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WRVQ 94.5 reception question

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dxtrfn80

I live in Danville and I got WPTI in the way of reception of WRVQ. I have gotten several Richmond stations via tropo. Does me being close to WPTI keep me from ever receiving WRVQ even during extreme tropo conditions? Do I have to hope for WPTI to go off the air to get this station and is no sure thing even if WPTI goes off air as another 94.5 is in Lynchburg. Am I just out of luck?
 
I have gotten Q94 in New Jersey, 15 miles from the 94.5 PST transmitter, at nearly the same bearing. I've also noticed that Q94's signal lasts a long way when listening to an FM radio in an airplane. Probably because its transmitter is 200,000 watts.
 
dxtrfn80 said:
I live in Danville and I got WPTI in the way of reception of WRVQ. I have gotten several Richmond stations via tropo. Does me being close to WPTI keep me from ever receiving WRVQ even during extreme tropo conditions? Do I have to hope for WPTI to go off the air to get this station and is no sure thing even if WPTI goes off air as another 94.5 is in Lynchburg. Am I just out of luck?
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The station in Lynchburg barely has coverage of 5 miles. If you're on the southside of town, you can regularly receive WPTI. As far down as Chatham and Gretna, I've heard WRVQ while driving. It's totally possible in Danville. Too bad that Q94 doesn't have a bit more height on their tower!
 
Tried to null WPTI but no luck. I can get a 1150 watt station by tropo 200 miles away but not a 200000 watt station 150 miles away because of a station tower located in Madison NC 40 miles away and my location in Danville is headed towards South Boston which adds a couple of more miles away from the WPTI tower and closer to WRVQ. I don't have a Richmond VA tropo wall as I gotten several of them. Maybe WRVQ will increase their power with the government shutdown to 500000 watts and overpower WPTI. That may be the only way to log WRVQ in Danville. Until that happens I'll listen online to WRVQ.
 
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