An application for a construction permit has been submitted by WNWK 1260 for a 2 tower transmitter site with 250 watts day/44 watts night with a figure 8 pattern, still maintaining the nulls toward Washington and Trenton. Hope the NIMBY's don't squash this one.
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WNWK-1260
- Thread starter DaveWilliams
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Where do they propose to put the towers?
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ILOVERADIO2
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The towers will be back on Walkther road across from the old site. When 1260 came back on-air it operated from the site with a long wire for one year before moving to a cell tower.
What's the deal? Don't they have 1,000 watts daytime now?
250 watts? Why would the neighbors object? A lot of suburban homes have outdoor lighting at 250 watts. And 44 at night is less than good reading lamp.
250 watts? Why would the neighbors object? A lot of suburban homes have outdoor lighting at 250 watts. And 44 at night is less than good reading lamp.
Why would they want to drop back to 250 watts daytime? Won't that cut back their signal and area of coverage? I'm assuming that they are on a single tower now, so wouldn't the 2 tower set up would be more restrictive? Obviously there's something here I'm not getting or understand.
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jhguthlac
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Given the noise issues faced by AM stations, 250 watts? Why even bother being on the air?
Matt When a station operates on an STA (Special Temporary Authority), they operate at 1/4 of their licensed power, thus WNWK has been on 250 watts daytime since they came back on a couple years ago. The STA's run for a few months but have to be renewed (and paid for). Perhaps with the 2 tower system, it was the only way they could maintain the signal levels required to protect Washington and Trenton. If you remember correctly, WNRK operated with 500 watts for many years and got the power increase to 1000 watts in the 80's, which actually hurt them as the nulls became deeper in their primary areas. And with the old 3 tower directional, the 44 watts at night hit Oxford but didn't make it to New Castle, mainly because the modulation was run pretty hot on the night power (all audio, no signal I always said!). Perhaps a situation where they have to get something done, put the station at a permenant location, get it operational and then apply for a power increase later on.
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jhguthlac
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When we were 44 watts and 100 watts, the signal was great. At 280 it did not SOUND as strong as at 100.
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