I can't hear Diva ?

[RFLA]

It's easier to see the antenna off of La 20 at a convience store that is almost across the street from the tower (It's an area the locals call Back Vacherie)

It's covered on top in black and I think it's fed off the same antenna to cut costs at the site. (haven't gotten the binoculars to see exactly how it's constructed)

But you can tell when people are at the site as 104.1 goes off the air during the day and will magically reappear later on in the day.

But no it's against the law (maximum exposure to RF) to go on that hot of a tower. Tower people won't climb a tower with a radio station broadcasting off of it live.

92.3 is questionable on the bayou (and I'm trying to figure out how Citadel got the transmitter on Place St. Charles Oked by the FCC since it probably puts a marginable signal in Laplace It's City Of License)

104.1 comes in great and covers Houma real well (it's COL)

RFLA

 

[Doctor_Technical]

How does this work?

Jeremy, that's why they call it FM. Cuz it's Freakin' Magic...

While I'm busy not quitting my day job, I'll tell you that it's quite common for FM stations to combine multiple signals into one transmission line and antenna. The physical components are pretty simple: at Vacherie, the transmitters of 92.3 and 104.1 each feed into a filter, which is nothing more than a metal box about 3' on a side. The purpose of each is to filter out the other transmitter's signal. The output of each filter is simply "T'd" together and fed up into the common antenna.

Of course, the magic of the whole thing is to design and construct the spacing of all the components -- e.g. the tuning -- so that the 20 KW from each transmitter goes up the pipe toward the antenna, instead of heading back the wrong way and turning a $100K tuning box into a molten pile of slag.

BTW, in NOLA 93.3, 94.3 (under STA), 95.7, 97.1, 98.5, 101.9 and soon 89.9 radiate from one master FM antenna. 99.5, 101.1 and 105.3 are on another one, on a different tower.

 

[gjroussejr]

Interisting concept; I did not know two stations could use the same antenna. However you dont need FCC or OSHA law for workers to go up a hot tower. Common sense could tell that. Down the bayou( below the ICW) 104.1 is margional to sporatic at best sometimes loosing to the CW station from Mobile. Diva is non existent (no loss there).

 

[Megacycler]

I worked at WCKW way back in 1977 when it was known as "River Parish Radio" and the studio/transmitter/tower were located off the Airline Hwy in Garyville. I remember the transmission line getting fryed for some reason back then. The ERP had to be reduced from 51KW to 1.5KW as we had to operate from the exciter for a week. The signal still made it very well to my house in Laplace.

 

[gjroussejr]

Bottom line is unless you are under the backup antenna you can't hear Diva. What; that's suppose to be a problem? It is a blessing. ;D

 

[smashedcd]

Bottom line is unless you are under the backup antenna you can't hear Diva. What; that's suppose to be a problem? It is a blessing. ;D

;D

 

[smashedcd]

Diva is back to full power : ;D

 

[gjroussejr]

Let me guess; same lame format : ;D

 

[nolaradiobuff]

Same lame format. Came in strong and clear yesterday (Friday) in Houma, as did 106.7, 99.5, 95.7.

 

[RFLA]

99.5 and 95.7 pretty much come in almost all the time in the bayou area (Houma/Thibodaux)

106.7 had issues when the tropo ducting is working against it with a 106.7 out of the Lafayette area (as well as Jackson,Ms.)

But yep on the Diva...same lame format but adding stuff a little sooner now apparently...just wondering how much longer ??? ;D

 

[marconi2]

DIVA is terrible. That morning show is a total joke. do they even listen to what they put on air??????? they were running a recorded promof re the morning show 5 days after thanksigiving telling listeners to have fun stuffing their birds.
honestly, it;s like they're not even trying.