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Nighttime AM Reception Question

MarcB

MarcB

My friend Nick says he can't pick up any of the 4 stations that make up the WDRC Quadricast at night where he lives. He didn't tell me what kind of radio he uses but is there anything he can do to get one of the signals? Keep in mind he's not a radiophile (geek) like we are, so most likely he won't put up with static or 2 stations mixing together on the same frequency. He lives in Farmington off Route 6 near Tunxis College.
 
Why couldn't he get WDRC-AM 1360? Their Bloomfield tower isn't that far from him.
 
Kevin Lagasse said:
Why couldn't he get WDRC-AM 1360? Their Bloomfield tower isn't that far from him.
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WDRC goes directional at night with the signal attenuated to the east. It looks like there may be a null in their pattern to the southwest in the direction of Tunxis.

Go to www.fccinfo.com and type in the WDRC calls. This will take you to a page where you can click on another link and see the night-time pattern.
 
GreatCalloftheNE said:
WDRC goes directional at night with the signal attenuated to the east.
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Correction: I should have said, "attenuated to the west."
 
It must be a null to the west, since I occasionally get a weak signal of a 1360 AM from Binghamton, NY at night (if I turn my radio's AM loop antenna the right way).
 
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