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1490 KBRO in Bremerton...

The 60 dBu contour of the translator must be completely contained within the AM station daytime 2 mV/m contour. If the translator is not at the same site as the AM staton, a directional antenna may be needed so that the 60 dBu contour will fit within the AM contour.
 
Bill Wolfenbarger said:
The 60 dBu contour of the translator must be completely contained within the AM station daytime 2 mV/m contour. If the translator is not at the same site as the AM staton, a directional antenna may be needed so that the 60 dBu contour will fit within the AM contour.
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Taking into account the FCC rules, I think I may have an ideal transmitter site. Of course i'm neither here or there right now (Gotta save up the $$$, unless someone helps out, or get a business loan, and that's assuming if Entercom is interested in selling off the translator station, and if Seattle Streaming Radio wants to part ways with KBRO), but at the Perry Ave. water district building up on the hill in east Bremerton off Olympus Drive, they got a nice tower up there, that would be a good place with good reach. I'm assuming that place would get the signal into Bremerton, Silverdale, Port Orchard, and Bainbridge Island real easily. Not so much anything west of Kitsap Lake or north of Poulsbo, but there is always the AM signal to cover that base. I'm thinking the first few days of the translator station's new life would probably be ESPN Deportes during testing, until an official format flip. I'm also interested if there's any former KWWA/KHIT DJs living in Kitsap County?
 
Actually...would this work?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7353383@N05/5416469397/

I'm not an engineer, but I assume this would satisfy the FCC's requirements.  This of course doesn't take into account, like I said, that the signal will never make it past Gold Mountain (Hence, got backup with the AM signal), or the fact because of line-of-sight, that the signal would probably make it over the water into Seattle.  Also, assuming it works, the signal would probably bounce off the west hills of Bremerton, so coverage into areas like Kitsap Lake would still be possible.  I still don't know how much ERP would be required, but I assume even if was at the maximum of 250 watts, it would make it.

KBRO-AM's signal coverage:
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KBRO&service=AM&status=L&hours=U
 
You'll have to scale back the translator power so that the 60 dBu contour does not in any case extend beyond any part of the KBRO 2 mv daytime contour.
 
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