Re: [IRCA] Class C AM Signal's

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

Russ, it may very well be because of WKBI-AM's tower location. I live about
1 block from the road to St Marys and when you're pulling into St Marys,
you're up on a hill but then go down into town and the tower is IN town...
the AM tower is certainly lower in elevation and I'm sure that doesn't help.

Paul


On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:41 AM, Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> WKBI is one of my closest unheard GY stations. WWGE creeps in here every
> few years but not this one.
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
> Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
> AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
>
>
> --- On Tue, 10/18/11, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [IRCA] Class C AM Signal's
> > To: "NRC" <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Mailing list for the International Radio
> Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011, 8:52 PM
> > I've been in my new town for 3 months
> > and finally decided to 'road test' my
> > nearest AM signal, "Classy 1400" WKBI St Marys, PA.
> >
> > There is a 150 foot tower literally in my backyard, so I
> > used it, FCC
> > Antenna Structure Registration ID 1229408 as a starting
> > point. WKBI's AM
> > tower is ASR# 1026670.
> >
> > I am 6.7 miles or so from WKBI's AM tower and their signal
> > is completely
> > unlistenable on a car radio at night at my house. I'm quite
> > surprise... it
> > could be because of ground conductivity or maybe because
> > WKBI's AM tower is
> > in a kinda bowl.
> >
> > WKBI-FM 93.9 (Class B) and WJNG-FM 100.5 (Class A) antennas
> > are on a tower 1
> > block from me. There's a CP for a 110W on 91.1 from that
> > tower. So, for the
> > first time in years, Im nowhere near an AM tower.. but
> > surrounded by FM.
> >
> > Thankfully, the 50KW ERP (FM) station I work for has a
> > transmitter about 18
> > miles away.
> >
> > Paul Walker
> > Ridgway, PA
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