FM translators within 128 for RKO, EEI?

[Mediaace]

WMSJ is licensed to Freeport.

Poss of 99.9: I note also there is a 99.9 in Lawrence, a translator for WMSJ Blue Hill ME

 

[Mediaace]

WSHK 105.3 is licensed to Kittery. WSAK 102.1 is licensed to Hampton.

Laurence: Yup re: the translator, which occasionally comes in barely nr North Reading, fighting out with the 105.3 from Hampton NH

 

[Eli Polonsky]

What about One Beacon St.? I've heard that used to have a TV station on it.

It was WMFP Ch. 62, which moved to one of the 128 towers in the digital transition.

Worcester's WTAG got the 94.1 in "Tatnuck" wherever that is.

It's a neighborhood in the northwest corner of Worcester.

I think that WFNX--when it was still transmitting from the old Channel 7 tower in Medford--had a translator on 101.3 at--I think--One Financial Center.

It was on the Hancock Tower, which I've heard will not allow full-power transmitters since a WZLX transmitter caught fire up there years ago, resulting in their move to the Pru.

Well, if Touch 106.1 is second adjacent to WROR, why hasn't it been shut down (no complaints?)?

We have many pirates in the Boston area on second and even first adjacent frequencies to in-market stations. The FCC is lame.

 

[WLYNWAZNgm]

1 Beacon St., Boston

When I worked there, this was WMFP-TV 62.
Master control was in the attic, the analog
Comark transmitter was in the next room. The
analog antenna was just outside of the door, on
an enclosed section of the roof (36th floor). As far as
I know, master is still there. The digital OTA transmitter
is out in the Needham antenna farm. 1 Beacon St. contains
the satellite dish for receiving Retro TV Network feed.
They use one of the digital sub-channels as their STL out
to Needham. That is why you can notice a slight delay
between sub-channels...

 

[necrat123]

W267AI, the 10 watt translator on the Hancock for WFNX, was short-spaced to WFNX. It's out.

That would be a big negative on that one. In fact, as a 2nd adjacent channel translator, with the WFNX move to 1 financial, the desired/undesired interference level would be even more favorable. It was most likely shut down because of how close it was to the new main transmitter, it wasn't worth the cost of operating anymore.

There are a lot of close 2nd adjacent translators, even here in New England. (93.7 in Providence, 104.7 in Warwick are two examples)

As far as a translator within "the belt", if the 103.7 from gloucester keeps moving south, you could see that become a inner-city translator.

 

[aaronread]

As far as a translator within "the belt", if the 103.7 from gloucester keeps moving south, you could see that become a inner-city translator.

Not on 103.7 it can't. It'd run into Intermediate Frequency problems with 92.9 on the Pru (see 74.1204) Plus there's 2nd adjacent concerns with WODS on 103.3...although theoretically it might be possible to base the translator's radiating antenna high enough in the air that the interference zone doesn't reach the ground. More than a few translators have squeaked onto the dial that way. I've said for years that it might...emphasis on "might"...be possible to squeeze a translator onto 89.3 using that method. Put it on top of OFC and co-locate with WERS; the D/U ratio will be plenty favorable enough that it won't cause problems to WERS, and it's high enough that you could...theoretically...use a multi-bay array to keep the interference to WGBH above the ground. Although a big problem would be physical space on the towers (and the transmitter space) on OFC, which is very, very tight. Even a diplex might be tricky because there may not be enough room for the combiners and filters down below.

The problem, of course, with ANY translator...old or new...trying to get into Boston is 47 CFR 74.1203, which basically says that any reports of any interference that can be tied to the new (or recently moved) translator are sufficient to force the translator to move or, if moving is impossible, to shut down. The dial in Boston is so packed that it's impossible for any new signal to come in and not cause interference to someone that'll be annoyed enough to file a report with the FCC. Hell, they'll do it just to keep the competition out.

That said, it hasn't stopped people from trying. If you go to the FCC CDBS and search on FM Translator applications in MA with a status date between Jan.1, 2003 and Dec.31, 2003...you'll find 21 applications that are "received" from the Great Translator Invasion of 2003. They're still sitting there, waiting for the FCC to act on them.

 

[Jimmy128]

Why dosen't WRKO simulcast on WAAF HD3 like their sister station WEEI did on WMKK HD3?

 

[mgpt6]

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