Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 10:28 pm
KVMX Movin' 107.5 - Banks (Washington) OR US.. rhythmic ac (CP:to 100kW)
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 11:28 pm
It's in an old Towers & Such thread. They've had it for quite awhile.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 12:27 am
What's causing the hold up?
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 5:00 pm
In Eugene, 107.5 KVMX currently sounds noticably weaker than 106.7 KLTH. It'll be nice to have "Movin" up to 100kW!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 10:56 pm
Except this will likely be a factor:
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=156460
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 11:14 pm
Why doesn't EMF use a booster on 107.1, instead of a translator at 107.3? Who does their engineering? This new translator will splatter over 107.5 KVMX, but it shouldn't cause too much interference.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 11:52 pm
This would seem to be a viable solution! Eugene appears to be within their 60dbu contour. It would certainly make better use of the spectrum.
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 12:43 am
They actually ran a 250 watt booster on Blanton Heights for a few months back in '97. In south Eugene where the main 107.1 is worst it worked wonders. However, in portions of Springfield and northwest Eugene where the main signal is good enough alone the booster caused major interference. For south Eugene they went with a 100.9 translator instead.
I'm not sure what they want to accomplish with 107.3 on Buck Mtn. but I suspect it's partly for the Coburg Rd area that's in the shadow of the Coburg hills.
>>Who does their engineering?
It's mostly in-house.
KXPC would be a better candidate for a Eugene booster. The 103.7 signal is horrible to non-existant everywhere in the area.
Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 12:46 am
How about a 107.1 booster on KODZ's tower? That site would cover all of Eugene/Springfield, and cover up the main signal.
Yes, 103.7 KXPC really needs a Eugene booster, if the move to Paisley isn't going to happen.
Friday, October 13, 2006 - 12:02 am
I'm no engineer, but I'm guessing less than 250 watts from Coburg Ridge (KODZ) would go beyond the 60 dBu of the main signal. The amount of power required to "cover up" the main signal would need to be more than 250 watts. Therefore the only legal option appears to be a southern location (Blanton) directional towards the north. I don't know why they didn't or couldn't use a higher powered booster on Blanton.
Another problem with the booster that was tried was the microwave feed of incoming audio was not clean. Plenty of video noise from channel 34 was bleeding in.
Friday, October 13, 2006 - 12:43 am
Good points about Coburg Ridge. I like the idea of a directional booster on Blanton...
