeit very weakly. It's up against the 103.5 translator for WBHY-AM in Spanish Fort, but actually stronger than that. NC Register via EWTN was the programming. That translator must pack some punch!
Zach said:Xmas or Xtian?
Disrespectful much? :
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upstate29651 said:Zach said:Xmas or Xtian?
Disrespectful much? :
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If you find that disrespectful, then you have been brainwashed or are ignorant of history. But that is irrelevant to this thread. Would you like it better if I said ☧mas instead?
To poledo: to be fair, that was on my "really good" old Panasonic portable. It has a spectacular FM section. Not only did I get the translator, but it was discernible with the built-in rod antenna fully collapsed. It certainly left my jaw slack when I heard it.
I haven't tried on the Insignia portable or one of the working car radios yet. I doubt it would be listenable on the go. It sounded like a knife-edge diffraction or something. Audible but heavy static.
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Groove1670
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Sounds like W262BL (100.3) is on the air (1 watt / 9 meters) in Gulf Shores with WHIL (I think) until the CP to the I10 tower is approved. (250 379M).
The new CP will city grade Robertsdale, Fairhope, Daphne, Mobile (City Limits) and Bay Minette. I predict it will have signal issues during tropo conditions.
The new CP will city grade Robertsdale, Fairhope, Daphne, Mobile (City Limits) and Bay Minette. I predict it will have signal issues during tropo conditions.
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Groove1670
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Correction: It is on the air with WHIL, and can be heard in downtown Gulf Shores.
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Groove1670
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With the LPFM ruling coming up and the great translator migration and grabs, It would be wise to have your translator on the air unless you have filed for a STA.
Many so called on air translators are not, and I'm sure the FCC will start cracking down. If you are 1 watt or 100 watts you are required to be on the air, or file a STA.
So it's just to "make it right" in the eyes of the FCC. Got it. I bet I could find 30 "on air" translators in Alabama that are not actually broadcasting. I keep up with their moves for my website and a lot of them are just abusing the system.
Since I snagged 103.3 from Foley the other day, I was hoping I could wow myself by getting 100.3's 1 watt, but no such luck. I was half expecting the usual suspects, FWB's Ticket or more normally SL-100 from Hattiesburg, but instead conditions are ripe this evening and I logged KLRZ "The Ragin' Cajun" on 100.3 from Larose, LA, with zydeco and gospel music. Hattiesburg (103.7/104.5), Greenwood, MS (ESPN 103.3) and New Orleans (101.1, 101.9) are all booming in tonight, too.
Since I snagged 103.3 from Foley the other day, I was hoping I could wow myself by getting 100.3's 1 watt, but no such luck. I was half expecting the usual suspects, FWB's Ticket or more normally SL-100 from Hattiesburg, but instead conditions are ripe this evening and I logged KLRZ "The Ragin' Cajun" on 100.3 from Larose, LA, with zydeco and gospel music. Hattiesburg (103.7/104.5), Greenwood, MS (ESPN 103.3) and New Orleans (101.1, 101.9) are all booming in tonight, too.
I've done 1 watt from the top of a two story building with a CB whip antenna on a clear frequency before. Got about 100 yards perfect and about one mile audible. Cranking up the transmitter to 10 watts got the signal out to approximately 8 miles audible. Even though I was using a half ass excuse for an antenna I was using a high end exciter stolen from a local radio station's storage for a transmitter. I assume the statue of limitations has expired, I did this around 1990.
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