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WCRV is BACK… on the air! On a very limited basis now.

Basically, I’ve moved the antenna indoors once again. Some of you may remember I did this before with limited success.

WCRV is BACK… on the air! On a very limited basis now.

Basically, I’ve moved the antenna indoors once again. Some of you may remember I did this before with limited success.

It was an occasion where I was testing the antenna indoors, and received the station about a mile away with great audio.

For the interested, this particular time, the antenna was basically horizontal in the studio, which made the results even more interesting.

This time, the antenna is installed correctly, but without the ground system it requires. It has two ground points, but I’ve found a radial system to be a major plus with this particular antenna. Remember, I live in a mobile home, surrounded by alluminum, and the goal of 1 mile is not a dream; it is possible.

A lot less than the 3.6 mile contour I got, but then, again, I’m at a disadvantage. For some reason, it is tuning best at 1410am (which as you know is very
strange). Joyce drove the signal home from work Tuesday night and indicated it was a “choppy signal”, best close to home (naturally). 1410 is noisy here, and I was probably overmodulated.

It is yet again another start, but without the antenna outside visible, if I can make it as efficeint as possible, there may be some hope for WCRV yet.

The other thing is that the station was tested at close to sunset (critical hours). In the fall, as you know, this is a problem especially for low power
AM. I will continue to work on the new configuration of WCRV, and let you know of my progress.

And thank you for your interest in WCRV! Carl

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