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New coverage maps at Radio-Locator
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And nobody will want to de-base that conclept.
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Because this thread was about the coverage map changes at Radio-Locator, not about batteries. (Or at least it was until you took it down a side road with a dead end.)
So I could just as easily ask why you don't get it.
Well it all started cuz of telling gar to DX by the water & the whole thing got started
Again, You don't have to be a dictator about it
Back on Subject, Love the new Maps for R-L
Again, You don't have to be a dictator about it
Back on Subject, Love the new Maps for R-L
I noticed something from the new R-L maps by zooming out:
Compare WFAN with WCBS or WBBR and compare KFI with KNX. Also, compare WQAM (day) with WINZ (day). It seems that over salt water there is not much difference between a station being on the bottom of the band or higher up, but 50KW WINZ, which almost equal to 5KW WQAM within Florida, covers the Bahamas waaay better, and the same is true for WSUA. Look at that WSUA day signal, I do not care how directional they are, any station on 1260 would be dead over land.
Compare WFAN with WCBS or WBBR and compare KFI with KNX. Also, compare WQAM (day) with WINZ (day). It seems that over salt water there is not much difference between a station being on the bottom of the band or higher up, but 50KW WINZ, which almost equal to 5KW WQAM within Florida, covers the Bahamas waaay better, and the same is true for WSUA. Look at that WSUA day signal, I do not care how directional they are, any station on 1260 would be dead over land.
It seems to me that the coverage for WFAN is a little more out there than For WCBS and they both broadcast from the same stick.
But they both fall way short on the fringe when it comes to Bermuda.
WFAN, WABC, and WCBS have audible signals daytime in Bermuda on a decent radio.
The reason for the similarity of KFI and KNX in coverage is because KNX is closer to the ocean.
But again, the fringe of KFI falls quite short, as it is very audible daytime as far north as Santa Cruz.
But they both fall way short on the fringe when it comes to Bermuda.
WFAN, WABC, and WCBS have audible signals daytime in Bermuda on a decent radio.
The reason for the similarity of KFI and KNX in coverage is because KNX is closer to the ocean.
But again, the fringe of KFI falls quite short, as it is very audible daytime as far north as Santa Cruz.
Here is a better example:
Compare WQAM to WKAT, day or night. Both are 5KW-D & 1KW-N, omni-directional and from the same tower on Key Biscayne. Their coverages over Florida are extremely different as one would expect, but they are almost identical over the Bahamas and Cuba. In fact, the drop in saltwater range for the 1KW WMBM on 1490 on Miami Beach is similar to WKAT at night and slightly less than WQAM at night. Who would expect WMBM to cover almost as much total area as WQAM?
Compare WQAM to WKAT, day or night. Both are 5KW-D & 1KW-N, omni-directional and from the same tower on Key Biscayne. Their coverages over Florida are extremely different as one would expect, but they are almost identical over the Bahamas and Cuba. In fact, the drop in saltwater range for the 1KW WMBM on 1490 on Miami Beach is similar to WKAT at night and slightly less than WQAM at night. Who would expect WMBM to cover almost as much total area as WQAM?
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One thing to consider when comparing the Pacific to the Atlantic with radio coverage is that the Atlantic is a little saltier.
Whether it's enough to make a difference in radio reception, I don't know. The difference is in parts per thousand. The top chart in the web page below shows the differences in parts per thousand:
http://www.salinityremotesensing.if...ty/salinity-distribution-at-the-ocean-surface
Whether it's enough to make a difference in radio reception, I don't know. The difference is in parts per thousand. The top chart in the web page below shows the differences in parts per thousand:
http://www.salinityremotesensing.if...ty/salinity-distribution-at-the-ocean-surface
That's interesting. What a big difference too.
All I know is that the Pacific provides good nighttime skip to make many California stations boom in here from more than 2,400 miles, a lot stronger than I used to get any of the big New York stations in Tampa at night from 1,000 miles.
But much of that skip path was on land too.
When I was in St. Thomas on our family vacation in 1973, I liked to hear WABC at night but I don't recall it coming in nearly as steady and strong as stations like KMJ, KFI, and KNX come in here in Hawaii.
Even KGO is a regular, though not always listenable, and they don't send much power this way.
All I know is that the Pacific provides good nighttime skip to make many California stations boom in here from more than 2,400 miles, a lot stronger than I used to get any of the big New York stations in Tampa at night from 1,000 miles.
But much of that skip path was on land too.
When I was in St. Thomas on our family vacation in 1973, I liked to hear WABC at night but I don't recall it coming in nearly as steady and strong as stations like KMJ, KFI, and KNX come in here in Hawaii.
Even KGO is a regular, though not always listenable, and they don't send much power this way.
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