No, we are not trying to hitch a ride. Our thumb-up indicates victory as the next stage of the Multi-Jacent (multiple-adjacent transmitters) Project is a total success.
Our TWO SSTran transmitters are set at 1640 and 1660 kHz, leaving one "guard-band" channel in between them, and broadcasting the same "synchronized" audio.
The result is TOTAL DOMINATION of the X-band by Worldround Radio's KDX.
When we have a third transmitter available we might extend the WIDE-SWATH by adding 1680 kHz nighttime-only, when the top of the band is free of the iBah noise from a local station's 2nd harmonic. If they get wise and quit their iBah, as other stations have, we are prepared to return to 1680 full time.
By separating our two transmitters by one un-used channel we are able to keep the audio bandwidth which works so well, 80 to 10,240 Hz, a full 7-octave spectrum, without the splash-over experienced by side-by-side frequencies.
Up above I've described a "Multi-Jacent" plan for placing transmitters on a side-by-side swath of open AM frequencies, if available in your area, and gaining two advantages:
1.) Having your radio signal heard over such a wide-range of dial space compensates for having so little power by appearing to "own" wider transmission than other stations;
2.) For possible listeners within your circular mile certain of your frequencies might give them better reception than others, increasing the liklihood of their actually listening.
But here's where we are in developing this project... for five side-by-side signals we will need five transmitter/antennas, and they cannot all be in the same geographic spot or they will interfere with each other. As we've discussed, the antennas need to be separated by distances from one another that we will call X for "unknown."
In most cases we're talking about a common chunk of home real-estate known as a "yard," easily confused with the measurement term "yard," which means 3-feet. But a home yard might more possibly be 100'x200', within which 5 antenna sites must be placed.
Question is, how close together can these transmitters be to function without cross-loading into each other?