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From the "nearly vanished in thin air" department:
WWHS-FM 92.1 Hampden-Sydney/Farmville turned in its class D license to the FCC recently. It was (IMO) one of the worst class D stations in terms of range...despite a 10 watt mono exciter mounted on a 200' tower, its signal barely reached the edge of campus 1.5 miles away and was practically non-existant on the south end of Farmville. Something tells me 35+ years of use on the transmitting equipment and lack of interest from students (there were 4 students in the radio club in 2010-11) brought it to an end.
I remember (besides its ridiculously short range and being hemmed in real close by WCDX/WNRN) how shockingly low the modulation on all programs were...right down to the hardest of rock. Also, it was (at least, in the last few years) an almost 24/7 rebroadcast of WRN from London... if/when you could hear it.
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WWHS-FM 92.1 Hampden-Sydney/Farmville turned in its class D license to the FCC recently. It was (IMO) one of the worst class D stations in terms of range...despite a 10 watt mono exciter mounted on a 200' tower, its signal barely reached the edge of campus 1.5 miles away and was practically non-existant on the south end of Farmville. Something tells me 35+ years of use on the transmitting equipment and lack of interest from students (there were 4 students in the radio club in 2010-11) brought it to an end.
I remember (besides its ridiculously short range and being hemmed in real close by WCDX/WNRN) how shockingly low the modulation on all programs were...right down to the hardest of rock. Also, it was (at least, in the last few years) an almost 24/7 rebroadcast of WRN from London... if/when you could hear it.
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