103.9 NHPR Translator in Portsmouth on the Air...

[DrSquelchcrash]

I don't think this has been posted here at all, but when driving up the NH coast towards New Castle and Portsmouth, NHPR was very clear on 103.9 FM. I thought it was an image or something on my cheap radio, but there it is on the NHPR website on the left hand side: http://www.nhpr.org/

This translator station is not listed however, on Radio-Locator.

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[mainer3223]

I heard the same thing a few months ago driving through Dover Point. I thought it was pirate at first, then found out it was NHPR. Their translators to have very good signal quality considering they are very low in power.

> I don't think this has been posted here at all, but when
> driving up the NH coast towards New Castle and Portsmouth,
> NHPR was very clear on 103.9 FM. I thought it was an image
> or something on my cheap radio, but there it is on the NHPR
> website on the left hand side: http://www.nhpr.org/
>
> This translator station is not listed however, on
> Radio-Locator.
>
> 73
> DrSquelchcrash Standing by...
>

 

[DrSquelchcrash]

> I heard the same thing a few months ago driving through
> Dover Point. I thought it was pirate at first, then found
> out it was NHPR. Their translators to have very good signal
> quality considering they are very low in power.

Me too, I thought it may be a pirate also, but no. What is this translator's call sign, and where is it transmitting from? Anyone know?

73
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[thegeneral]

According to the FCC website it is 103.9 W280DG .17kw ERP Portsmouth

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=140553

-PJ



> > I heard the same thing a few months ago driving through
> > Dover Point. I thought it was pirate at first, then found
> > out it was NHPR. Their translators to have very good
> signal
> > quality considering they are very low in power.
>
> Me too, I thought it may be a pirate also, but no. What is
> this translator's call sign, and where is it transmitting
> from? Anyone know?
>
> 73
> DrSquelchcrash
>

 

[TXengineer]

> This translator station is not listed however, on
> Radio-Locator.

That's because radio-locator is a joke.

Sites like the FCC's own site, FCCinfo.com and others have made radio-locator useless.

Like the General said, it is W280DG

Here is a map of the location of the transmitter...

http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=43.0708&lon=-70.7542&s=25&size=l&u=2
(LOOK for the red cross right below the South Mill Pond.)

 

[DidYouKnow]

Isn't there a 104.3 in Dover that is NHPR? Do these two stations have much of an effect on WBCN 104.1?

 

[mainer3223]

Actually, WBCN comes in quite well on the outskirts of both Dover/Portsmouth. You'll notice with many of the Boston stations in those cities, as you get closer downtown near the mills and other buildings you tend to lose the signals more often, naturally. I really wouldn't think it'd be due to the NHPR signals however.

Lenny

> Isn't there a 104.3 in Dover that is NHPR? Do these two
> stations have much of an effect on WBCN 104.1?
>

 

[DrSquelchcrash]

> > This translator station is not listed however, on
> > Radio-Locator.
>
> That's because radio-locator is a joke.
>
> Sites like the FCC's own site, FCCinfo.com and others have
> made radio-locator useless.
>
> Like the General said, it is W280DG
>
> Here is a map of the location of the transmitter...
>
http://www.t> opozone.com/map.asp?lat=43.0708&lon=-70.7542&s=25&size=l&u=2
>
> (LOOK for the red cross right below the South Mill Pond.)
>
Well then please tell me this TXengineer...
Which site is correct in regards to say, W242AA Beacon Hill 96.3??

The Fccinfo.com site :>(
http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=168259

or Radio-Locator :>)
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W242AA&service=FX&status=L&hours=U

Fccinfo.com has the highly directional signal going due north from Cambridge (42° 21' 42" N, 71° 05' 03" W) away from Beacon Hill, where Radio-Locator has the signal heading generally East, right towards Beacon Hill.

Even BostonRadio.org thinks the coverage heads towards Beacon Hill
http://www.bostonradio.org/stations/72093.html

Hmmmm?

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