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by Ben Zonia
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: 8 tower array in Hamilton On.
Replies: 6
Views: 190

Re: 8 tower array in Hamilton On.

CHML also has to protect the Mexican border for XEW 900, which is 250000 watts, Class A. According to the founder of worldradiohistory.com, most stations like this actually operate with a lot less power than under Region II listed facility records. But you would still have to protect it in Mexico. I...
by Ben Zonia
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: 8 tower array in Hamilton On.
Replies: 6
Views: 190

Re: 8 tower array in Hamilton On.

That 900 in Sudbury moved to 550, then to FM. WFRO 900 is gone. WSNQ 900 is gone. 900 in Sudbury is still in the Region II Database. A Canadian station wouldn't have to protect the Sudbury allotment. WFDF 910 has a larger footprint with 50 kW, and any change in CHML 900 would require not overlapping...
by Ben Zonia
Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: 8 tower array in Hamilton On.
Replies: 6
Views: 190

Re: 8 tower array in Hamilton On.

https://www.fccdata.org/?facid=&call=CHML&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=ELMFA&latd=&lond=&lang=en One of the biggest arrays in North America. Far towers are about a half mile apart. https://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?tabSearchType=Appl&sCurrentServic...
by Ben Zonia
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:02 am
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: Sleuthing Digital TV Signal Problems
Replies: 2
Views: 162

Re: Sleuthing Digital TV Signal Problems

It used to be if you knew somebody at the stations, they would tell you if something like that was going on and why. Now they are likely forbidden to tell anything like that, for fear that advertisers would freak out and ask for discounts, etc. It's not like everyone is watching off air though. One ...
by Ben Zonia
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: Sleuthing Digital TV Signal Problems
Replies: 2
Views: 162

Sleuthing Digital TV Signal Problems

The other day, I was watching WDIV 4/Physical 32, and it was frequently breaking up off air. I checked with a small portable with just a bowtie, and it was solid. I looked up WDIV on rabbit ears with Longley Rice, and there is a slight terrain hole next to a creek/drain, not far away from where I wa...
by Ben Zonia
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: Chatterbox
Topic: Screw General Motors (and any other automaker engaging in this practice)
Replies: 7
Views: 241

Re: Screw General Motors (and any other automaker engaging in this practice)

What about your cell phone? What about Alexa? What about security cameras everywhere? It's not paranoia, it's reality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY Then there's the worn out falsehood, "well, if you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have anything to worry about". And for you 1.66...
by Ben Zonia
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: Chatterbox
Topic: Boeing Max jets are unsafe flying shit boxes...
Replies: 19
Views: 703

Re: Boeing Max jets are unsafe flying shit boxes...

No doubt negligence is a factor with Boeing and just about any other manufacturers of anything. But there just seem to be too many incidents in a short period of time to be statistically possible. Like a 100 year event, like a six sigma event almost every day. Sabotage and terrorism need to be inves...
by Ben Zonia
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WDET celebrates 75 years of Public Radio
Replies: 6
Views: 527

Re: WDET celebrates 75 years of Public Radio

WXZY-AM (the current day WXYT-AM) was at the Maccabees Building prior to WDET. I believe WDET used the same facilities WXYZ-AM had. Later on WDTR-FM (now WRCJ-FM) used the Maccabees Building. I don't know if any radio broadcasters currently use the Maccabees location, as Wikipedia states WRCJ's fac...
by Ben Zonia
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:41 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - U.S. and World
Topic: Trump can't make bond
Replies: 101
Views: 1948

Re: Trump can't make bond

I never heard that Zinc or Silver alone could prevent or treat COVID. I did hear that Zinc COMBINED with antivirals, that were banned, including the one they called horse paste, that had previously received a Nobel Prize for its antiviral properties, enhanced prevention and treatment. Certain supple...
by Ben Zonia
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:10 am
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: WDET celebrates 75 years of Public Radio
Replies: 6
Views: 527

Re: WDET celebrates 75 years of Public Radio

Looking at the History Card, it looks like WDET was at 12300 Radio Place until around 1960. Then they moved to the Maccabees Building. Then, WMUZ went on the same tower and studio site.
by Ben Zonia
Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: ATSC 3.0 is unnecessary; numerous 4K, 1080p and 720p streams already possible using a single RF channel in ATSC 1.0!
Replies: 8
Views: 472

Re: ATSC 3.0 is unnecessary; numerous 4K, 1080p and 720p streams already possible using a single RF channel in ATSC 1.0!

What about the stability of the signal and the digital signal cliff? Any improvement in coverage areas and signal holes?
by Ben Zonia
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - U.S. and World
Topic: Trump can't make bond
Replies: 101
Views: 1948

Re: Trump can't make bond

Rickey Henderson , HOF 2009 Huh, unfortunate last name. See how you treat other broadcasters? I have more respect for Roy than I have for you! I'll make you a deal. Stop harassing me and I'll stop harassing you. Stay on your meds and it probably won't be a problem. Also, using multiple user account...
by Ben Zonia
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:58 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - U.S. and World
Topic: Trump can't make bond
Replies: 101
Views: 1948

Re: Trump can't make bond

TC Talks wrote:
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:54 pm
Lester The Nightfly wrote:
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:38 pm
Rickey Henderson, HOF 2009
Huh, unfortunate last name.
See how you treat other broadcasters? I have more respect for Roy than I have for you!

I'll make you a deal. Stop harassing me and I'll stop harassing you.
by Ben Zonia
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - U.S. and World
Topic: Trump can't make bond
Replies: 101
Views: 1948

Re: Trump can't make bond

My friend Ben Zonia frequently has to check up on TC Talks to see if he is making inflammatory slanderous comments about him behind his back. Ben has good reason to suspect this, based on a blackballing incident some years ago. What the hell are you talking about? You are now talking about yourself...
by Ben Zonia
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: Political Potpourri - U.S. and World
Topic: Trump can't make bond
Replies: 101
Views: 1948

Re: Trump can't make bond

TC Talks obviously has my friend Ben Zonia confused with Joe Biden, who Robert Hur found to have diminished capacity, so much that he couldn't be charged with a much more egregious illegal possession of secret documents. Documents were found next to a Corvette in his garage, that he didn't even have...