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WUNR-AM Signal Stronger

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Laurence Glavin

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Late last spring (remember spring?), after WUNR-AM 1600 tore dopwn its two relatively tall towers and began broadcasting from the 5-tower array that will be the home of WUNR, WKOX, and WRCA, the signal where I live dropped like a stone. The actual reading on my radio that displays relative signal strength became much weaker than adjacent WSMN-AM 1590 in Nashua, and other 1600's could be heard interfering with it even at midday (WWRL in NYC and WHMP in Longmeadow,MA). Of course, right now, the area is experiencing cold, dry weather that often helps boost AM signal strength, with or without snow. But today (Tuesday 12/9) WUNR came in not only much better than usual, but it approximated WSMN more closely, and seemed to squelch co-channel interference at midday (this some 30 miles due north of Sawmill Brook Parkway). I don't know if this means that they're transmitting with the full 20K DA-1 signal, but if so, it seems to be the first "progress" that array has demonstrated in months.
 
Laurence Glavin said:
But today (Tuesday 12/9) WUNR came in not only much better than usual, but it approximated WSMN more closely, and seemed to squelch co-channel interference at midday (this some 30 miles due north of Sawmill Brook Parkway). I don't know if this means that they're transmitting with the full 20K DA-1 signal, but if so, it seems to be the first "progress" that array has demonstrated in months.
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I can confirm your listening report--at least as far as the night signal goes. Because of higher nighttime interference levels, WUNR has been inaudible for me at night (Arlington Heights, near Lexington) since late August. AFAIK, the daytime signal has been no stronger than the night signal, but because of the lower interference, it has been audible and probably would have been intelligible had I understood a word of any of the languages in which WUNR broadcasts. Last night, WUNR was clearly audible. That could, of course, have been the result of unusually low interference levels last night, but I don't think that was the case. I have no idea whether WUNR is now running 20 kW-U DA-1 as specified in its CP. It could actually be running 1.25 kW U-ND, which is permitted under its STA. I believe that 1.25 kW ND would send a stronger signal in this direction (pretty much due north) than would 5 kW using the new five-tower pattern.
 
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