Signals of both WUWM and WYMS appear to be at lower power than usual, and have been occasional short outages on both stations this week. Are they doing repairs on the Channel 6 tower, or is there some other reason this is happening? Anybody know?
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WUWM and WYMS Signals
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K
k9ez
Guest
> Signals of both WUWM and WYMS appear to be at lower power
> than usual, and have been occasional short outages on both
> stations this week. Are they doing repairs on the Channel 6
> tower, or is there some other reason this is happening?
> Anybody know?
>
Yes they have been working on CH 6s tower. As of yesterday Afternoon WUWM seemed to be back to normal and I didnt see any workers on the tower. Thursday along the lakefront WUWM was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
> than usual, and have been occasional short outages on both
> stations this week. Are they doing repairs on the Channel 6
> tower, or is there some other reason this is happening?
> Anybody know?
>
Yes they have been working on CH 6s tower. As of yesterday Afternoon WUWM seemed to be back to normal and I didnt see any workers on the tower. Thursday along the lakefront WUWM was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
> > Signals of both WUWM and WYMS appear to be at lower power
> > than usual, and have been occasional short outages on both
>
> > stations this week. Are they doing repairs on the Channel
> 6
> > tower, or is there some other reason this is happening?
> > Anybody know?
> >
>
> Yes they have been working on CH 6s tower. As of yesterday
> Afternoon WUWM seemed to be back to normal and I didnt see
> any workers on the tower. Thursday along the lakefront WUWM
> was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
>
I was wondering about that myself. Because the other day I was able to get a unusual null on their signal and was able to hear WONU Kankakee, Illinois on 89.7.
-John L.
> > than usual, and have been occasional short outages on both
>
> > stations this week. Are they doing repairs on the Channel
> 6
> > tower, or is there some other reason this is happening?
> > Anybody know?
> >
>
> Yes they have been working on CH 6s tower. As of yesterday
> Afternoon WUWM seemed to be back to normal and I didnt see
> any workers on the tower. Thursday along the lakefront WUWM
> was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
>
I was wondering about that myself. Because the other day I was able to get a unusual null on their signal and was able to hear WONU Kankakee, Illinois on 89.7.
-John L.
> Thursday along the lakefront WUWM
> was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
An 89.7 from Michigan was clobbering WUWM?
The only full-power (50,000 watts) 89.7 in Michigan is a Christian station near Alpena. The rest of them are 1000 watts or less and they're all inland. So it would be a pretty impressive jog if WLNZ (420 watts) from Lansing or WTAC (1000 watts) from Burton made it over there.<P ID="signature">______________
Lawppy.. Southern Michigan FM DX Freak
626 stations and counting</P>
> was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
An 89.7 from Michigan was clobbering WUWM?
The only full-power (50,000 watts) 89.7 in Michigan is a Christian station near Alpena. The rest of them are 1000 watts or less and they're all inland. So it would be a pretty impressive jog if WLNZ (420 watts) from Lansing or WTAC (1000 watts) from Burton made it over there.<P ID="signature">______________
Lawppy.. Southern Michigan FM DX Freak
626 stations and counting</P>
K
k9ez
Guest
> > Thursday along the lakefront WUWM
> > was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
>
>
> An 89.7 from Michigan was clobbering WUWM?
>
> The only full-power (50,000 watts) 89.7 in Michigan is a
> Christian station near Alpena. The rest of them are 1000
> watts or less and they're all inland. So it would be a
> pretty impressive jog if WLNZ (420 watts) from Lansing or
> WTAC (1000 watts) from Burton made it over there.
>
OK I made an assuption as there were a lot of Michigan stations hopping over the lake via Tropospheric ducting. More than likely it was Illinios. My bad.
> > was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
>
>
> An 89.7 from Michigan was clobbering WUWM?
>
> The only full-power (50,000 watts) 89.7 in Michigan is a
> Christian station near Alpena. The rest of them are 1000
> watts or less and they're all inland. So it would be a
> pretty impressive jog if WLNZ (420 watts) from Lansing or
> WTAC (1000 watts) from Burton made it over there.
>
OK I made an assuption as there were a lot of Michigan stations hopping over the lake via Tropospheric ducting. More than likely it was Illinios. My bad.
> > > Thursday along the lakefront WUWM
> > > was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
> >
> >
> > An 89.7 from Michigan was clobbering WUWM?
> >
> > The only full-power (50,000 watts) 89.7 in Michigan is a
> > Christian station near Alpena. The rest of them are 1000
> > watts or less and they're all inland. So it would be a
> > pretty impressive jog if WLNZ (420 watts) from Lansing or
> > WTAC (1000 watts) from Burton made it over there.
> >
>
>
> OK I made an assuption as there were a lot of Michigan
> stations hopping over the lake via Tropospheric ducting.
> More than likely it was Illinios. My bad.
>
If it were from Illinois, it's not likely from the Chicago area as most stations in the non-commercial band are under 100 watts. The only stations in the Chicago area more than that are 89.7 WONU Kankakee, IL (35kw); 90.1 WMBI-FM (grandfathered 100kw blowtorch) 90.9 WDBC Glen Ellyn, IL (5kw), 91.5 WBEZ (50kw equivalent), 91.9 WJCH (50kw)(I believe the calls are correct) Joliet, IL. Those are the only stations I can think of that are high powered, and the 89.7 that was getting clobbered could have been by WONU as it's a christian station operated by Oliviet Nazarine University.
> > > was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
> >
> >
> > An 89.7 from Michigan was clobbering WUWM?
> >
> > The only full-power (50,000 watts) 89.7 in Michigan is a
> > Christian station near Alpena. The rest of them are 1000
> > watts or less and they're all inland. So it would be a
> > pretty impressive jog if WLNZ (420 watts) from Lansing or
> > WTAC (1000 watts) from Burton made it over there.
> >
>
>
> OK I made an assuption as there were a lot of Michigan
> stations hopping over the lake via Tropospheric ducting.
> More than likely it was Illinios. My bad.
>
If it were from Illinois, it's not likely from the Chicago area as most stations in the non-commercial band are under 100 watts. The only stations in the Chicago area more than that are 89.7 WONU Kankakee, IL (35kw); 90.1 WMBI-FM (grandfathered 100kw blowtorch) 90.9 WDBC Glen Ellyn, IL (5kw), 91.5 WBEZ (50kw equivalent), 91.9 WJCH (50kw)(I believe the calls are correct) Joliet, IL. Those are the only stations I can think of that are high powered, and the 89.7 that was getting clobbered could have been by WONU as it's a christian station operated by Oliviet Nazarine University.
> > > Thursday along the lakefront WUWM
> > > was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
> >
> >
> > An 89.7 from Michigan was clobbering WUWM?
> >
> > The only full-power (50,000 watts) 89.7 in Michigan is a
> > Christian station near Alpena. The rest of them are 1000
> > watts or less and they're all inland. So it would be a
> > pretty impressive jog if WLNZ (420 watts) from Lansing or
> > WTAC (1000 watts) from Burton made it over there.
> >
>
>
> OK I made an assuption as there were a lot of Michigan
> stations hopping over the lake via Tropospheric ducting.
> More than likely it was Illinios. My bad.
>
It could very well have been WUBS South Bend, IN. I DX stations from Michigan and North Indiana all the time. Yesterday 98.3 WLCS North Muskegon, Muskegon was mixing in pretty well with WJMR. Actually on my radio with my broken antenna WLCS was all I could get on 98.3. WLCS has 1,600 watts WUBS has 1,500
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> > > was getting clobbered by some Michigan station.
> >
> >
> > An 89.7 from Michigan was clobbering WUWM?
> >
> > The only full-power (50,000 watts) 89.7 in Michigan is a
> > Christian station near Alpena. The rest of them are 1000
> > watts or less and they're all inland. So it would be a
> > pretty impressive jog if WLNZ (420 watts) from Lansing or
> > WTAC (1000 watts) from Burton made it over there.
> >
>
>
> OK I made an assuption as there were a lot of Michigan
> stations hopping over the lake via Tropospheric ducting.
> More than likely it was Illinios. My bad.
>
It could very well have been WUBS South Bend, IN. I DX stations from Michigan and North Indiana all the time. Yesterday 98.3 WLCS North Muskegon, Muskegon was mixing in pretty well with WJMR. Actually on my radio with my broken antenna WLCS was all I could get on 98.3. WLCS has 1,600 watts WUBS has 1,500
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> It could very well have been WUBS South Bend, IN. I DX
> stations from Michigan and North Indiana all the time.
> Yesterday 98.3 WLCS North Muskegon, Muskegon was mixing in
> pretty well with WJMR. Actually on my radio with my broken
> antenna WLCS was all I could get on 98.3. WLCS has 1,600
> watts WUBS has 1,500
>
I forgot all about WUBS South Bend. I'm not sure how far 1500 watts goes for them, but I do know their stick is rather short because their stick is on site with the studios. I don't know if the station is moving their tower to an offsite location since there's a CP to increase their power.
> stations from Michigan and North Indiana all the time.
> Yesterday 98.3 WLCS North Muskegon, Muskegon was mixing in
> pretty well with WJMR. Actually on my radio with my broken
> antenna WLCS was all I could get on 98.3. WLCS has 1,600
> watts WUBS has 1,500
>
I forgot all about WUBS South Bend. I'm not sure how far 1500 watts goes for them, but I do know their stick is rather short because their stick is on site with the studios. I don't know if the station is moving their tower to an offsite location since there's a CP to increase their power.
W
wernerradio
Guest
Speaking of WYMS
Does anyone know when Radio For Milwaukee will start the new format. I thought I heard it would happen in July. Does anyone know anything about whats going on. Their website does not give any new info.<P ID="signature">______________
Joshua Werner
http://www.wisconsinbroadcasting.com
90.3 WRST-FM Oshkosh
Station Manager & Webmaster
http://www.uwosh.edu/wrst
[email protected]</P>
Does anyone know when Radio For Milwaukee will start the new format. I thought I heard it would happen in July. Does anyone know anything about whats going on. Their website does not give any new info.<P ID="signature">______________
Joshua Werner
http://www.wisconsinbroadcasting.com
90.3 WRST-FM Oshkosh
Station Manager & Webmaster
http://www.uwosh.edu/wrst
[email protected]</P>
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DavidDesens
Guest
> Signals of both WUWM and WYMS appear to be at lower power
> than usual, and have been occasional short outages on both
> stations this week. Are they doing repairs on the Channel 6
> tower, or is there some other reason this is happening?
> Anybody know?
Actually TV 6 has been cleaning up the inside of their transmitter building lately. Walls were ripped down and old ventilation ducts disconnected and disposed of. The FM transmitters for WMWK, WYMS & WUWM were also moved from one location to another in the building. WYMS & WUWM were on their backup aux. transmitters during this time.
> than usual, and have been occasional short outages on both
> stations this week. Are they doing repairs on the Channel 6
> tower, or is there some other reason this is happening?
> Anybody know?
Actually TV 6 has been cleaning up the inside of their transmitter building lately. Walls were ripped down and old ventilation ducts disconnected and disposed of. The FM transmitters for WMWK, WYMS & WUWM were also moved from one location to another in the building. WYMS & WUWM were on their backup aux. transmitters during this time.
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