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PA's WCTO reception in Jersey
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westlife
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> How fare east has anyone been able to pick up WCTO,96.1 from
> Allentown?
> I believe on some nights you can DX it, although faintly all
> the way to Newark.
Just like with any FM station, reception depends more on terrain and the selectivity of your radio than on distance from the transmitter. WCTO definitely is there in places like Morristown, Livingston, Piscataway, and New Brunswick, but it takes a good radio to prevent 96.3 WQXR (and perhaps 95.9 WRAT) from bleeding over onto their signal.
100.7 WLEV also has a great signal in NJ, but towards the northeast it's a crap shoot as to whether you'll be picking up WLEV or WHUD on 100.7. And I know daytime vs. nighttime isn't supposed to make a difference with FM reception, but strangely enough, at my home I'm more likely to get WLEV during the day and WHUD at night, even without moving my radio or antenna.
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> Allentown?
> I believe on some nights you can DX it, although faintly all
> the way to Newark.
Just like with any FM station, reception depends more on terrain and the selectivity of your radio than on distance from the transmitter. WCTO definitely is there in places like Morristown, Livingston, Piscataway, and New Brunswick, but it takes a good radio to prevent 96.3 WQXR (and perhaps 95.9 WRAT) from bleeding over onto their signal.
100.7 WLEV also has a great signal in NJ, but towards the northeast it's a crap shoot as to whether you'll be picking up WLEV or WHUD on 100.7. And I know daytime vs. nighttime isn't supposed to make a difference with FM reception, but strangely enough, at my home I'm more likely to get WLEV during the day and WHUD at night, even without moving my radio or antenna.
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> > How fare east has anyone been able to pick up WCTO,96.1
> from
> > Allentown?
> > I believe on some nights you can DX it, although faintly
> all
> > the way to Newark.
>
> Just like with any FM station, reception depends more on
> terrain and the selectivity of your radio than on distance
> from the transmitter. WCTO definitely is there in places
> like Morristown, Livingston, Piscataway, and New Brunswick,
> but it takes a good radio to prevent 96.3 WQXR (and perhaps
> 95.9 WRAT) from bleeding over onto their signal.
>
> 100.7 WLEV also has a great signal in NJ, but towards the
> northeast it's a crap shoot as to whether you'll be picking
> up WLEV or WHUD on 100.7. And I know daytime vs. nighttime
> isn't supposed to make a difference with FM reception, but
> strangely enough, at my home I'm more likely to get WLEV
> during the day and WHUD at night, even without moving my
> radio or antenna.
>
I know that WCTO comes in parts of Sussex County, but it gets mixed in with "Kiss 96.1" which is in Poughkeepsie, New York. I assume it comes in pretty well in Warren County. WLEV does have a good signal, but like you said, the farther Northeast, WHUD takes over. In much of Northeast Sussex County (where I live) WHUD comes in most of the time.
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Kevin</P>
> from
> > Allentown?
> > I believe on some nights you can DX it, although faintly
> all
> > the way to Newark.
>
> Just like with any FM station, reception depends more on
> terrain and the selectivity of your radio than on distance
> from the transmitter. WCTO definitely is there in places
> like Morristown, Livingston, Piscataway, and New Brunswick,
> but it takes a good radio to prevent 96.3 WQXR (and perhaps
> 95.9 WRAT) from bleeding over onto their signal.
>
> 100.7 WLEV also has a great signal in NJ, but towards the
> northeast it's a crap shoot as to whether you'll be picking
> up WLEV or WHUD on 100.7. And I know daytime vs. nighttime
> isn't supposed to make a difference with FM reception, but
> strangely enough, at my home I'm more likely to get WLEV
> during the day and WHUD at night, even without moving my
> radio or antenna.
>
I know that WCTO comes in parts of Sussex County, but it gets mixed in with "Kiss 96.1" which is in Poughkeepsie, New York. I assume it comes in pretty well in Warren County. WLEV does have a good signal, but like you said, the farther Northeast, WHUD takes over. In much of Northeast Sussex County (where I live) WHUD comes in most of the time.
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Kevin</P>
> How fare east has anyone been able to pick up WCTO,96.1 from
> Allentown?
> I believe on some nights you can DX it, although faintly all
> the way to Newark.
Comes in nice and clear in the Plainfield/Edison/New Brunswick areas.
> Allentown?
> I believe on some nights you can DX it, although faintly all
> the way to Newark.
Comes in nice and clear in the Plainfield/Edison/New Brunswick areas.
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westlife
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> Comes in nice and clear in the Plainfield/Edison/New
> Brunswick areas.
WCTO has done promos for the Colorado Café in Watchung, NJ -- about 55 miles away from Allentown!
p.s. I remember when "Rocky-O" would do live remotes from the Colorado Café on 1590 WERA, during his "Midnight Country" show. Ah, those were the days! WERA liked to embellish their legal ID, too, saying it as "WERA Plainfield-Westfield-Woodbridge-Edison". But they were probably happy that their ancient RCA transmitter and rusty old towers put out enough signal to cover one city, let alone four!
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> Brunswick areas.
WCTO has done promos for the Colorado Café in Watchung, NJ -- about 55 miles away from Allentown!
p.s. I remember when "Rocky-O" would do live remotes from the Colorado Café on 1590 WERA, during his "Midnight Country" show. Ah, those were the days! WERA liked to embellish their legal ID, too, saying it as "WERA Plainfield-Westfield-Woodbridge-Edison". But they were probably happy that their ancient RCA transmitter and rusty old towers put out enough signal to cover one city, let alone four!
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