More Atlantic City signal comparisions (incl. Tom's stations)

[JerseyShor]

Driving on the Garden State Parkway

WFPG makes it to Exit 105
WSJO makes it to Exit 102
WPUR makes it to Mile 96*
WAYV makes it to Exit 91
WZBZ makes it to Exit 90
WTTH makes it to Mile 75
WZXL makes it to Exit 69
WKOE makes it to Exit 63
WJSE makes it to Exit 63

* = For WPUR, I was able to get the station up to Exit 116 whenever I had some kind of terrain (or large truck) shielding me from WWZY.

That's from my experiences in NON-DX conditions

 

[MikeF]

My experience is that SJO gets to about 105 and AYV to about 95. The rest seem pretty accurate. Any of the stations can get further with the right terrain blocking co- and first adjacent channels. I've regularly gotten FPG up 287 through Somerset County where it isn't bothered much by first adjacent QHT.

Different car radios react differently to co- & first adjacent interference, YMMV.


> Driving on the Garden State Parkway
>
> WFPG makes it to Exit 105
> WSJO makes it to Exit 102
> WPUR makes it to Mile 96*
> WAYV makes it to Exit 91
> WZBZ makes it to Exit 90
> WTTH makes it to Mile 75
> WZXL makes it to Exit 69
> WKOE makes it to Exit 63
> WJSE makes it to Exit 63
>
> * = For WPUR, I was able to get the station up to Exit 116
> whenever I had some kind of terrain (or large truck)
> shielding me from WWZY.
>
> That's from my experiences in NON-DX conditions
>

 

[tom]

Interesting ! A "miles per watt" analysis would
show that power doesn't mean much on FM. As we've
noted before, it's all about a clear frequency
(and adjacents) and height.

> Driving on the Garden State Parkway
>
> WFPG makes it to Exit 105
> WSJO makes it to Exit 102
> WPUR makes it to Mile 96*
> WAYV makes it to Exit 91
> WZBZ makes it to Exit 90
> WTTH makes it to Mile 75
> WZXL makes it to Exit 69
> WKOE makes it to Exit 63
> WJSE makes it to Exit 63
>
> * = For WPUR, I was able to get the station up to Exit 116
> whenever I had some kind of terrain (or large truck)
> shielding me from WWZY.
>
> That's from my experiences in NON-DX conditions
>

 

[JerseyShor]

> My experience is that SJO gets to about 105 and AYV to about
> 95. The rest seem pretty accurate.

> > WSJO makes it to Exit 102
> > WAYV makes it to Exit 91

That's not a huge diffrence considering that in all likelyhood we have diffrent car radios and probably our car antennas are mounted in diffrent places.

> Any of the stations can
> get further with the right terrain blocking co- and first
> adjacent channels.

Absolutely right, it's amazing where I was able to get some of the stations for a couple of miles CLEARLY when thier first adjacent was blocked!