[SBE] About WBZ

[Tom Bosscher]

Ray,

     What this is all about is last week on the net, we were talking 
about directional AM's. We all know that WSUN in Florida was the first 
station to be licensed by the FCC as a DA. But WBZ, wisely, saw no 
reason to have half their RF signal over the ocean. So they have this 
simple two tower array that I think was designed in the 20's. Today, it 
is indeed licensed as a DA, but my guess is that sometime in the past, 
the FCC just simply gave them that designation.
     The license does show phase angle and power ratio for the second 
tower, and CBS had to get the license modified for a new phase.monitor. 
But, do they have monitor points? Again, they were licensed to increase 
their main lobe towards the population base. And why would you need 
monitor points to the east, were there is no land for 3,000 miles?
      I was the one on the net who brought the up the question as to 
whether or not WBZ had monitor points. And a second to it, was, why 
didn't NBC, and CBS do the same thing in the 20's and 30's to the New 
York 50 KW's? I'd rather have 100 kw towards land than 50 KW.

     Anyway, tonight at 8pm Eastern, on IRLP reflector 9615 and Echolink 
reflector 96150.

     tom bosscher K8TB