Open Post To Howie Carr (We Know You Visit Here)

[Laurence Glavin]

OK, Howie...here's the deal: along certain geographical radii called azimuth points, WRKO can be said to be MORE POWERFUL than WBZ-AM! WBZ's strongest signal is at azimuth point 250, north of due west, at which it generates just over 4000 units of signal strength...WRKO has two lobes one due north, zero degrees azimuth and pretty much southeast, about 145 degrees of azimuth toward which positions it generates about 44-hundred units of signal strength, per the FCC website. Where you live, the signal is a little weaker than WBZ during the day, and considerably weaker pre-sunrise and at night. But where I live, and occasionally travel, WRKO has considerable PUNCH!

 

[DanStrassberg]

OK, Howie...here's the deal: along certain geographical radii called azimuth points, WRKO can be said to be MORE POWERFUL than WBZ-AM! WBZ's strongest signal is at azimuth point 250,

Nice try, but you lose the cigar by THAT much! WBZ's pattern has TWO radiation maxima--one at 247 degrees and one at 293 degrees. The pattern is symmetrical about 270 degrees and there is no noticeable diminution in signal strength from 233 degrees (southwest) to 308 degrees (northwest). At the 233 and 308 points, the inverse-distance field is ~4060 mV/m @ 1 km. At 247 and 293 degrees, it's ~4080 and along the axis of symmetry, at 270 degrees, its ~4070. So over the 75-degree arc from 233 to 308 degrees, the signal strength varies by a tad less than +/-0.25%. I'm sure that variations in soil conductivity totally overwhelm the effect of the pattern in that region. At 90 degrees (due east, that is, out to sea), the theoretical inverse-distance field is zero. Because the pattern was licensed without augmentations, you can be sure that zero is lower than reality, but that the signal over open water to the east might be less than the equivalent of 100W or so (that is, less than ~125 mV/m), is believable.

 

[thenaturaltruth]

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Translation:
"WOW LOOK AT ME, I'M SO SMART!!!"

 

[DanStrassberg]

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Translation:
"WOW LOOK AT ME, I'M SO SMART!!!"

Fair enough, but wasn't that also the purpose of the original post--the one to which I replied? Given that, and since I had the facts, I thought it was only appropriate to supply the correct info to the poster and anyone else who stumbled onto his post and gave a damn about it.

 

[Alec Bova]

Howie does read this board religiously. He appears to have been baited seemed to fall right into traps set for him. Who does his dirty work at going after his detractors, or is there an alias he uses on this board?

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

OK, Howie...here's the deal: along certain geographical radii called azimuth points...

Never mind the rest. If Howie does read this board (and you don't need an alias to just read it), you just lost him. According to those who know him, he's somewhere between non-techie and Luddite.