Where do the Cape FM's fade out?

[Signal]

Where do the Cape FM's fade? I've heard reports of them being received in Revere Beach. Here on MV WPLM suffers from a lot of multipath.

 

[ssetta]

Usually when driving up Route 3, they start to get fringe around Weymouth, and then once you cross into Braintree/Milton or so, they're completely gone.

 

[CTListener]

Usually when driving up Route 3, they start to get fringe around Weymouth, and then once you cross into Braintree/Milton or so, they're completely gone.

I remember hearing WCOD in Swampscott back in the '70s.

 

[reelyreal]

It really depends on where on the Cape & Islands the stick is, and if it's an A or B. I've got no problem getting Cool 102 in RI and Eastern CT, but nothing from some of the others like WCOD. The cape is tricky to cover, much like Long Island.

 

[ssetta]

Usually when driving up Route 3, they start to get fringe around Weymouth, and then once you cross into Braintree/Milton or so, they're completely gone.

I remember hearing WCOD in Swampscott back in the '70s.

Yes, they do come in on parts of the North Shore, mainly because it's over water, but once you drive further away from the shore, you can't hear them anymore.

 

[WBIMDJ]

Lower powered Class A's (101.1, 102.9, 93.5, 94.3, 103.9 etc.) are usually not listenable past Exit 7 in Plymouth on Rte. 3, especially the ones first adjacent to the Boston FM's. The much more powerful Class B's like 99.9, 101.9, 106.1 etc. make it all the way up to Weymouth or so as stated before. Growing up on the South Shore in Hanson (15 mi or so NW of Plymouth) we usually got a good signal from the more powerful Cape stations like WCOD.

 

[fybush]

And of course as soon as there's even the slightest bit of trop, all bets are off. I recall WFCC 107.5, in particular, being a very common spring/summer catch when I was living in Waltham in the 1990s, with WCIB, WQRC and WCOD right behind.

 

[raccoonradio]

In North Shore places like Nahant or Beverly one can sometimes pick up 99.9, 103.9 (despite WBMX next door on the dial); with trop,
95.1, 94.3, 106.1 (though Touch can be more likely if you're heading to Boston), 107.5 (unless I get Maine instead)

Have picked up the Provincetown 92.1 in Plymouth and yes,
>>The much more powerful Class B's like 99.9, 101.9, 106.1 etc. make it all the way up to Weymouth

 

[ScottBurns]

In most areas, but especially during the summer. Cool 102 covers Rhode Island like a local. Hence, Cool often attracts advertisements from Rhode Island politicians. In much of eastern Washington and Kent Counties, as well as all of Bristol and Newport Counties, the following stations come in without a hitch, although not perfectly: WCOD, WQRC, 101.1 Frank FM, WFCC, WEII, and WXTK.

During summer tropo season, where I have a place in coastal Washington County, I can literally pick up every single Cape FM station, save one - 93.5 Frank FM (WSNE is just too powerful at 93.3.).

 

[ssetta]

In most areas, but especially during the summer. Cool 102 covers Rhode Island like a local. Hence, Cool often attracts advertisements from Rhode Island politicians. In much of eastern Washington and Kent Counties, as well as all of Bristol and Newport Counties, the following stations come in without a hitch, although not perfectly: WCOD, WQRC, 101.1 Frank FM, WFCC, WEII, and WXTK.

During summer tropo season, where I have a place in coastal Washington County, I can literally pick up every single Cape FM station, save one - 93.5 Frank FM (WSNE is just too powerful at 93.3.).

I noticed that about Rhode Island too. I used to be able to get WCOD fairly well in Newport, until low-powered 105.9 signed on several years ago. Most of the others do come in okay.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

In my hometown of Norwood, I can usually (with a good FM receiver and antenna) get WQRC-99.9. It probably has the furthest-reaching signal on the Cape.

I sometimes (especially during the Summer) can get WCIB-101.9, again with a go9od FM radio and antenna. But sometimes, WHBA-101.7 "splashes over".

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

when it was 96.3 The Rose, I picked that up from Southborough, Ma (and from) Southborough, Ma until Waltham (Mass Pike-until Mass Pike Tolls) to Waltham) it was clear (this was at night). Once I got on Route 128 North, it came in and out around Waltham, once I passed Waltham, I picked it up crystal clear all the way till Woburn, after Woburn to Peabody, it came in and out, as well as from Peabody to Salem, Ma it came in and out

 

[mgpt6]

Around Brockton. receive 90.1 weak (if Brockton Pirate is off), 96.3 weak,99.9 very strong, 101.9 very strong, 102.9 weak , occasional ,103.9 very weak,104.7 weak,106.1 meduim,107.5 weak.

 

[John MacCormack]

90.1 WCAI weak around Sagamore Bridge and Plymouth due to interference with WRYP 90.1 in Wellfleet.

90.1 WRYP has a pretty strong signal, it can be picked up in Plymouth and Kingston, it gets weak past Duxbury and Pembroke.

90.3 WCCT is weak around the Mashpee, Falmouth, and Bourne area, due to interference with WRIU 90.3 in Southern Rhode Island.

90.7 WKKL is weak around Sagamore Bridge and Manomet due to interference with WSMA 90.5.

91.1 WNAN is weak around Mashpee, Sandwich, Falmouth, and Bourne, similar to WCCT due to the interference with WTKL in the Newbedford and Fall River Area.

91.3 WFMR is weak around Raynham.

91.5 WSDH is weak around Plymouth Exit 5 Route 3 due to interference with WBIM in Bridgewater.

91.9 WFPB is weak around Manomet and Truro due to interference with WOMR 92.1

92.1 WOMR is weak around Cotuit, i cant even pick it up in Mashpee sometimes.

92.7 WMVY is weak past Exit 5 Route 3 Plymouth.

93.5 WFRQ is weak past Exit 6 Route 3 Manomet and Plymouth.

94.3 WZAI is weak past Exit 5 Route 3 Plymouth.

95.1 WXTK is weak around Braintree, so does 99.9 WQRC, 101.9 WCIB, and 107.5 WFCC.

101.1 WHYA is weak past Exit 10 Duxbury.

102.3 WGTX is weak past Duxbury and Pembroke.

102.9 WPXC is weak past Exit 11 Duxbury and Pembroke.

103.9 WKPE is weak past Exit 7 Plymouth and Kingston.

104.7 WOCN is weak around Hanover and Rockland.

106.1 WCOD is weak past Weymouth Exit 16, due to interference with pirate Touch FM 106.1

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

Sometimes I also pick up WCOD 106.1 in Dorchester (Ashmont Train Station area, and Fields Corner area), as well as I used to pick it up in (My Uncle's house in Revere, Ma back in the 1990s, as well as 96.3 when it was "The Rose" around that same time as well)
Earlier I said coming home from Southborough, Ma, that was in the late 1990s

 

[Jacko]

102.9 WPXC also fights a bit with WBLM/Portland in the Hanover/Hanson. Once you go north of exit 14 on Rt. 3, the pirate on 102.9 takes over.

Jacko

 

[rjoc]

And of course as soon as there's even the slightest bit of trop, all bets are off. I recall WFCC 107.5, in particular, being a very common spring/summer catch when I was living in Waltham in the 1990s, with WCIB, WQRC and WCOD right behind.

It doesn;t take much tropo for some of the Cape FMs to make it downeast to Bar Harbor/Mount Desert Island. Here in SW Harbor, along the south facing shore I often get WOCN Orleans 104.7 over local Belfast 104.7 and WPLM Plymouth 99.1 over local 99.1 WLKE. WRMO 93.7 has been swamped by 93.7 from Boston also.

 

[ssetta]

And of course as soon as there's even the slightest bit of trop, all bets are off. I recall WFCC 107.5, in particular, being a very common spring/summer catch when I was living in Waltham in the 1990s, with WCIB, WQRC and WCOD right behind.

It doesn;t take much tropo for some of the Cape FMs to make it downeast to Bar Harbor/Mount Desert Island. Here in SW Harbor, along the south facing shore I often get WOCN Orleans 104.7 over local Belfast 104.7 and WPLM Plymouth 99.1 over local 99.1 WLKE. WRMO 93.7 has been swamped by 93.7 from Boston also.

That's interesting, because I remember one time, I think it was in 2004, I was on Nauset Beach in Orleans and was getting a bunch of the Bangor/Bar Harbor stations! The only ones I specifically remember are 94.5 Kiss FM (overpowering Jam'n) and Magic 95.7. I'm sure there were others as well. I know there's even more tropo if you go further out on the cape (Eastham, Wellfleet). I remember getting, not just radio, but TV stations from 5 different states, and I was once able to receive 4 different CBS affiliates; WFSB-3 Hartford, WBZ-4 Boston, WPRI-12 Providence, and WGME-13 Portland. Also keep in mind that a lot of the Bar Harbor area TV stations are the same channel numbers as some of the Boston ones, and I often did see them overpowering the Boston stations, and... Okay, this was really weird. Both channel 7s at the time (WHDH and WVII) aired Jeopardy! at the same time, and I would often get the video from one channel and the audio from another, so it was sort of like a trick, because both stations were airing the same program but it wasn't in the exact same place.