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Signal upgrade?
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Aramondo
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I can tell by the response that there are a lot of folks excited about it.
When Route 81 got that station a few years ago, they installed a new transmitter and antenna on the Salem Road site. They're pretty much restructed on what they can do due to their height at this point. They also can't put any additional signal toward 94.5 Nanticoke. Many years ago, the antenna was 'tweaked' to give it the best coverage thru the valley.
I think they might be talking about moving the transmitter from Carbondale to the Scranton mountains for improved signal within the Scranton/W-B metro. It's the same transmitter site that Froggy and The River has their transmitters situated atop, along with the translators.
Another possibility is for its transmitter to move to Montage Mountain next to Rock 107's and I believe the WRTI translator.
Another possibility is for its transmitter to move to Montage Mountain next to Rock 107's and I believe the WRTI translator.
WWRR still shows on the same tower as WQPX TV, they'd be rather dumb to move this since they own the tower they're on now and a move would probably mean a decrease in power. And I'm sure that any kind of move on 94.3 would make them drop power and probably go directional since they're pretty well squeezed by others in that area. Wheres Kevin F when you need him? 
WTRW needs to maintain a 70dbu city-grade signal over Carbondale as that is the City of License. If moving too far south you would need to find another station to change COL to Carbondale as to maintain a first local service in that city (I think WCIN was at one time licensed to Carbondale but is now licensed to Tunkhannock). There are translators licensed to Carbondale but they don't count as first local service.
Moving south would cause a short spacing with WQKX Sunbury which is a 50kw Class B on 94.1. According to the rules WTRW and WQKX need to be 137km (85 miles) apart; from what I call tell the towers are only 82.8 miles apart. IIRC, years ago 94.3 (which is now equal to a 6kw class A) was 3kw and upgraded when the FCC approved Class A's to be 6kw. Anyway, the only way they could move south is if they used what is called contour protection whereby you can show that, even if you are short-spaced, you wouldn't cause interference to the short-spaced station (this can happen when you have a big mountain between the two stations that blocks the signals getting through); this may be the case at present as the stations seem short-spaced already. A directional antenna could also possibly be used. None of this takes into account 94.5 Nanticoke which someone mentioned prior.
Going on the WWRR tower would shrink distance between TRW and WQKX to about 67 miles.
Here is a scenario as to how WTRW can better cover Luzerne County: Use 1340 WYCK to simulcast WTRW. Then 94.3's format ends up on the new 99 watt 100.7fm Wilkes-Barre translator W264CG which is listed as rebroadcasting WYCK (co-located at the WYCK tower site). WTRW cannot simulcast onto 100.7 without using WYCK as WTRW's 60 dbu contour only goes as far south as about Avoca, and you can't extend your main signal beyond the 60dbu using a translator, but an AM can simulcast any FM, so in effect you could have 94.3 WTRW> 1340 WYCK> 100.7 W264CG.
Just some random thoughts.
Moving south would cause a short spacing with WQKX Sunbury which is a 50kw Class B on 94.1. According to the rules WTRW and WQKX need to be 137km (85 miles) apart; from what I call tell the towers are only 82.8 miles apart. IIRC, years ago 94.3 (which is now equal to a 6kw class A) was 3kw and upgraded when the FCC approved Class A's to be 6kw. Anyway, the only way they could move south is if they used what is called contour protection whereby you can show that, even if you are short-spaced, you wouldn't cause interference to the short-spaced station (this can happen when you have a big mountain between the two stations that blocks the signals getting through); this may be the case at present as the stations seem short-spaced already. A directional antenna could also possibly be used. None of this takes into account 94.5 Nanticoke which someone mentioned prior.
Going on the WWRR tower would shrink distance between TRW and WQKX to about 67 miles.
Here is a scenario as to how WTRW can better cover Luzerne County: Use 1340 WYCK to simulcast WTRW. Then 94.3's format ends up on the new 99 watt 100.7fm Wilkes-Barre translator W264CG which is listed as rebroadcasting WYCK (co-located at the WYCK tower site). WTRW cannot simulcast onto 100.7 without using WYCK as WTRW's 60 dbu contour only goes as far south as about Avoca, and you can't extend your main signal beyond the 60dbu using a translator, but an AM can simulcast any FM, so in effect you could have 94.3 WTRW> 1340 WYCK> 100.7 W264CG.
Just some random thoughts.
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