[BC] AM Triplex...

[Burt I. Weiner]

How 'bout 1340, 1290 and 1490 triplexed in Santa Barbara, CA.

Burt

At 07:35 PM 1/2/2006, you wrote:
>Subject: [BC] Closest-frequency AM diplexes
>To: <am at nrcdxas.org>, <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Cc: Peter Haas <PeterH5322 at aol.com>, Scott Fybush <scott at fybush.com>,
>         Grady Moates <Grady.Moates at loudandclean.com>,   "Rene F. Tetro"
>         <rtetro at pobox.com>, rcarpen at erols.com,  Craig Healy
>         <craig at craighealy.com>
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>
>Rene's comment about 870 and 1090 in Kingsport-Johnson City being real close
>in frequency (and using Kahn Powersides to increase the fequency separation
>by an additional ~10 kHz) brought up this great AM-techno-Geek trivia
>question: What are the closest-frequency diplexed AMs that you know of? For
>the uninitiated, "closest" is determined not just by the frequency
>difference but by the ratio of the frequency difference to the higher of the
>two frequencies. So a hypothetical 1460/1600 (8.75%) would beat a
>hypothetical 550/620 (11.29%). I have a feeling that the winner will be in
>the Honolulu area, where triplexes are commonplace, quadriplexes are not
>unusual, and there may even be a quintaplex. OTOH, nearly all stations in
>Hawaii are ND. Answers should include not just the calls, frequences, and
>CoLs, but also powers and number of diplexed towers.
>
>I'll start the ball rolling with Wilmington DE, WTMC 1380 519W-D/15W-N ND
>and WILM 1450 1 kW-U ND, 1 tower, 4.82% (smallest frequency separation I am
>aware of)

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