And that explains why the 106.5 frequency was so very quiet coming off the Ben Franklin Bridge and over into the 11th and Chestnut St area. Didn't expect an open carrier. Just thought Thunder ran out of string. Ed, good luck getting things working.
On Aug 13, 2016 1:52 PM, "Ed Cummings" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > WPPM-LP 106.5 MHz FM has been on the air in Philadelphia since early July > and can be easily heard in Center City. But perhaps Thomas Sundstrom heard > nothing because Monday and well into Tuesday the station was broadcasting > an unmodulated carrier for at least 14 hours with no station ID's because > management won't follow advice from the volunteer tech committee on how to > prevent that scenario. > > There's an issue with LTE-based backup STL not being configured properly > (it's locked inside a steel cabinet in a stairwell surrounded by > rebar-reinforced concrete and has signal issues without an external MIMO > antenna.) The primary STL will use Ubiquity 5.8 GHz 802.11ac radios about > a mile apart, but station management hasn't negotiated roof rights for the > studio side yet. > > Right now the programming folks are still trying get get their act > together, so until then there's recorded broadcasts of audio from the > public-access cable TV studio and various syndicated stuff. I hope they > get their act together soon and allow some producers who know what they're > doing to do some good, innovative radio shows. > > The attached predicted signal contour map submitted to the FCC shows > WPPM's 90 Watt signal won't reach the NJ Pine Barrens, especially with WTHJ > 106.5 "Thunder 106" booming in from Bass River Township. There's also a > Slavic pop music LPFM station WHII-LP in Bucks County that wipes out > WPPM-LP in far northeast Philly. > > Here's a very nice interactive map of signal data I logged with new > SWLfester Matt Blaze and his Rohde & Schwarz surveillance receiver while we > drove around Philly on July 2nd. https://sharp.carto.com/viz/ > c8797fc0-423f-11e6-8f74-0ea31932ec1d/public_map I drove around for > about 10 hours and stopped at about 40 locations while Matt took calibrated > measurements, but we didn't have time to drive to Northwest Philly, > Kensington, New Jersey or some other areas we wanted to check out where we > know there's a good signal from anecdotal reports. We'll do that in the > future when we have time. > > WPPM tech committee volunteer Sharp Hall used the data we collected and > mapped it (he does that kind of work professionally.) As you can see, it > closely correlates with the signal projections. Frankly, WPPM has a great > signal across most of Philadelphia. We were very pleasantly surprised. > Now all station management has to do is allow people from the community to > produce good community radio. In a few weeks the broadcast audio will also > be streamed online and archived. > > -Ed Cummings > > > At 06:20 PM 8/10/2016, Thomas Sundstrom wrote: > > Nice piece. But on air next month? That explains why on my travels to > Center City (medical stuff) yesterday and today I heard nothing. > > WTHJ-106.5 is part of "Thunder 106" -- http://thunder106.com -- with its > 1,450w off an antenna at 208m on WWSI-62's tower -- 39°37’53.00”″N > 74°21’12.00”W -- in southern Ocean County. WTHJ has as a quieting signal > on the car radio until about 2 miles east of the Airport Circle > (intersection of US 130, NJ 38 and 70), Pennsauken. > > Earlier in the fest thread I commented earlier on the 106.5 LPFM channel > congestion. I now see there won't be any chance of hearing the results of > Ed's work out here on the fringe of the Pine Barrens. > > Tom Sundstrom > > On Aug 10, 2016 4:33 PM, "david goren" <[email protected] > wrote: > http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160809_Philly_s_new_ > radio_station_may_carry_talk_of_legal_pot__salsa_music_and_Tribbles.html > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swlfest-request@hard-core-dx. > com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swlfest-request@hard-core-dx. > com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swlfest-request@hard-core-dx. > com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com > >
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