[South Florida DX Association] Daytime AM Station Power

[Bill]

I know.....

it is WIOD...

30 years of listening tells me they are on low power hi...
Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris K." <ck at ckradio.net>
To: "Bill" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
Cc: <sfDXA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [South Florida DX Association] Daytime AM Station Power


> Hi Bill
> Actually the station you listen to is probably on automation mode and
> needs to be reprogrammed to add DS.
> Some stations run lower power at night because the distance increases
> and interferes with other stations
> sharing the same frequency.  In AM you actually cut the bandwidth down
> from your audio chain and also decrease the power level.
> Many stations depending on the area of coverage may be approved to
> operate 50kW daytime and only 100W at night. Some of the 1kW station run
> 10W at night   With the current economic conditions many times a
> contract engineer makes corrections only when there's a real problem.
> Till then please enjoy the 1 hour of your favorite static.
> ~Chris
>
> Bill wrote:
>> Speaking of power stations and antennas. I noticed my favortie AM station 
>> each morning was lost in the static. It appears the FCC forgot about 
>> Daylight Savings time changes. This new earlier date for increasing the 
>> time by one hour means the stations are still on night time power 
>> restrictions. The AM Stations are allowed to increase power during 
>> daylight but the FCC forgot to tell the AM Stations about it.
>>
>> Bill Marx W1CQ
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