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"David Eduardo" wrote:

"Telamon" wrote in message
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Yeah, now he is telling me what I can hear based on some imaginary
contour maps.

... based on FCC data which allowed the licensing and signal
protection of each station.

Your information or how you are interpreting it is faulty.

The information is composed of two parts.

1. Arbitron diary returns for in-home listening by ZIP code.
2. Signal strength by ZIP Code from professional engineering software, based
on FCC licence values, ground condutivity, tc.

Must be a piece of crap software you use.

I have many stations, on the order of sixteen, that have very
strong signals.

But only 3 put a 10 mv/m signal over your ZIP. Analysis of AM staitons by
listening location shows that below that level in populated metro areas,
there is, for all practical purposes, no listening.

Noise is not an issue at all. What does it take to get that through
your skull? Take a drive up to Ventura and see for yourself.

Why should I.

Because your data is wrong and you base your conclusions of false facts.

I am capable of looking at the field strengths of each station
in your ZIP and knowing that no AM station with less than a 10 mv/m gets
significant in-home listening in that ZIP, I conclude that the general rule
about listening to weaker signals holds true, yet again.

Bad data, incorrectly interpreting that data leads to wrong conclusions.

The stations broadcast from Santa Barbara, Santa Paula, Ventura, Oxnard,
Port Hueneme, Simi Valley, LA, and at the very least KOGO in San Diego.

Some in your ZIP have about 2 mv/m. As stated before, you may hear them if
you try, but "normal" radio listeners do not listen to them as they are not
stong enough to be usefully listenable.

No trying need since they are strong signals. No problem getting them on
the home radio, portable, or car radio.

There is like 10 stations 30 miles or less away from me for Gods sake.
Get a new line of crap to peddle. This one really stinks.

But, in your ZIP, there are only 3 above 10 mv/m. And those are, buy no
strange coincidence, the only ones that get any significant diary mentions
in your ZIP.

Something is wrong with your data or calculations.

You got a real problem. Your view of reality is askew. I don't know
where you are going wrong but you should find out.

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Telamon
Ventura, California