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How close to NYC does KYW's signal disappear?

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ixnay

I have learned from this board that KYW has a null to the northeast to protect 1050 am in NYC.

My question is, if I'm, say, driving up the NJ TPK (or maybe Route 1 or 130 or 206, you know any of those routes across central Jersey), where can I expect to hear KYW give way to 1050's splatter?

ixnay
 
> I have learned from this board that KYW has a null to the
> northeast to protect 1050 am in NYC.
>
> My question is, if I'm, say, driving up the NJ TPK (or maybe
> Route 1 or 130 or 206, you know any of those routes across
> central Jersey), where can I expect to hear KYW give way to
> 1050's splatter?

WEPN has a null of its own, so KYW will probably be unlistenable before the splatter becomes an issue...in my experience KYW degrades pretty sharply a little after you hit the Burlington/Mercer county line (the "scenic overlook" on 295, or the White Horse Circle on 206).
 
It would depend a lot on what kind of radio.

Assuming a "average" car radio:

Exit 8 on the NJ Turnpike
Exit 90 on the GS Parkway
 
When I lived in Phila, and in Lindenwold, NJ I became pretty good at knowing where to get WCBS-FM. I know this is about AM 1050/1060 but 101.1 has stations in both cities. My experience with 101.1 may be of help.

Since both station were on the same frequency and on FM there was a specific point where one station would dominate. That point was Rt. 33. North of 33 I got WCBS-FM and south of Rt. 33, I got the Phila. station. All interference would subside when I got to New Brunswick. (That was exit 9?)

I lived in Boston and drove west often so I know where WCBS-FM comes in from every direction on land including Long Island where my grandparents lived on the East End.

> I have learned from this board that KYW has a null to the
> northeast to protect 1050 am in NYC.
>
> My question is, if I'm, say, driving up the NJ TPK (or maybe
> Route 1 or 130 or 206, you know any of those routes across
> central Jersey), where can I expect to hear KYW give way to
> 1050's splatter?
>
> ixnay
>
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