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97.1 signal lately.

Discussion pertaining to Detroit, Ann Arbor, Port Huron and SW Ontario
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macgoldfan
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97.1 signal lately.

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Have they powered down some? Getting static and other stations bleeding though a lot lately.

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ChrisWL1980
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Re: 97.1 signal lately.

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I would guess tropo would be the main culprit. It's been good to intense on several nights during the past week.
I live in northern Washtenaw County and haven't noticed any signal degradation.
fairbankshockeypuck
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Re: 97.1 signal lately.

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Bet Tropo...97.1 been booming on and off here mostly in mornings just west ofSaginaw in Hemlock on my truck radio.....local 99.3 in Bridgeport wiped off the dial by WATZ in Alpena some 150 miles away.....
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Re: 97.1 signal lately.

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Chicago FM and TV stations used to cause much more interference in Michigan until more and more dropped ERP when they moved to Hancock and Sears transmitter locations. So WDRV 97.1 would only rarely cause interference now, and its History Card shows quite a low ERP throughout its History until recently.
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ChrisWL1980
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Re: 97.1 signal lately.

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97.1 is one of my more rock-solid signals and more difficult to null out, but I have managed to get WREO as well as WBNS-FM out of Columbus. 105.1 out of Fort Wayne was walking all over WMGC last week.
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