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WCRV trying again!

Posted on November 23, 2004

Testing the antenna inside of a trailer is an experience! I have found little tricks that really make the signal smoke. But inside a metal trailer, there is little signal outside of it.

Testing the antenna inside of a trailer is an experience! I have found little tricks that really make the signal smoke. But inside a metal trailer, there is little signal outside of it.

The solution seems to be an installation inside a wooden shed which sits on a 7″ slab of concrete. This new shed is 100 feet from the back of
the house; 125 feet from the studio.

I don’t see digging out concrete this winter so if I can figure a way to situate the antenna on the concrete slab and still get a wonderful
ground (the ground wires are just outside the shed, still intact in the ground), we may get WCRV on the air again for the winter, and forever.

The audio and electrical lines will have to go back about 150 feet; I’ve done this before so it should not be an issue.

What will make this successful is that I have the antenna/coil totally tuned perfectly, so if I only have to physically move it, perhaps place
it like you may place a xmas tree, we will be successful.

Anyway, you see I am not giving up.

Charles produced two formats; one is a more modern rock version, the other is a standards-based format. I’ve been wanting to lean to a standard format, since the audience is
here and the format is not heard locally.
And that is what I plan to do.
The format is killer; it is not all Sinatra; the music is listenable
to most anyone our age (40+)..overall, this will be the format when the
rockformats/talkshows will not be on.

Of course, the eclectic format shows will still air on WCRV, but the
overall format will be Charle’s Hits Post War.

When and if this happens this year, I’ll let you know. This is only
the
umpteenth time I’ve moved and reset the antenna.

I want this to work so badddddly; this past summer, WCRV had a signal
that was killer; miles up the road and to either side; I can not
guarantee that housing the antenna inside a wooden house will give us
the same results.
After this, I am out of ideas!!
I’ll keep you posted.

Carl

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