Re: [IRCA] CKKW-1090 Kitchener ON applies to move to FM (99.5 , 2.2 kW)

[Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 11 April 2008 16:43, Saul Chernos wrote:
> Perhaps the trick is in the engineering. The right power, pattern,
> height. I'd expect that CTV, the owner of CKKW, will be happy with
> a signal that doesn't go too far oustide the Kitchener-Waterloo
> area. Guelph in the east, London in the west, the same mileage
> north and south. The 1090 signal gets chopped up pretty badly by
> Baltimore. I'd heard rumours for a year or so that this was coming.
> I'm not surprised. DX-wise I am glad to potentially have a new
> workable channel. WBAL like all clears will be easily nulled.
> Arkansas will be there, but so will other new DX goodies. Adding
> 99.5 with a couple thou watts won't do any serious damage to FM
> DXing here.

There's no way that 1090 would become "workable" here.  Thanks to the 
digital dribblings from WTIC and WTAM, 1090 is a basket case in this 
locale.

Barry

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Barry McLarnon  VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
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