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WPRO should be proud

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Skynet74

Not only proud of their lineup, but proud of their kick ass signal. I just came back from a camping trip today. I was in the backwoods of Maine since Thursday. 130 miles North of the radio station. I was in my tent and tuned in my trusty GE Super radio Friday at about 4:00 PM. I heard Dan York as clear as a bell give away some Patriot tickets. He was totally amazed that a caller answered a difficult trivia question correctly. I was totally amazed at the great signal I was getting.

I remember receiving WPRO up there on my parents car radio back in the 70's. But the car was almost literally on the beach and I don't think the signal was nearly as clear. However I was laying in my sleeping bag in the forest last night and I'll be damned. It's like WPRO was a 50,000 Watt station! It sounded like WCBS or WFAN does when listening in Providence. The signal was that strong. I figured that after the sun went down the station would just go away. The tent finally turned pitch dark and I'm listening to Matt Allen. He sounded like he was in the sleeping bag next to mine. I was amazed that the signal got better instead of worse! I figured there would be some inteference from another station on 630 from somewhere. But Nope. I was really blown away. The great signal was consistent. I listened for an hour before falling asleep.

So I just wanted to share my experience. WPRO has New England covered!
 
The signal got better, when the station switched over to it's night pattern. Both WPRO and WHJJ have almost identical night patterns. The RF is basically going north-south (it skews a little). Add that to the salt-water ground plane they have, and thats why you can hear them outside of the market.

I can hear WPRO in Great Barrington, MA at night.
I picked up WHJJ up in Stowe, VT also at night. (WPRO got nailed by another station so there was no chance of it there.)

During the day time, WPRO, WHJJ and WEAN are all pretty much common catches in Springfield, MA.
 
Well I tried to pick up WHJJ and I got nothing but static. WPRO was the only Providence station that came in. Interestingly enough I was in a parking lot in York Beach and received a weak WSAR. Nowhere near as strong as WPRO, but it was still there.
 
Low dial position, combined with that terriffic ground conductivity in that salt-water marsh make for a powerful one-two punch, don't they?

THIS is exactly why I'm of the opinion that WPRO does NOT need a simulcast partner....though I suspect Holland might disagree...LOL.
 
Yea, am 630 booms. I regularly drive between Wakefield MA and New London CT and 630 doesnt skip a beat.
 
Numo said:
Yea, am 630 booms. I regularly drive between Wakefield MA and New London CT and 630 doesnt skip a beat.
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Go to Playland Amusement Park in Rye, New York (20 miles from Manhattan). Signal booms there too! Along the coast from North to South WPRO has about 300 miles of coverage.
 
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