Night Time Power

[charlievandyke]

Just read that the FCC got on KCKX in Oregon for failure to reduce to the night power of 15 watts! That's the lowest operating night time power I've heard of! Anyone heard of a station operating lower than that?

 

[DrAkbar]

How low can you go? Try 1.3 watts for WHFB in Benton Harbor, MI. Daytime they rock with 5kw. Critical Hours 2.5kw. Then comes that nightime shrinkage of one point three...just to keep out of the way of anyone else on 10~Sixty. Anyone care to top that?

 

[Sammi Brie]

There's our beloved Lamptimer 1440, with 0 watts nighttime power!

@Charlie: I just want to compliment you on your voice and excellent voice work over the decades since I have this chance.

 

[charlievandyke]

Dr. Akbar...I think you win! I did look up their night pattern and it shows a little circle. At 1.3 watts, I thought it would look more like a dot!

 

[DrAkbar]

Dr. Akbar...I think you win!

A tip of the fez for declaring Nurse Jeff and me the winner. However we haven't heard from Professor Fybush and the Old Gringo yet, so we'll hole up here at the Media Hut and dig in for a long night of ballot counting and hanging chads.

btw...in spite of 1.3 watts, WHFB keeps it on the air at night. Wonder how many toasters they've got draining power off their 5kw xmttr to go that low?

 

[KeithE4]

How low can you go? Try 1.3 watts for WHFB in Benton Harbor, MI. Daytime they rock with 5kw. Critical Hours 2.5kw. Then comes that nightime shrinkage of one point three...just to keep out of the way of anyone else on 10~Sixty. Anyone care to top that?

I can - two stations, in fact.

WRFM 990 Muncie IN runs 250 watts days and a mighty one watt at night - with a 6-tower directional antenna used for both power levels! Why would anyone need to be directional when running 1 stinking watt?

WSQR 1180 Sycamore IL also runs one watt nighttime (900 watts days), but they're non-directional day and night.

 

[KOHS]

I wonder what my Mr. Microphone would look like on a coverage map??? ???

 

[DrAkbar]

WRFM 990 Muncie IN runs 250 watts days and a mighty one watt at night - with a 6-tower directional antenna used for both power levels! Why would anyone need to be directional when running 1 stinking watt?

One watt and six sticks. YIKES! Bet monitoring that nighttime pattern is a thankless job.

Here in the Valley KASA leads the low wattaged stations with 19 watts run thru three sticks. And of course that prime dial location (15~Forty) makes the 19 watts even less trivial

 

[musicman3355]

I wonder what my Mr. Microphone would look like on a coverage map??? ???

Probably a little something like this:

http://undergroundprogressiveradio.webs.com/Picture 24.png

;D

 

[caveman-97]

KCEE-690 in Tucson has an authorized three watts at night which they actually use. Covers the whole neighborhood near their tower at First Avenue and Grant Road. They may be the lowest in Arizona (except those authorized with zero watts).

 

[PHIL Z]

WPGR 1510 Monroeville Pa [east of Pittsburgh] uses 1 watt ND and they get out 5 Miles , with a strong signal.

 

[DrAkbar]

WPGR 1510 Monroeville Pa [east of Pittsburgh] uses 1 watt ND and they get out 5 Miles , with a strong signal.

KFNN 15~Ten Mesa AZ (east of Phoenix) uses 22kw DA-D for 45 minutes past local sunset and gets out for at least 50 miles with a strong signal. When they finally get around to 100 watts DA-N, they can't be heard in Mesa (still east of Phoenix).

 

[boiseengineer]

Wonder if they'll be one of the thundering herd of 1510 stations filing for better night-time power once KGA officially downgrades? Everyone has to wait until KGA & KFSN (x-KPIG) get their license in hand.

btw, the FCC is holding up granting a new Class B license to KGA 'cuz Mapleton's 302-AM was deficient in 9 areas. That was nearly six months ago.