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Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

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Post by blizzard » Tue Feb 14, 2023 10:46 am

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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by schmave » Tue Feb 14, 2023 11:26 am

Good for them. Always like seeing positive news for local radio.
50 watts at less than 200 feet probably won't go far, maybe barely across the border, but it ought to cover their local area well.



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Post by audiophile » Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:48 pm

What frequency?


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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by blizzard » Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:19 pm

audiophile wrote:
Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:48 pm
What frequency?
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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by windsorjoe » Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:50 pm

Always interesting to see a grassroots station form. I wonder how far the signal will go.



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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by billmich88888 » Thu Feb 16, 2023 12:01 pm

isn't there a 107.9 translator for Spanish 1310am located downriver?



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Post by Ben Zonia » Thu Feb 16, 2023 2:58 pm

There are strict Aeronautical limits in Canada on 107.9.

Yes, unfortunately, they have jammed up 107.9 in that area, including the translator for WDTW 1310.

WCRZ receives observable objectionable interference within its 54 dBu protected service area, like WIOT did. The WCRZ corporate engineer at the time, in my opinion, wasn't proactive enough, like Denny Moon was at WIOT. He lived in California.

The contour on the FCCdata.com map is mislabeled. It is the 60 dBu, not the 54 dBu protected contour. The detailed maps there are 70, 60, 50, and 40 dBu. You can interpolate roughly to determine where the 54 dBu contour is.

I think that corporations that own huqe station groups should have local Chief Engineers with enough clout, like WIOT did, to do something about it.


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Post by Steve79 » Fri Feb 17, 2023 10:53 am

Not to forget WENZ has a Humongous influence in the summer months.



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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by MWmetalhead » Fri Feb 17, 2023 4:38 pm

Great point; it certainly does.

What's odd is their HD signal sometimes propagates more efficiently during tropospheric ducting than their analog signal! I've decoded WENZ-HD successfully at times on my car radio when the analog broadcast was barely discernible, if at all.



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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by edj » Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:44 pm

The FM dial is too crowded as it is. Granted, there’s next to no chance I’ll pick this up under normal conditions unless I go to Grosse Ile.



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Post by blizzard » Sat Feb 18, 2023 12:15 pm

edj wrote:
Fri Feb 17, 2023 9:44 pm
Granted, there’s next to no chance I’ll pick this up under normal conditions unless I go to Grosse Ile.
Should be able to pick it up online.
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Post by Ben Zonia » Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:14 pm

50 Watts ERP 51.9 meters HAAT

70 dBu F(50,50) 2.186 MI
54 dBu F(50,50) 5.521 MI
34 dBu F(50,10) Cochannel Interfering Contour 18.251 MI

Can't find the coordinates online.


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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by Marcus » Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:53 pm

42 deg, 06' 42.7 north
83 deg, 05' 15.3 west

Source : https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2022/202 ... 1646272791



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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by Ben Zonia » Sat Feb 18, 2023 7:13 pm

Water Tower near Alma St. and Thomas Rd. About a little over a mile from the Detroit River, and perhaps two miles from US land in the River.


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Re: Amherstburg's NEW Radio Station ~ Coming Spring 2023

Post by WOHO » Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:50 pm

107.9 I think is a LPFM station for Temperance MI HS, surprising as 108.1MHz is in use at TOL edo Express Airport. Local radio is good, 50W, 100W, plus a web feed.



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