[SBE] About WBZ

[Kevin P. Mostyn]

WBZ does not have monitor points. The Hull two-tower DA was built circa
1940.

WOR NY was one of the early stations to use a deliberately directional
antenna, to concentrate it's signal up and down the East Coast population
centers.

Kevin Mostyn

-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Bosscher
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 1:36 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: [SBE] About WBZ

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




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