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Now that I have a more accurate way to know what radio stations you should be able to hear, it was time to test it in the real world.<\/p>\n

Back around Christmas time, I sat in a parking lot with a list of nearby radio stations to see if there were any discrepancies. At that time, I mentioned that there was one radio station that appeared to be missing in action \u2013 all the rest seem to be there<\/p>\n

Previously because I didn’t know how free space signal loss worked, I just set the range to < 35 miles \u2013 but some stations can be heard more than 35 miles, in fact most. With the range set to 200 miles, many more radio stations appeared to be within the listening range \u2013 and that is true.<\/p>\n

But that one radio station \u2013 WAGL-AM in Lancaster SC was still not audible in Charlotte, where it should have a clear signal. Time for a road trip!<\/p>\n

So I told my iPad where the station tower is, and told Siri \u2013 “take me to the tower!” – at the time I started the trip, I was already in a place called Stallings, NC. Siri figured out a route, and started turn by turn instructions. I had the radio to the appropriate frequency, no matter how close I got to Lancaster, no signal. It was plausible that the station might have been running reduced power, but there was nothing. I arrived on the street outside the towers, there they were \u2013 and absolutely no signal.<\/p>\n

If one were hunting for zombies this is an obvious candidate \u2013 the reasons include:<\/p>\n