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Savannah: Format wheel spins on 92.3 again

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upstate29651

This time, it lands on classic country. Not a bad choice actually. The signal still has a hard time penetrating Savannah proper (although it has improved slightly as of late), but this is a format that some may be willing to put up with some static in order to listen to. This means Savannah now has 3 country outlets serving it.

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This is a smart choice. If Y107-9 is smart, they would grab up Elvis Duran ASAP. He would be formidable against Kidd Kraddick on that signal.
 
Witchlover said:
Don't they have a couple of translators to cover weak signal spots?
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Nope. 92.3 was supposed to move a couple of miles closer to Savannah on what i think is the WGCO tower. That might explain the improved signal.

It has an iffy signal north of midtown (the sc side of the river is basically a no-go with charleston and hampton having adjacent channels)

Good move on Tama/receiver/straightway radio or whoever they are right now. In a place like Savannah, being a niche 3rd country station is far better than being a 3rd niche contemporary station.

Radio-X
 
I'm having a time getting it even with an amplified antenna in Effingham County. I'd like to put up an outside stick for FM, but I can't. So regular listening won't be something I will be doing. I need to listen for a couple of days to get a feel for a new format.
 
In my years of leaving in Vidalia and struggling to pick up the 100k watt stations out of Savannah, I learned that an antenna amplifier does NOT work. Perhaps Combs can back up my claim or explain why but it seemed that whatever the reason for NOT picking up a station, that issue is actually amplified and not the signal you are trying to amplify. For example, in Vidalia, when trying to use a amplifier to pick up 95.5, 102.1 and 106.9 (when they were alternative), an antenna amplifier would only amplify the problem that prevented me in picking these stations up.

Dump the amplifiers. Best thing to have for the ability to pick up distant stations is to use an older (1980's) receiver.
 
Found an old Radio Shack® wire dipole I forgot I had. A great improvement. Your theory about amplifying the problem makes sense: since my Terk cannot be tuned to specific frequencies. it amplifies anything that it picks up - noise and all..
 
acheron82 said:
Dump the amplifiers. Best thing to have for the ability to pick up distant stations is to use an older (1980's) receiver.
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Correct
The old "round earth" is an issue. Usually you should get the line of site plus 10 to 30% extra. Terrain and sometimes super humidity "fog" can be an issue. Some of the "older" receivers can tune very "narrow" and this will help.
 
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