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94.7 the block

djl said:
It’s no better by me. I’m in Massapequa Park on Long Island (Southeast Nassau) and I got a little more HD1 than the old tower. Still can’t hold HD2 for Country and once the HD1 drops off, the analog spangled fades just as much as the old tower. Even though they went from 23,500 watts to 40,000 watts and moved closer to Long Island, I think the lower tower height makes it a zero change for me
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Out in Bridgeport, CT on Friday the signal came in well
 
I will try it again tomorrow on my way to work and will see if it is better. Perhaps they were tweaking things when I tried it.
 
djl said:
I will try it again tomorrow on my way to work and will see if it is better. Perhaps they were tweaking things when I tried it.
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Installing an FM is relatively simple and mostly mechanical. You fasten the antenna to the tower, run cable down to the transmitter, attach it and turn the transmitter on and set it to the licensed power output to the cable.

Unlike AM, there is no ATU (Antenna Tuning Unit) and no significant field measurements and adjustments.

A good operator will take some post-install measurements to make sure everything is working as calculated, but most FMs don't even do that.
 
djl said:
I will try it again tomorrow on my way to work and will see if it is better. Perhaps they were tweaking things when I tried it.
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You're right about the strength on Long Island though. It's about the same. If anything it doesn't travel as far but is stronger where you can hear it. Crap signal nonetheless.
 
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djl said:
I will try it again tomorrow on my way to work and will see if it is better. Perhaps they were tweaking things when I tried it.
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It actually is better than before but I don’t always maintain an HD lock so 94.7 HD2 is still a no go for me but the signal is better in Southeast Nassau, but obviously not at the level of an ESB station (it will never be that strong due to distance and lower height) but it’s better than before.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Installing an FM is relatively simple and mostly mechanical. You fasten the antenna to the tower, run cable down to the transmitter, attach it and turn the transmitter on and set it to the licensed power output to the cable.

Unlike AM, there is no ATU (Antenna Tuning Unit) and no significant field measurements and adjustments.

A good operator will take some post-install measurements to make sure everything is working as calculated, but most FMs don't even do that.
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I wonder if 94.7 The Block briefly went off the air as they moved the transmitter from one site to another. I’d presume that they would want the main transmitter at the new site
 
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NickD said:
I wonder if 94.7 The Block briefly went off the air as they moved the transmitter from one site to another. I’d presume that they would want the main transmitter at the new site
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There was no downtime reported here, and switches like these are usually pretty seamless. As to the equipment, it probably depends on a lot of things. Do they want to keep the old West Orange site as an aux? How much does it cost to move the transmitter vs. buying new? How old is the existing equipment? Is the old equipment capable of delivering the required power to the new antenna/site? Etc.

If they wanted to keep both transmitters and not buy new, they could move one at a time...for example, switch to the aux in West Orange, move the primary to the Meadowlands, switch transmitters, then move the aux. Lot's of ways to do it.
 
Xale57 said:
I wonder how the signal is, west of the Watchung Mountains. Places like the Caldwell's, Little Falls, Livingston, etc. Empire signals can struggle in those areas and they transmit 2x the height
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I was in Boonton (eastern Morris, right off I-287) earlier this week and noticed static on 94.7. I was stationary in my car at the time so I don't know how widespread the problem is.
 
ansky212 said:
I was in Boonton (eastern Morris, right off I-287) earlier this week and noticed static on 94.7. I was stationary in my car at the time so I don't know how widespread the problem is.
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You got static in Boonton because the new transmitter location is now somewhat shielded from that location. Coverage to the west was sacrificed to edge it a little more eastward -- where there's more population.
 
luperm said:
You got static in Boonton because the new transmitter location is now somewhat shielded from that location. Coverage to the west was sacrificed to edge it a little more eastward -- where there's more population.
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Right. I was just posting this report because someone was asking about reception to the west in an earlier post.
 
luperm said:
You got static in Boonton because the new transmitter location is now somewhat shielded from that location. Coverage to the west was sacrificed to edge it a little more eastward -- where there's more population.
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And many of the areas to the west are not in the NYC Metro Survey Area.
 
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