WAY-FM on 91.9 in Evansville area

[j_ev]

Noticed today that 91.9 was definitely playing WAY-FM in the Evansville area, simulcasting the WAYW signal. Heard the WAYW-New Johnsonville, TN ID @ the top of the hour.

 

[collegeDJ86]

Indeed it has appeared - must be operating under the CP listed on Radio-Locator...

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/info?call=W220DV&service=FX

Pretty good height for a 10 watt translator.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Looks like the CP is for broadcasting about 3/4 of the way up WFIE's tower in Henderson. And yes, that's quite good height for a 10w translator. Haven't been able to rx this one yet.

 

[skippertthomas]

Actually on WEVV-Channel 44's tower... It's in the 'early stages'.. 10 watts at that height gets out! I can get residual up to Oakland City, but it should be marketable from about I-64 south to below Henderson.. So far: satellite dish, satellite tuner, into the small racked transmitter and up the coax.. I did put a small limiter on it on Sunday... But much work to be done.. The uplink in New Johnsonville, TN has some 'clipping' problems in the high frequencies of the music..Engineer John is working on that for the whole translator network (It's being heard on all of them, at this time.) Plus no AGC, at this moment.. Very noticable... Music soft, jocks, drops and spots nice and meaty... Total Axxcess interview bits soft... Engineer Guru "Turbo" will be back with the processing in a few weeks... As I listen, the following is true... 1... Gets out as a monster translator.
2... Soft, overall loudness factor, compared to all other Christian FM's and LPFM's... 3...With the low volume factor, you can hear a lot of crackle-snap and holes within the 40 to 45 dBU signal... With an AGC, it would cover up about 2/3rds of that.. 4...I will suggest they go to 'two-element' bay at a half-wavelength configuration. This will concentrate the ERP along the 'groundwave'... The current one element dispurses the ERP in an open pattern.. Losing a load of 'signal concentration into the sky and down near the transmitter.. You can always back off the little transmitter and let the antenna propogation do the job....This will help fill those pops, cracks and holes north of the Lloyd Expressway and out to Darmstadt, McCutheonville and Daylight (where a lot of suburbia is heading).... We have some fog tonight, so inversion is high....

"Skipper T." (Volunteer local guy on this and former Way-Fm'er in Fort Myers and Nashville)... Let me know how it's coming in at your location! I will pass on to Jim Turbaville and Bob Augsburg...

 

[justalurker]

Pretty good height for a 10 watt translator.

You can put 10 watts as high as you want (the max ERP calculation stops reducing power at 10w).

Here is 10w at 551 ft above ground level:
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/info?call=W300AL&service=FX

Height does make 10w worthwhile. 778ft is impressive!

 

[justalurker]

So far: satellite dish, satellite tuner, into the small racked transmitter and up the coax..

Sate... what? (Dig dig dig ...) Very nice. Turning a 2003 OTA translator into a satellitor. Turbo working his magic!
(Initial CP channel 272 ... restricted to OTA reception unless a fill-in ... changed to channel 219 with no OTA restriction then to channel 220.)

"Skipper T." (Volunteer local guy on this and former Way-Fm'er in Fort Myers and Nashville)... Let me know how it's coming in at your location! I will pass on to Jim Turbaville and Bob Augsburg...

Good people.