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The latest on the 104.9 SA translator

fredcantu said:
Here in Austin we have translators 0.4 away from 94.7, 95.5, 96.7, 98.1, 98.9, 102.3 and 103.5. What's the problem?
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KOKE is on 98.5, and KOKE 99.3, KLBJ 99.7, KDRP on 100.1 (which is heard where 99.7 starts to fade) then you have 96.3 also a lot of the Austin Radio stations are on Westlake sticks. You also have to factor in the terrain.

104.5 is a pure bleedover with 101.9 and other frequencies on portable radios in the Downtown San Antonio area, used to be 102.7 that did that. One of these days, I am going to record myself listening to my Walkman in a car downtown in San Antonio, and I am not talking about just my Panny I regularly use.

105.7 comes in strong downtown without bleedover from KZEP.

I think a logical question to ask is where is KZEP's towers, and the proposed CP on Datapoint for 104.9? And the power and distance between the two?

Moving around their proposed sites on the application, indicates such a problem with interference.
 
willdav713 said:
I think a logical question to ask is where is KZEP's towers, and the proposed CP on Datapoint for 104.9? And the power and distance between the two?
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The distance between Datapoint Drive and Tower of the Americas isn't the issue. It's all about interference contours. See a discussion of that in the "Datapoint Drive Application," starting on page 2:

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS...?appn=101490016&qnum=5110&copynum=1&exhcnum=2

Such things not only work on paper but in real world situations by and large; certainly terrain and the characteristics of particular receivers play a role, however. The assessment of interference within that application came from a respected engineering firm using accepted methods and requirements. Moreover, it can also be shown that a full-powered station and a translator can even operate from the same tower 400 kilohertz apart and have no interference between them at ground level. There are many, many examples of this around the country.

willdav713 said:
Moving around their proposed sites on the application, indicates such a problem with interference.
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No, it has absolutely nothing to do with interference, but everything to do with moving the translator from the outskirts of Austin to San Antonio. The questions being brought up involve the motive and the methods that have been employed.
 
jd said:
willdav713 said:
I think a logical question to ask is where is KZEP's towers, and the proposed CP on Datapoint for 104.9? And the power and distance between the two?
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The distance between Datapoint Drive and Tower of the Americas isn't the issue. It's all about interference contours. See a discussion of that in the "Datapoint Drive Application," starting on page 2:

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS...?appn=101490016&qnum=5110&copynum=1&exhcnum=2

Such things not only work on paper but in real world situations by and large; certainly terrain and the characteristics of particular receivers play a role, however. The assessment of interference within that application came from a respected engineering firm using accepted methods and requirements. Moreover, it can also be shown that a full-powered station and a translator can even operate from the same tower 400 kilohertz apart and have no interference between them at ground level. There are many, many examples of this around the country.

willdav713 said:
Moving around their proposed sites on the application, indicates such a problem with interference.
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No, it has absolutely nothing to do with interference, but everything to do with moving the translator from the outskirts of Austin to San Antonio. The questions being brought up involve the motive and the methods that have been employed.
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Thank you.
 
I'm picking up a signal with no audio on it on 104.9 now, comes in very clearly over here close to Huebner and Babcock. I think this is the translator?
 
Anonymouse said:
I'm picking up a signal with no audio on it on 104.9 now, comes in very clearly over here close to Huebner and Babcock. I think this is the translator?
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I picked up some unusual interference yesterday while listening to my aforementioned MP3 player. Had a feeling it was related. :-\
 
Well, whatever it is, it's still broadcasting nothing. I bet it's supporting 103.1's former listeners of their silence format. LOL.

Maybe Cox'll get around to throwing some tunes on it this weekend.


And a good spot for MP3 players in San Antonio could be 94.5 or 96.7. Ideally 96.7, as it's six spots away from two stations and not four.
 
K285EU now off the air, has been that way for several minutes at least.
 
It's back, but it sounds like pre-emphasis is on twice.
 
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