WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse?

[Ozman]

figure I ask the pros on this one...
as Most you know 104.1 WPHH makes it down to about stamford CT. If you have have not heard 103.9 Is planning on moving their signal from White plains to Fordham. I think judging by the terrain change as well as a planned power increase, the cross channel interference will be a hell of a lot worse losing WPHH fringe in the Norwalk area. With WFAS move, can 104.1 apply to chance its signal from directional to non directional? or is q 104.3 WAXQ still in the way. interference is alway just a bit more when you have the lower fequency going to the upper one channel up, instead of a 1 channel higher going to a lower. I have noticed this on all of my walkmans and radio tuners.

a funny thing to rember... greenwich is only 45 miles away from WPHH 104.1
-OZ

 

[KML0224]

Checking the distance calculator at indo.com, Greenwich is 56 air miles from Meriden (home to West Peak).

 

[kms575]

WPHH can't change anything, I would imagine. There's still 103.9 WRCN to consider, not to mention WBCN in Boston.

 

[BRNout]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

WPHH can't change anything, I would imagine. There's still 103.9 WRCN to consider, not to mention WBCN in Boston.

And WAXQ at 104.3. That's the station that ultimately limits the range of 104.1 to the southwest. More than 103.9 WFAS ever did (or will).

 

[necrat123]

You folks are correct. The WPHH antenna nulls towards WRCN, WAXQ, WFAS (currently licensed), WBCN, and WEEI-FM.

 

[Ozman]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

I am on the stamford side of old greenwich about 5 miles more east
-OZ

Checking the distance calculator at indo.com, Greenwich is 56 air miles from Meriden (home to West Peak).

 

[radiolives]

Now if their was no 104.1 Hartford I wonder. Could you get WBCN in a little? I say maybe. I also think we could get WEEI-FM in better on 103.7. We even might be able to get Q104.3 from NY in and out. Would this be a correct answer?

 

[Time Traveler]

Now if their was no 104.1 Hartford I wonder. Could you get WBCN in a little?

With a good car radio or a good Yagi style roof top antenna, you would definitely be able to pull WBCN in...

 

[Ozman]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

on good summer nights, 103.7 makes it all the way to norwalk CT. I do bet WBCN would make it to Hartford. I get WBCN all the way up in Lyndonville VT as well as may other areas in VT. Some nights better than others. 103.7 all the way to Kent CT. lastly, In Pomfret Ct where I went to middle school, 1998-2001 WBCN is the same strength as 104.1 WMRQ back then.
-OZ

Now if their was no 104.1 Hartford I wonder. Could you get WBCN in a little?

With a good car radio or a good Yagi style roof top antenna, you would definitely be able to pull WBCN in...

 

[BRNout]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

Now if their was no 104.1 Hartford I wonder. Could you get WBCN in a little? I say maybe. I also think we could get WEEI-FM in better on 103.7. We even might be able to get Q104.3 from NY in and out. Would this be a correct answer?

It depends where you are located, Ken. Basically, if you can pull in WODS from your present location then (theoretically) you would be able to pull in WBCN if WPHH never existed and if WBCN did not have to pull their signal in to the SW as a result. As WODS is not that commonly received in much of the Hartford area, I think that many of you guys are being overly optimistic.

Basically, the same is true for WAXQ. Can you get 97.1 or 103.5 from New York now? If not, then you probably wouldn't get 104.3 either.

About WEEI, I doubt it would make any difference on a decent radio. 103.7 comes in reasonably well at locations with favorable terrain (facing toward SW RI) with or without the existence of WPHH.

 

[KML0224]

I've gotten WODS-FM a couple times a year here on those night with the enhancement going. Heading east up I-84 towards Sturbridge, I get a brief signal of WBCN-FM around Willington/Ashford, which is about 1,000 feet up. I don't get WAXQ-FM from New York City at all. same for WKTU-FM 103.5. I do get an occasional signal of WQHT-FM 97.1, but rarely is it strong enough to listen to.

Amazingly enough, I was at Westfield Shoppingtown's food court in Meriden earlier (a.k.a. Meriden Square Mall of long ago). Sitting by the window, the stations from Rattlesnake and the Avon Mountain were almost not there on my Panasonic CD/AM/FM stereo "Walkman" (sorry Sony!). Even WPHH itself had some noise on it, possibly due to the signal overload in that area. What comes in good at the window looking towards I-691? WYBC-FM 94.3, WPLR-FM 99.1, WEZN-FM 99.9, WKCI-FM 101.3 and WEBE-FM 107.9. Yes, these were more stable than WPHH from West Peak. Go figure!

 

[dsturdy5]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

When I was at UConn, I was able to get WBCN clear as day in my friend's room directly across from the golden domed Wilbur Cross building. Also, for a strange reason I was able to pull in WGIR, 101.1 from Manchester, NH on the road near EO Smith High School on my car's stock radio/antena.

 

[Time Traveler]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

Now if their was no 104.1 Hartford I wonder. Could you get WBCN in a little? I say maybe. I also think we could get WEEI-FM in better on 103.7. We even might be able to get Q104.3 from NY in and out. Would this be a correct answer?

It depends where you are located, Ken. Basically, if you can pull in WODS from your present location then (theoretically) you would be able to pull in WBCN if WPHH never existed and if WBCN did not have to pull their signal in to the SW as a result. As WODS is not that commonly received in much of the Hartford area, I think that many of you guys are being overly optimistic.

Basically, the same is true for WAXQ. Can you get 97.1 or 103.5 from New York now? If not, then you probably wouldn't get 104.3 either.

About WEEI, I doubt it would make any difference on a decent radio. 103.7 comes in reasonably well at locations with favorable terrain (facing toward SW RI) with or without the existence of WPHH.

WBCN is non-directional and was on the air for several years before WIOF (WPHH) ever existed. WIOF was short spaced to Boston, in 1967 I believe...

 

[Ozman]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

what years was this and was wphh on the air then?

When I was at UConn, I was able to get WBCN clear as day in my friend's room directly across from the golden domed Wilbur Cross building. Also, for a strange reason I was able to pull in WGIR, 101.1 from Manchester, NH on the road near EO Smith High School on my car's stock radio/antena.

 

[dsturdy5]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

what years was this and was wphh on the air then?

When I was at UConn, I was able to get WBCN clear as day in my friend's room directly across from the golden domed Wilbur Cross building. Also, for a strange reason I was able to pull in WGIR, 101.1 from Manchester, NH on the road near EO Smith High School on my car's stock radio/antena.

That was in the early part of 2001. I remember because I was student teaching and had a snow day. We had just gotten back from sliding down Horse Barn Hill and I could listen to Nik Carter on WBCN.

 

[BRNout]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

When I was at UConn, I was able to get WBCN clear as day in my friend's room directly across from the golden domed Wilbur Cross building. Also, for a strange reason I was able to pull in WGIR, 101.1 from Manchester, NH on the road near EO Smith High School on my car's stock radio/antena.

Oh yes, if you are in a higher floor UConn dorm room that faces northeast or southeast, you can get most Boston and Providence signals pretty well. If you're across the hall and face west, you'll get Hartford, New Haven and Springfield stations really well. Same was true for TV (back in the olden days before cable).

I used to listen to Kiss 108, WBCN, WHTT (now WODS), WAAF, WHJY, and RI-104 (remember that one?) as well as stations from CT. All came in pretty well from most places that I lived on campus. Particularly if you could see the Ag. area east of 195. Go west toward Huskies and the Boston stations were gone for good.

With any tropo, you'd frequently pick up stations from Cape Cod and I even recall getting 102.9 from Portland one day. The folks across the hall were picking up WAPP (now WKTU) from New York at the same time!!

Storrs is an interesting location for dxing and listening - that's for sure!

 

[Ozman]

Re: WFAS 103.9 Signal Moving to Bronx... means 104.1 WPHH SW CT better or worse

I feel shout out here in NEK VT sounds like I am the only radio nut at our college of 1500... our college has a 3,000 Watt Radio station! maybe i should try to get into Uconn!
-OZ

When I was at UConn, I was able to get WBCN clear as day in my friend's room directly across from the golden domed Wilbur Cross building. Also, for a strange reason I was able to pull in WGIR, 101.1 from Manchester, NH on the road near EO Smith High School on my car's stock radio/antena.

Oh yes, if you are in a higher floor UConn dorm room that faces northeast or southeast, you can get most Boston and Providence signals pretty well. If you're across the hall and face west, you'll get Hartford, New Haven and Springfield stations really well. Same was true for TV (back in the olden days before cable).

I used to listen to Kiss 108, WBCN, WHTT (now WODS), WAAF, WHJY, and RI-104 (remember that one?) as well as stations from CT. All came in pretty well from most places that I lived on campus. Particularly if you could see the Ag. area east of 195. Go west toward Huskies and the Boston stations were gone for good.

With any tropo, you'd frequently pick up stations from Cape Cod and I even recall getting 102.9 from Portland one day. The folks across the hall were picking up WAPP (now WKTU) from New York at the same time!!

Storrs is an interesting location for dxing and listening - that's for sure!