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WXRC 95.7 Signal

I notice no difference right now in signal strength on 95.7 The Ride.
I'm near Cowpens & Gaffney SC and it seems to be doing good as usual.

Yesterday I may've had a little trouble getting them in Boiling Springs SC (North Spartanburg)
but it lately seems to do worse there now and it never used to.
(the 95.7 translator in Greer & 95.5 translator in Moore/Roebuck do interfere).
Before those translators went online a few years ago I was able to hear 95.7 The Ride into Greenville just fine.
 
On The Ride’s Facebook page on Wed. it said “You may be experiencing trouble with picking up The Ride. We are working on our main antenna so we are on auxiliary antenna for now.”

And on late Thursday it said “We just flipped the switch back. We are back at 100,000 watts of power!”

So looks like they are up and running!
 
CBMAN01 said:
On The Ride’s Facebook page on Wed. it said
“You may be experiencing trouble with picking up The Ride. We are working on our main antenna so we are on auxiliary antenna for now.”

And on late Thursday it said “We just flipped the switch back. We are back at 100,000 watts of power!”

So looks like they are up and running!
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Yup I couldn't hear them at all in Boiling Springs SC yesterday while scanning thru the dial,
but I really don't listen to The Ride so it never crossed my mind that there was a problem with their signal.

By the way, it says they were using their auxiliary antenna, but I could not find any record of one on fccinfo.com
Aren't all auxiliary sites supposed to be registered with the fcc as well? All I could find was a license
for a main site on 95.7. Pretty much every other commercial FM station in the region
has an auxiliary site and is searchable on the fcc database (fccinfo.com)
 
Yes. An auxiliary antenna requires a license. You have to file a CP first showing that the auxiliary's contour does not extend beyond the main's contour. They also want to know the height and power used for the aux.
 
Just curious from someone who has been out of radio awhile, is it the industry standard to have an auxillary transmitter these days?
 
I remember being about to pick up WXRC back in the early 80's in Knoxville, Tn. That was before the 80-90 docket cluttered the dial.
 
Is there a website that shows the coverage area of the WXRC signal or a place to find out the furthest four points N, S, E, W of the 360 degree radius of the coverage area? Or something like that?
 
CBMAN01 said:
Is there a website that shows the coverage area of the WXRC signal or a place to find out the furthest four points N, S, E, W of the 360 degree radius of the coverage area? Or something like that?
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Here is the directional pattern for WXRC-FM, showing power output in each direction from their site (from fccinfo.com) :
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5522/wxrcazimuthnsew.png

And here is their coverage map (from radiolocator.net) :
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7923/wxrccoveragemap.gif
 
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