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WMEA 90.1 going Directional

They currently put in quite a strong signal to SE NH and NE Mass? I wonder if they will still have as strong a signal in these directions after the change? Any idea when this will be completed?
 
This application was dismissed by the FCC.

So not anytime soon.
 
According to the FCC, the application violates 73.509, as the 54dbu contour of WMEA proposed would cause interference to WEVF (90.3 Colebrook, NH)'s 60dbu protected contour.
 
My copy of the Vane Jones Radio Log from at least 10 years ago has WMEA-FM operating with 49,000 watts @ 1920 feet AAT. Of course, now it's listed on fcc.gov as having only about 24,000 watts. Was the former operation directional or non-directional? And if they had that much power in the past, why are they using less power now?
 
Because the antenna is much highter. I can only assume they raised the height of the antenna after the WCSH tower collapsed many years back.

It should also be noted, WMEA has refiled, with a "more" directional antenna to eliminate the prohibited overlap.
 
The FCC has granted WMEA's request to increase the power. The directional antenna will keep the South-West and North-West pretty close to what it is now. The signal into Maine however will definatley be stronger.
 
IMHO, directional FM coverage in the maximum lobe never meets that of an equivalent power optimized non-DA, as DA power is based on the maximum lobe, whereas a non-DA is based on the RMS value and will frequently exceed the maximum DA coverage. Key word here ... "optimized non-DA".
 
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