Sorry meant WBKL.
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New 104.1 KVDU Application
- Thread starter stevenNOLA
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Is WZRH already operating at their new site/facilities? I'm able to hear them in Baker-Zachary again. Would be hard to believe they've already built out the CP.
It was an existing tower, right? Assuming you have a CP and permits and there is an existing shelter for the transmitter/equipment, you could build it in a a couple of days max.
I assume they are using the transmitter they used at the Vacherie site? Same ERP so they wouldn't necessarily need a new one, right?
Someone with more engineering expertise can chime in, but…if there was no damage to a transmitter and it isn’t an old “boat anchor” it could very well get reused.
I have also seen sites where the engineers leave the equipment at the old site, usually because it’s old, or can’t be used at the new site/as an auxiliary facility.
I'll ask Franklin, the chief engineer for Cumulus New Orleans, about it.. We still keep in touch from time to time
No sign of 92.3 in Lafayette yet, but we are pretty deep into fringe reach of the new signal. We should be able to get it on some days, especially on car radios.
I'm sure tropos will help bring it in some nights. Seems like you were in the fringe of the old signal and far outside the fringe for the new one.
You would need to run new coax up the tower for the station's antenna and mount a new antenna. Antennas are made to order and can take months for delivery.
The only time it is "plug and play" is if the FM antenna on the tower was built for broadband use by multiple stations. That is very expensive, and usually used only by towers that are going to hold one antenna for a considerable number of stations.
Transmitters says it's putting out about 25 kw into the new antenna. + antenna gain that's 100 kw ERP.
Automatic program test authority and LMS postings are slow.
Thanks for the update. LMS postings are unpredictable - I've seen 302-FM applications posted the day after filing them. Other times it may be 2 weeks.
Posting an update on my experience driving in from the west... the new signal becomes listenable but with some interference around Siegen, decent around Prairieville and clear around Gonzales. Little or no sign of WZRH on the I-110, around downtown, 10/12 split, etc.
Essentially, the 60 dBu contour is where I start to have a clear signal and it does not perform as well as other stations around the 50 dBu contour.
Essentially, the 60 dBu contour is where I start to have a clear signal and it does not perform as well as other stations around the 50 dBu contour.
Which one, WZRH? KVDU/WFFX haven't moved yet.
I'm curious what you were getting interference from. 92.3 seemed to be a pretty clear frequency outside of WZRH. You must have been getting some good tropos. Also the 10/12 split is really close to the edge of their 50 dBu contour.
I know last year when WZRH was on their low powered aux and wasn't heard in Baton Rouge I was getting KEHH pretty well through tropos.
I was very surprised also, because WZRH is still enjoying the protection of a full class C signal. It didn't seem like there was any tropo or interfering signals. This was around 2pm so the atmosphere tends to be pretty stable at that time of the day. I do find it interesting how some signals outperform their predicted contours while others underperform. Could it be the very short height causing more of a "cliff" than taller stations?
Simply put....the new signal sucks and seems to have a lot of pattern distortion, especially to the north and west. I was able to get lower powered 94.9 WGUO about as well as WZRH in Baton Rouge.