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I'm Not Receiving WSKX

  • Thread starter Laurence Glavin
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Laurence Glavin

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I live in Methuen MA about 30 miles due north of Boston. Over the years, by tweaking my external FM antenna, I could blot our Harvard University's WHRB-FM 95.3 in Boston, and pick up WSKX-FM also on 95.3. Today (10/03) even if I twirl my receiving antenna in every direction, WHRB stays on with seemingly only minimal interference from WSKX. Is it possible that WSKX is either in the process of installing their new antenna that's supposed to diminish its signal to the SW or is now operating with it?
 
When WGBH-FM, Boston began copying the format of WBUR, Boston and running "Weekend Edition/Saturday" from 8:00 am till 10:00 am, WBUR dropped the repeat of the first hour of "WE/Sat" at 10:00 and carried "Wait, WaitDon't Tell Me" at 10:00 am along with WGBH. This meant that I'd have to get up at 8:00 am if I wanted to listen to both hours, bummer. I like that extra hour od sleep on Saturday. Solution? Move and readjust my external antenna so it diminished WEVS-FM 88.3 in Nashua, and actually makes it possible for me to receive WFCR-FM 88.5 transmitting from Pelham, Massachusetts (not Pelham, NH). This morning, while performing this maneuver, I also noted that by doing so, I could pick up WSKX, but apparently not as well as before. When I checked WHRB, I was reminded that is IS in fact a commercial station because it was running a spot for Direct Tire in Watertown, MA, and was coming in quite well. According to the FCC web site, WSKX has an auxiliary antenna running 900 watts NDSA from the same location. I wonder if that's what they're running these days.
 
I listen to WSKX in the Greater Portland area and the signal hasn't been as good the past few weeks.WSKX has a pretty good signal right up to South Portland and west of Portland to North Windham,but most of the time not great in the city of Portland.
 
WSKX has a licensed aux site, that is probably on the air while the work commences on the main stick.
It is farther north than the licensed site, (I believe it is the original site for 95.3 in fact).
 
Laurence Glavin said:
When WGBH-FM, Boston began copying the format of WBUR, Boston and running "Weekend Edition/Saturday" from 8:00 am till 10:00 am, WBUR dropped the repeat of the first hour of "WE/Sat" at 10:00 and carried "Wait, WaitDon't Tell Me" at 10:00 am along with WGBH. This meant that I'd have to get up at 8:00 am if I wanted to listen to both hours, bummer.
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