Friday, March 03, 2006
Dayton reception getting worse
I moved to Dayton a year and a half ago and I have been a member of WMUB practically from the day I arrived. I live in Kettering and drive to and from work every day along Dixie Drive and Patterson Boulevard along the river. The reception for WMUB has been getting worse and worse. I used to lose the signal around Rt. 35 and then pick it up again below 3rd street, but now it is poor for almost the whole route. What has happened? . . . I am quite frustrated and do not want to keep switching to WYSO. I have used 4 different cars on the route and the poor reception doesn't change.
--name withheld by request
--[I am not aware of anything that has changed that could affect you reception...at least nothing we have done. There are sometimes environmental/weather factors that affect FM reception but that is not likely over a long period of time.
It is possible that another station is interfering in some fashion. For example, WPDR on 88.1 FM has added a new digital HD Radio signal in the last year or so but, if they were the cause of your problems, that would have happened all at once.
The only other thing I can think of would be a problem with your car radio or even some of the wiring such as spark plug cables. If you're not having trouble with other stations, that is also probably not the cause....and even if it were...it may not be easily solved.
I will pass your e-mail along to our Chief Engineer for his review but I'm pretty sure he won't have much to add. If he does, you may hear from him.
Please let us know if you notice any further change. We do want to track situations like this so we can see if there is a pattern.
Thank you for doing all you can to stick with us. We're committed to doing all we can to make sure you get a strong signal.
-- John Hingsbergen, program director]
--name withheld by request
--[I am not aware of anything that has changed that could affect you reception...at least nothing we have done. There are sometimes environmental/weather factors that affect FM reception but that is not likely over a long period of time.
It is possible that another station is interfering in some fashion. For example, WPDR on 88.1 FM has added a new digital HD Radio signal in the last year or so but, if they were the cause of your problems, that would have happened all at once.
The only other thing I can think of would be a problem with your car radio or even some of the wiring such as spark plug cables. If you're not having trouble with other stations, that is also probably not the cause....and even if it were...it may not be easily solved.
I will pass your e-mail along to our Chief Engineer for his review but I'm pretty sure he won't have much to add. If he does, you may hear from him.
Please let us know if you notice any further change. We do want to track situations like this so we can see if there is a pattern.
Thank you for doing all you can to stick with us. We're committed to doing all we can to make sure you get a strong signal.
-- John Hingsbergen, program director]
Comments:
Until very recently, I listened to WMUB progamming almost eveyday as I drove from one place to the next in Clark County. Then, a new broadcast of christian music from an unmanned transmittor at 88.3 MHZ located in South Vienna, Ohio) began interfering noticeably with the 88.5 MHZ signal, making it difficult to listen to WMUB in virtually any part of eastern Clark County. I contacted the FCC, which advised me to contact the owner of the South Vienna "station", located in Tupelo, Mississipi. The owner's response was that the transmittor would be re-aimed directly at the county seat, Springfield, which was the target market. Since that work, I can't pick up WMUB clearly in the centrally-located city of Springfield either! Recently, I couldn't listen to a Prairie Home COmpanion in the western city of New Carlisle. I have switched to WOSU's AM station when I drive, but of course I miss the WMUB line-up and the clean FM sound. Is there anything that can be done? It doesn't seem fair that I have to but a new radios to get better reception to protect my radios from an interfering signal.
Thanks for your help.
Anne Kaup-Fett
Springfield, OH
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Thanks for your help.
Anne Kaup-Fett
Springfield, OH
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