Hot 92 just got a power boost today, they are really plugging it on air tonight. They sound real good in the lancaster area where just a day ago they didnt exsist. It is about time they through some power to the tower, wonder what effect they will have with Kiss, and WLAN fm. Any thoughts?
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Hot 92 gets a power boost
- Thread starter paradioguy
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Going from 3300 watts to 1500 watts ain't a power boost; it's a power reduction. Yes, they moved the antenna a couple miles closer to Harrisburg and increased the antenna height--so the signal is stronger in the all-important ghetto and those damn hills don't get in the way, as much. And maybe the increased height makes it easier to hear the fringe signal in Lancaster, but that's gravy. Not many Amish into hip-hop anyway.
I once paid a girl for a Hot 92... :-\
What are this stations call letters and COL?
And don't confuse watts to the antenna with erp (Effective Radiated Power). 1500 watts may be a substantial increase in coverage IF the antenna height is higher, or they add more bays to increase efficiency.
I would rather be at 1.5kw at 800' than 3.3kw at 300' anyday! That's a huge increase in coverage, while saving about 2-3,000 watts of elecrtric usage PER HOUR! That's assuming the transmitter has an efficiency of about 50%. It's a substantial savings and profit added to the bottm line.
Perfect example: WOGL Phila. Full Class B: 50,000 watts erp, but only needs 9600 watts to do it because it's antenna is mounted on an 1100' tower!
And don't confuse watts to the antenna with erp (Effective Radiated Power). 1500 watts may be a substantial increase in coverage IF the antenna height is higher, or they add more bays to increase efficiency.
I would rather be at 1.5kw at 800' than 3.3kw at 300' anyday! That's a huge increase in coverage, while saving about 2-3,000 watts of elecrtric usage PER HOUR! That's assuming the transmitter has an efficiency of about 50%. It's a substantial savings and profit added to the bottm line.
Perfect example: WOGL Phila. Full Class B: 50,000 watts erp, but only needs 9600 watts to do it because it's antenna is mounted on an 1100' tower!
amfmsw says "I would rather be at 1.5kw at 800' than 3.3kw at 300' anyday! That's a huge increase in coverage"
BTW, this is Cumulus' WWKL(FM)/Palmyra we're talking about. Huge increase? Not really. Go to the comparative coverage maps at radio-locator.com and you'll see what they did. Yes, it got them further from distant small-town Palmyra and puts a strong signal into large-town Harrisburg--and that's what they were shooting for. The station is currently 7th (12+) in Harrisburg--not bad for a Class A, though there's a logjam ahead of them: 4 Class B FMs, entrenched rocker TPA, and The Big 580.
Technically, is this a jump from the old standard 3-kw Class A to a 6-kw Class A? Could be; my engineer's hat has gotten dusty. But an A is an A. And an A ain't a B.
I don't dispute the general wisdom of the move. Higher is better. Closer is better. But is this a "huge increase" in coverage. No, sir, it's not. Worth the investment. Yeah... probably... in time.
BTW, this is Cumulus' WWKL(FM)/Palmyra we're talking about. Huge increase? Not really. Go to the comparative coverage maps at radio-locator.com and you'll see what they did. Yes, it got them further from distant small-town Palmyra and puts a strong signal into large-town Harrisburg--and that's what they were shooting for. The station is currently 7th (12+) in Harrisburg--not bad for a Class A, though there's a logjam ahead of them: 4 Class B FMs, entrenched rocker TPA, and The Big 580.
Technically, is this a jump from the old standard 3-kw Class A to a 6-kw Class A? Could be; my engineer's hat has gotten dusty. But an A is an A. And an A ain't a B.
I don't dispute the general wisdom of the move. Higher is better. Closer is better. But is this a "huge increase" in coverage. No, sir, it's not. Worth the investment. Yeah... probably... in time.
OK, maybe not huge, but vastly improved with less multipath and more efficient.
And as far as the R-L MIT coverage maps, they're pretty good guestimates, but not gospel.
The Big 580 on that site has the signal ending in Central South New Jersey, while I can listen daily to WHP 580Kc here at the shore in
Somers Point/Ocean City/Wildwood NJ. Also 590 WARM Scranton and 570 WMCA and 560 WFIL.
And as far as the R-L MIT coverage maps, they're pretty good guestimates, but not gospel.
The Big 580 on that site has the signal ending in Central South New Jersey, while I can listen daily to WHP 580Kc here at the shore in
Somers Point/Ocean City/Wildwood NJ. Also 590 WARM Scranton and 570 WMCA and 560 WFIL.
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