There is no reason whatsoever that KXEL needs to have their signal blasting into the east coast at night. When I was working at WPTR in Albany, NY in the 1970s (also on 1540) KXEL's came in so strongly at night that I could see our towers from 3 miles to the south in Guilderland and hear KXEL wiping us out. Our pattern was extremely tight to the south (protecting the Bahamas) and the west (protecting KXEL) that our signal in many local areas was useless, even with 50KW. Of course, the other side of the coin was that you could hear WPTR throughout New England and eastern Canada at night - also a waste of RF. The only solution to all of these problems is for MOST class A stations to power down at night.
It would make more sense overall to lower the power of the "big boys" at night to improve local coverage of other stations on class A channels than to have everyone else boost power...which would only make things worse. It would also make sense, however, to maintain a few high power class A's at night to provide wide area coverage - especially in emergencies. Perhaps even allow them to go superpower, while moving other stations off of those frequencies. Such stations as WBZ, WABC, KDKA, WLS, WLW, WSM, KOA, etc. could serve this purpose well. René René Tetro WNTP-WFIL Philadelphia ----Original Message----- From: IRCA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 2:38 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KXEL Petition As a practical matter, that 'solution' wouldn't really help anybody because it doesn't alter the facts of propagation. Whatever new stations were added to the current 1_A frequencies would - as many of their predecessors have - suffer significant interference from the higher powered stations. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
