WQBN's singal

[Louis_009]

How far does WQBN's AM singal goes out into the gulf of mexico. I know thier singal is very weak but barly reaching north florida big bend area.... I did check the radio locator website but its back in 2009 of thier singal point to southwest then northwest.

 

[cd637299]

Well, they do need to protect Cocoa Beach's 1300 to its east. I have a relative in Tampa, and hearing 1300 at night is no easy trick either!

cd

 

[jmtillery]

WQBN was once a directional 5kw daytimer licensed to Tampa. In the late 70s, around 1979, what was then WSOL became WTYM with a COL change to Temple Terrace and the addition of night service with 1kw directional (1300 KHz; 5kw-D; 1kw-N; DA-2). WTMP 1150 also changed its COL to the same community around the same time when it added night service with 2.5 kw directional (1150 KHz; 5kw-D; 2.5kw-N; DA-2). I'm not sure I understand the reasoning behind WQBN later reducing its night power to its current 160 watts non-directional unless it may have been to eliminate one or more of its towers although its 5kw daytime service still utilizes a three tower directional antenna pattern, mainly to protect co-channel WMEL 1300 Cocoa Beach.

 

[dwtpa97]

And before they were WSOL, they were WWTB!

 

[Louis_009]

Im in the north florida big bend area i can get WQBN-AM 1300 but its very weak singal.

 

[cd637299]

Im in the north florida big bend area i can get WQBN-AM 1300 but its very weak singal.

Are you near Panacea? We were there 2 weeks ago @ San Blas....US 98 sure is a lovely drive, and quiet....I hope that the storms were not too much for you all up there. (My relatives had to cancel a party at Live Oak because of the storms/outages.)

Many many Tampa/St Pete signals make it up the the Gulf Coast, no problem.

cd

 

[Louis_009]

Im in the Crawfordville/Wakulla Springs area....