[cma-l] Funky SX and the Lille tranmitter

[Marc Steele]

Hello,


> Don’t know much about these things chaps, but would not a DIRECTIONAL
> ANTENNA set back pointing in the direction of France push them back
> somewhat ?  or am I on fantasy island ?               over to Ian/Alex and
> Glyn on that one. You could fire it straight up the channel tunnel    LOL
>


You'd just end up interfering with them while they interfere with you.
Also, you'll be somewhat wasting power transmitting to a rather empty
expanse of water.



>   We have two Stations interfering with us slightly ………….Chorley Cake FM
> (SAME FREQUENCY 102.8   but hey, we’re all in it together and I know we
> interfere with them as well, so it’s give and take on that one (we don’t
> interfere with each other in the core areas though)
> however    Real in Wales coming out of Welshpool 102.8fm are all over us
> like a bad rash in Kerridge … we know the reason why though. Our
> transmitter sits just behind the Hill and high up on what we call ‘ligetts’
>   and they would be ‘line-of-sight’ so they tickle away at us … on a bad
> day, they do come over the top.
>


The team over in Erewash have Radio Cymru blasting in on the same
frequency. It means you end up flipping between the two depending on which
you're shielded by hills from at the edge of their coverage area.

I get the feeling it's a common issue. That said, you've only got 25W and
most of the stations I've worked with are terrain limited as well (i.e.
you'll still have patches with this problem, even with a power increase).

As for atmospherics, there's not much you can do about that one. I've seen
incidents in the day job where we loose reception of distant transmitters
we can usually "see" quite well.

Regards,

Marc.
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