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HD Radio (FM) near Brattleboro, VT and I-91 in MA

KML0224

KML0224

While in the north end of Brattleboro, VT on April 13th, I tinkered around with a $50 Insignia FM HD Radio "Walkman". The only stations I could get broadcasting anything with HD radio were:

WSNI-FM 97.7 Keene, NH
WINQ-FM 98.7 Winchester/Keene, NH
WKNE-FM 103.7 Keene, NH

WKNE-FM HD2 was a station calling itself Keene's Classics 99.1, sounding like a classic hits type station. Where is the 99.1 FM they're talking about? I didn't even receive a hint of it. ???

Meanwhile, along I-91 in the Northampton, MA area, I tuned WLZX-FM 99.3 HD2 and heard a station calling itself Hits 94.3, which I did get a faint signal of for a few miles. Any idea where that signal is coming from?
 
KML-224 said:
WKNE-FM HD2 was a station calling itself Keene's Classics 99.1, sounding like a classic hits type station. Where is the 99.1 FM they're talking about? I didn't even receive a hint of it. ???
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You won't receive it unless youre in Keene. The translator transmitter is on the 1220 tower near route 10 & West St. If you clicked one notch further you would've heard WKNE-HD3, which is "Cool 103.1", which is co-located with 99.1. (There is a 3rd translator there, 104.1 which simulcasts "WKBK" 1290). It's really a downtown centric signal.

Meanwhile, along I-91 in the Northampton, MA area, I tuned WLZX-FM 99.3 HD2 and heard a station calling itself Hits 94.3, which I did get a faint signal of for a few miles. Any idea where that signal is coming from?
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This translator is on 94.3 from the WFCR site on Mt Lincoln in Pelham.
They also have a 96.9 on the WLZX tower on Horse Mtn, which simulcasts WHMP 1400.
 
Here is a question... most of the HD stations I read about are all (or seem to be) low power stations or the HD signal is compromised in some way that unless you are underneath the tower, you won't be able to hear it. Are there any full blown, full power HD stations in Northern New England? (aside from BZ AM) Who are they?
Is HD AM/FM coverage piss poor by design? Thanks
 
WZID in Manchester is in HD.

DCBurns said:
Here is a question... most of the HD stations I read about are all (or seem to be) low power stations or the HD signal is compromised in some way that unless you are underneath the tower, you won't be able to hear it. Are there any full blown, full power HD stations in Northern New England? (aside from BZ AM) Who are they?
Is HD AM/FM coverage piss poor by design? Thanks
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WVPS on Mt Mansfield is in HD.
The other VPR transmitters are too.

WKNE in Keene is in HD.

All have strong HD signals.
Most HD signals get out fine, you don't need to be "underneath the tower" to hear them. That's typically with the Class A FMs with weak signals to begin with.
Don't believe everything you read on here. The best proof is in your own experience.
 
WKNE-FM 103.7 is so-so to begin with for me in Brattleboro's north end, near Exit 3, along US Route 5. The signal for WKNE-FM HD1/HD2/HD3 was spotty at best. I thought for sure that WTSA-FM 96.7 of Brattleboro would have an HD signal, but they don't.
 
does it make sense to do HD when it's still NOT standard in all new car models? In car listening is radio's major captive audience.
 
I think the original poster is one of those types who never tunes below 92. I think if he or she tunes the lower part of the band, this person will suddenly discover a number of strong stations in HD.
 
Yeah...I rarely check the non-comm part of the band on the road! You got me! Usually, when I posted one of those reception reports from the field (such as Brattleboro, Chicago in February 2009 and Tampa is September of 2009), I usually started at 107.9 FM and moved down. :)
 
DCBurns said:
Here is a question... most of the HD stations I read about are all (or seem to be) low power stations or the HD signal is compromised in some way that unless you are underneath the tower, you won't be able to hear it.
Is HD AM/FM coverage piss poor by design? Thanks
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No. It's a question of power, as the FCC, HD folks and stations are trying to figure out how much power the HD signal will need to accomplish full coverage.

A power increase has been approved and is on the way.

http://radio2020.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/hd-power-increase-gets-fcc-okay/

DCBurns said:
HD and Digital = AM Stereo. My opinion... that's all.
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Yes, HD AM's are in stereo.
 
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