ESPN 890/1440

[radiodouble]

coming home from Boston last weekend, it was barely coming in and we couldn't listen to the NLDS game

Where were you driving? At night, 890 has essentially zero signal west of its transmitter site in Ashland. Once you get east of Route 126, the signal improves a lot in a real hurry!

Somerville to the Tobin, up Rt. 1 and to Peabody. We tried a few times. No luck. Very faint.

If you were tuned to 890, your radio has a problem. The night signal in Somerville is no killer but faintness should not be a problem. WLS can be, however. Peabody is something else again; Ashland is a long way away. On the North Shore, I would expect the signal to be pretty rough.

If his car has a "windshield" antenna (one of those little wire grids installed into the windshield) rather than a mast antenna, those can be directional, and heading northward on Route 1 would've put his windshield roughly perpendicular to the direction facing Ashland.

nonsense.

 

[SonicOverload]

I have an outside antenna... and pick up WFAN a lot better that 890 some nights. Oh well. I'm not going to lose much sleep over it but was a little annoyed that night. During the day, it comes in fine.

 

[ciao99]

I have an outside antenna... and pick up WFAN a lot better that 890 some nights. Oh well. I'm not going to lose much sleep over it but was a little annoyed that night. During the day, it comes in fine.

Too bad, now you know how everyone else feels who's format isn't represented in Boston. If you like listening to niche formats, that's what goes with the territory.

 

[Eli Polonsky]

I have an outside antenna... and pick up WFAN a lot better that 890 some nights. Oh well. I'm not going to lose much sleep over it but was a little annoyed that night. During the day, it comes in fine.

You didn't mention before that you made that drive at night. Now it makes more sense that the reception could be poor on that route.

 

[Mickey37]

I have an outside antenna... and pick up WFAN a lot better that 890 some nights. Oh well. I'm not going to lose much sleep over it but was a little annoyed that night. During the day, it comes in fine.

You didn't mention before that you made that drive at night. Now it makes more sense that the reception could be poor on that route.

I can get WFAN better during the day sometimes than I get 890 OR 1400