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KLDE UPDATE

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Mike O

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This is from an STA filed by Cox today with the FCC to use the KKBQ backup transmitter on Senior Road. So if you are not receiving KLDE or have a poor signal this will explain why. Technical Statement Station KLDE (FM) on Channel 298C assigned to Lake Jackson, Texas is requesting an STA and the use of an emergency antenna. During the recent severe weather in the Houston area, the building rooftop of the KLDE (FM) transmitter site was damaged, resulting in substantial water damage to the KLDE (FM) transmitters, making them inoperable.Therefore KLDE (FM) is seeking temporary special authorization (STA) to operate at the KKBQ-FM transmitter site with an effective radiated power of 8 kilowatts, non-directional, and an antenna height above average terrain of 329 meters.(1) As shown by the map provided in Figure 1, the 60dbu coverage contour from this STA facility is encompassed by the station's licensed 60 dbu contour.__________________(1) Specifically KLDE (FM) is employing the KKBQ-FM auxiliary antenna system as authorized by BLH-19840907CC, but with an ERP of 8 kilowatts.------This will give KLDE a 60dbu coverage area from Cypress in NW Harris Co (which is the boundry of their 60 dbu coverage from the main KLDE site); Kendleton; West Columbia; Angelton; west side of La Marque; Seabrook; Baytown; Humble and Bammel (South Spring). This gives KLDE about a 50 km broadcast radius to the 60dbu signal. Coverage at 601 meters at 98kW was 92 km to the 60dbu signal.
 
The aux antenna being used is the original aux antenna at ~1000ft....ALL 9 Sr Road stations had an aux at 1000ft but they are only single bay antennas (IE: -3db gain)....Until the new aux stations were built on the ATC or Richland towers, that was the only aux for some stations at the Road...(2-3 had auxs on Shell but that antenna was slowly becoming trash and 1-2 others had some short auxs on other sites in case of tower work at the Road).BTW with them running 8KW ERP at ~1000ft, it aint doing bad..could hear them over in the BPT area yesterday and they were covering up the Lake Arthur cochannel station....(must be because of the IBOC gone :) had to go to Cleveland then BPT and they sounded ok all the way...of course there could have been a little signal enhancement...
 
Really??? Amazing...they have a better signal at 8KW at 300 or so meters vs 100KW at 600meters when listening to them 80+ miles away....
 
KLDE was like a local station in BMT this morning. Amazing. Maybe they'll leave the transmitter where it is - it seems like they have better coverage than before.
 
Alas, they cannot leave it where it is....as a fully licensed Class C, they must maintain 90KW ERP at min 1466ft AGL to maintain their C license (BEFORE anyone corrects me, 90KW is 10% down from the max 100KW as authorized...I am stating MIN standards ;)....to have that height and power, they must be more than 61+miles from their second adj (107.9 and 107.1) as well as be spaced from their 3rd adj (which in this case is 106.9 KHPT)....they cannot do that on the Road..and thus must go back to their own 2000ft tower near Chocolate Bayou when the repairs are done...an AUX can be placed anywhere it can as long as the 1mV or 60dbu contour is not violated....thus they can put their AUX at the Road but with reduced power...folks near the coast will notice a loss of signal..but those in Houston will not...97.1's aux is on the same tower as 106.9 but is licensed for something like 800watts ERP iirc (I havent looked at the data lately...one time I caught them on their aux and could hear it in Huntsville but it was noticably noisy..the thing does cover into Houston quite well for a low power Aux; the 2000ft height helps ;)KIOL's aux stations are in Baytown....but of course are much lower in power and height and barely cover Houston south of downtown about the same as the main does...but the north and NE side is hurt compared to the main 2000ft tower NE of Winnie...but at least they cover their COL of LaPorte from their aux...Univision has an aux planned for 93.3 (may be built by now) on one of their AM arrays in the N side (KLAT iirc)...and it is still licensed to Port Arthur! Stupid rules require the MAIN to cover the COL but NOT the AUX...hmmm that to me is just WRONG; so much for serving the COL interests!! If they go to the aux for say 30 days, there is no signal in the COL for a month (of course they arent programming for PA anyway....but I still feel AUXs should cover the COL just like the main should.........oh well...my $.02 :)
 
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