KSRV-FM - New Signal Plot from Deer Point

As most of you know that track IdahoRadioNews.com, KSRV-FM recently moved from their site near Payette to a new tower on Deer Point above Boise. The FCC plots are rather bland and don’t really factor in realistic RF propagation. I ran a few engineering plots that give a much more “real life” estimate of coverage. As you can see, there is a serious notch in the pattern to the ENE in order to avoid interference with KID-FM. You can see the Smith antenna plot below - the antenna was specifically designed to cut signal directly towards KID-FM. 0 degrees is true north -

Click on the link below to view the high resolution engineering map - Note for IE users: you may need to click on the image to view it at full size as it will shrink it automatically to fit your window size.

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Smith antenna plot

AJ, K6LOR posted at 2006-12-16 Category: Planning