Re: [IRCA] New HAR Station on 1380 in Smyrna DE

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

 won'tI show up in the AM Query, but in a seperate search so thats why you
don't see it... the TIS seach used to be real easy years ago

Paul Walker
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On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:09 AM, John Cereghin <jcereghin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> For months I've suspected that the Delaware Department of
> Transportation had put up a new transmitter on 1380 in the Smyrna DE
> area.  They run their main transmitter out of Wilmington, WTMC, with
> HAR stations in Dover and Rehoboth Beach, all on 1380.
>
> Recently, 1380 has been MUCH stronger, even at night.  No way the
> Wilmington station is putting that strong into Smyrna (at 30 miles)
> with 14 watts night power.  The Dover station probably runs 10 watts,
> so it can't be them.  FCC searches and listening to WTMC fail to turn
> up anything in Smyrna.  Even this morning, WTMC is still only
> announcing transmitters in Wilmington, Dover and Rehoboth Beach.
>
> On my commute this morning, I notice a new antenna at exit 104 off
> Delaware Route 1, on the southbound ramp to Route 1.  It is about 25
> feet tall, with a loop at the top and about a dozen radials.  I never
> noticed it before.  I turned on 1380 and the WTMC programming was
> simply overpowering.  As I drove south on Route 1 toward Dover, the
> signal faded and I began betting the echo effect, as the Dover outlet
> began to come in.
>
> I'm convinced that DelDOT has put a transmitter in Smyrna on 1380,
> with the transmitter at Exit 104 (South Smyrna exit) off Delaware
> Route 1.  But I can't find it in the FCC database and DelDOT is not
> mentioning it.  But that's not unusual.  I sniffed out the Dover
> transmitter several weeks before it showed up in the FCC records and
> before DelDOT confirmed it.
>
> John Cereghin
> Smyrna DE
>
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