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Overpowered translators

+713 said:
104.5 has a cochannel in Beaumont that is easily picked up in Houston when Beaumont is off the air. 92.5 also shares their channel with stations in Beaumont and Bay City, but these are rarily heard in Houston. Height plus a clear channel make the difference.
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I really don’t think that’s why you can hear 92.5 further to the north than 104.5. You can still hear the 92.5 in KWUP’s weak coverage. You lose 104.5 before KZCW starts to come in.
 
frankberry said:
They're probably not using a directional antenna and may be running more power than they are licensed for.
With an antenna height of nearly 1000', they will have a good signal on a car radio, even with 30 watts of power.
It does puzzle me that the translator is extending the originating station's (97.5) coverage beyond it's protected contour.
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The FCC just seems to look the other way when it comes to these translators. I wouldn’t doubt it’s running 1000 watts at 1000 feet. And being fed by an HD2 that doesn’t exist
 
You remember earlier this year when 92.5's current owners were going after the former owners for running a co-channel translator with 1000 watts or more? I do, and funny when they're now doing the same thing. Or has anyone actually taken measurements of their signal and verified it's running at legal parameters?
 
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