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Farthest consistant TRANSLATORS or LPFM'S you have gotten

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Lawppy

I got this idea from another thread on the DX board.

I'm not talking about snagging a translator or an LPFM from 1000 miles away during an e-skip. But, what is the farthest away consistant LPFM or translator station you can hear in your area??

From Coldwater, MI:

I can hear W209BA 89.7 Kendallville, IN, a 10 watt translator (with a 400 foot tower) They are a hair under 40 miles away from my location.

W238AL 95.5 Portage, MI, a 175-watt translator (with a 120 foot tower) can be heard from here almost every day, sometimes with a fair signal. They are 36 miles away, but I have heard them from 50 miles away!

WMLY 93.1 Marshall, MI, a 100-watt LPFM can often be heard at my house 22 miles away from their tower. I've heard them from 30 miles out, and that seems to be about it for that station.

Most other area translators are next to impossible to hear from outside of a 30 mile radius.
 
> I got this idea from another thread on the DX board.
>
> I'm not talking about snagging a translator or an LPFM from
> 1000 miles away during an e-skip. But, what is the farthest
> away consistant LPFM or translator station you can hear in
> your area??
>
> From Coldwater, MI:
>
> I can hear W209BA 89.7 Kendallville, IN, a 10 watt
> translator (with a 400 foot tower) They are a hair under 40
> miles away from my location.
>
> W238AL 95.5 Portage, MI, a 175-watt translator (with a 120
> foot tower) can be heard from here almost every day,
> sometimes with a fair signal. They are 36 miles away, but I
> have heard them from 50 miles away!
>
> WMLY 93.1 Marshall, MI, a 100-watt LPFM can often be heard
> at my house 22 miles away from their tower. I've heard them
> from 30 miles out, and that seems to be about it for that
> station.
>
> Most other area translators are next to impossible to hear
> from outside of a 30 mile radius.
>

I've DXed several TV translators/LPTV stations from West Michigan. The stations themselfs were over 90 miles across the lake.

W206AI from Lake Villa, IL is the farthest translator. Actually, they are the only translator I can get.


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Jeremy Andrews

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> > I got this idea from another thread on the DX board.
> >
> > I'm not talking about snagging a translator or an LPFM
> from
> > 1000 miles away during an e-skip. But, what is the
> farthest
> > away consistant LPFM or translator station you can hear in
>
> > your area??
> >
> > From Coldwater, MI:
> >
> > I can hear W209BA 89.7 Kendallville, IN, a 10 watt
> > translator (with a 400 foot tower) They are a hair under
> 40
> > miles away from my location.
> >
> > W238AL 95.5 Portage, MI, a 175-watt translator (with a 120
>
> > foot tower) can be heard from here almost every day,
> > sometimes with a fair signal. They are 36 miles away, but
> I
> > have heard them from 50 miles away!
> >
> > WMLY 93.1 Marshall, MI, a 100-watt LPFM can often be heard
>
> > at my house 22 miles away from their tower. I've heard
> them
> > from 30 miles out, and that seems to be about it for that
> > station.
> >
> > Most other area translators are next to impossible to hear
>
> > from outside of a 30 mile radius.
> >
>
> I've DXed several TV translators/LPTV stations from West
> Michigan. The stations themselfs were over 90 miles across
> the lake.
>
> W206AI from Lake Villa, IL is the farthest translator.
> Actually, they are the only translator I can get.
> W264AI in Huntsville, Al. It's 43 miles from me. 10 watts.
 
Hey Lawppy, is 238AL WNWN's translator? I still don't understand why Portage would need a translator of 98.5 with a signal like that!<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie</P>
 
> Hey Lawppy, is 238AL WNWN's translator? I still don't
> understand why Portage would need a translator of 98.5 with
> a signal like that!
>

Yes, it's WNWN's translator. I never understood why they applied for it either. The parent signal at 98.5 (From my hometown of Coldwater) is still pretty rock solid save for some of the valleys in K-Zoo. But I think it was more of a business move. WNWN always claimed to serve Battle Creek, Coldwater and Kalamazoo in that order. But by putting the translator in Kalamazoo, it gives them more of a presence in an area that is slowly becoming B-93 Country.
 
Our station, WWPH 107.9 FM, was heard constantly in Bridgewater, NJ (about 20 miles) consistently before the new 107.9 in Philly signed on.

WCNJ 89.3, Hazlet, NJ's 10-watt powerhouse, can be heard 30 miles away. However, they may be using a higher power or higher height than licensed for.<P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
AIM: KewlDude471</P>
 
I have received two WCRF-FM Cleveland Translators (Moody Bible Institute) fairly consitently in the past from New Philadelphia, Ohio on 90.5 FM (25 miles south) and Carrollton, Ohio 90.9 FM (25 Miles due southeast)from my location in Canton, Ohio. There is a new repeater station in Millersburg, Ohio at 90.5 for WCRF that covers the New Philly, and possibly Carrollton areas (The signal comes as far north as Canton). I sometimes also hear a BBN translator from New Philly at 89.5 FM.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by TimL on 06/03/05 01:13 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> > Hey Lawppy, is 238AL WNWN's translator? I still don't
> > understand why Portage would need a translator of 98.5
> with
> > a signal like that!
> >
>
> Yes, it's WNWN's translator. I never understood why they
> applied for it either. The parent signal at 98.5 (From my
> hometown of Coldwater) is still pretty rock solid save for
> some of the valleys in K-Zoo. But I think it was more of a
> business move. WNWN always claimed to serve Battle Creek,
> Coldwater and Kalamazoo in that order. But by putting the
> translator in Kalamazoo, it gives them more of a presence in
> an area that is slowly becoming B-93 Country.

Ahh yes... the almighty "B". I forgot about their signal. It's a little more difficult to pick up where I am.<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie</P>
 
I can hear KHBL-LP 96.9 Hannibal, MO at certain times of the day in Bowling Green (About 35 Miles). It gets pretty solidly listenable aroud Frankford, which is about 25 Miles from Hannibal.

> Our station, WWPH 107.9 FM, was heard constantly in
> Bridgewater, NJ (about 20 miles) consistently before the new
> 107.9 in Philly signed on.
>
> WCNJ 89.3, Hazlet, NJ's 10-watt powerhouse, can be heard 30
> miles away. However, they may be using a higher power or
> higher height than licensed for.
>
 
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