RTP-area local music and culture

[Jeffrey Herrick <jherrick AT duke.edu>]

  I can't tell you why xyc comes in so good there,
but radio signals have a funny way of bouncing around.  The reception
might change during different times of the day and in different weather. I
DJ at xdu and the summer months are hell on our signal especially in the
morning with temperature inversions setting up in the early morning.  Also
our tower in a section of Duke Forest in Hillsborough.  I think atmospere
around the tower is altered by the forest and is more prone
to temperature inversions.  (I'm not a meteorolgist though). Anyway, bare
with us through the summer months..

xyc has sweet tower placement right on top of the water tower near the UNC
Emergency room.  Thats why they can do so much with 400 watts.  Its not
just the size, but where you put it.

Meanwhile 'KNC has 15000 watts.  Goddamn lucky bastards.   It is luck or a
lot of forsight decades ago.  No lower signals for them to interfere with.

Jeff



On Fri, 14 May 2004, Rawls wrote:
>      Anyways, I was wondering if anyone else has
> noticed that near perfect reception of WXYC can be had
> on a car radio in the parking lot on McDowell St
> directly in front of Kings'.  This doesn't make up for
> the fact that WKNC comes in almost better in Durham
> than XDU and XYC, but it is rather odd.  I usually
> lose xyc reception in Raleigh around Crabtree Valley
> Mall, but in that one parking lot of downtown Raleigh
> it comes back strong.  Something to do with an
> ambulance station being right beside it?
>
>                                        Rawls