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Laurence Glavin
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According to Tom Taylor, WMJX-FM is testing HD with increased power. Anyone out there noticing more "hash" from 106.1 thru 107.3?
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I'd be curious to hear if anyone was having newfound trouble picking up WFNQ (Frank) from Nashua (106.3), WWKX 106.3 from Woonsocket, Hot 107.1 from FR/NB and/or WERZ from Exeter, NH. Also, it would be interesting to hear if folks in RI and NE CT are getting any interference when trying to pick up WBMW 106.5 from the New London market or WCCC Hartford.
To me, WROR will be more troublesome as it's a little tight with WJYY Concord, NH and a power increase to the HD could very well wipe out WJYY in parts of the Manchester area. WMJX's spacing is a little healthier when it comes to first adjacents.
To me, WROR will be more troublesome as it's a little tight with WJYY Concord, NH and a power increase to the HD could very well wipe out WJYY in parts of the Manchester area. WMJX's spacing is a little healthier when it comes to first adjacents.
BRNout said:
Also the 106.5 from Farmington (Rochester market) NH. Before IBOC, I used to occasionally catch that when it was WMEX in spots just north of the Boston area, and it was fairly steady on the upper North Shore. WMJX IBOC wiped out any traces of it south of Cape Ann. I haven't tried to listen to it since it changed owners and format, though.
I used to enjoy DX-ing in MW and SW, so I do appreciate the interest in listening to signals from far away. But why anyone would care to listen in Boston to a Class A station from Nashua, Exeter, or Woonsocket is beyond me. Class A stations are the FM equivalent of the AM stations on 1340, 1400, 1450, and 1490: they are only intended to serve a limited, local area. Why should a Class B station in a major city worry about causing perceived "interference" to a Class A station 40 miles away? I can't imagine WFNQ, WERZ, or WWKX play anything that is not available on 5 stations closer to home.
aerie said:
aerie, you missed the point. In fact you swung and only got air!
It's not that whether these signals can be heard in Boston. Rather, it's whether the newly powerful sidebands interfere with these stations in their protected contours. Let's not have small world thinking here: each of the stations I mentioned are local to certain portions of the Boston DMA. And WFNQ is actually located within the market (yes, Nashua is in the Boston DMA).
By the way, your second comment is dead wrong too. A class B station must absolutely protect the 60 dbu contour of nearby class A or B stations. Given the short spacing (35 miles) and 2nd adjacent location, it is legitimate to wonder whether WMJX's sidebands would interfere with WFNQ within their 60 dbu contour which, according to the FCC, extends south to include parts of Littleton, Carlisle, Billerica and Wilmington.
Just read the complaint that RI Public Broadcasting brought to the FCC against WKLB's cranked up sidebands and how they've drastically curtailed their service area and invaded the northern portion of their protected contour.
Here's a link to the complaint that RIPBS filed last year; it makes for interesting reading: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6520193231
I could easily see the same thing happen with WROR and WJYY.
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