WHDH 7.1 on VHF 7 in Boston was told by the
FCC engineering specs (done by a private engineering group but to
FCC standards) their VHF contour would extend 55 miles compared to the temp UHF that was only 50.
So it's good that both Sunbeam Television and the
FCC are involved. It was a mutual mistake. The
FCC lead station owners to believe they didnt need the power per contour maps. If you a 25KW going up to 50KW they expand their contour about 5 miles tops. But if you live in the outer half of that contour, you know 25 was not enough power. But not seeing that big a difference in range on the maps, they owners said fine, a 25
KW transmitter is cheaper to buy and run. What they forgot was they were not saturating the contour they had with enough signal.
It will be interesting to see the final result.
Here is their STA application if that interests anyone
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