I was spinning the dial after midnight here in Missouri and found the same
program on several freqs at once. It was sports talk with news at 0630UTC.
I'm just curious why they would broadcast on so many at once? Three in the
same band:

12080 Brandon 10KW
13630 Shepparton 100KW
15160 Shepparton 100KW
15240 Shepparton 100KW
15515 Shepparton 100KW
I can understand if they are aimed to different regions- but I was getting
them all at a similar signal quality; although 15160 and 15515 were
certainly best. The location and power info are from Passport. If the
Brandon wattage is correct, I'm surprised I heard that at all!
Can anybody shed some light on why they go the expense on so much
repetition? I'm sure not complaining- I really like to hear radio from Down
Under. I hate to think that this could all be history if BPL comes to my
town.
R75 w/ 80ft. wire & Palomar MLB.
Brian

Brian Sturges wrote:

I was spinning the dial after midnight here in Missouri and found the same
program on several freqs at once. It was sports talk with news at 0630UTC.
I'm just curious why they would broadcast on so many at once? Three in the
same band:

12080 Brandon 10KW
13630 Shepparton 100KW
15160 Shepparton 100KW
15240 Shepparton 100KW
15515 Shepparton 100KW
I can understand if they are aimed to different regions- but I was getting
them all at a similar signal quality; although 15160 and 15515 were
certainly best. The location and power info are from Passport. If the
Brandon wattage is correct, I'm surprised I heard that at all!
Can anybody shed some light on why they go the expense on so much
repetition? I'm sure not complaining- I really like to hear radio from Down
Under. I hate to think that this could all be history if BPL comes to my
town.

Couple of different target areas there, and with the multiple freq's they have a
better chance of being heard.

Brandon does apparently run 10kw, unless they've upgraded.

dxAce
Michigan
USA