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Spatial Coverage of FM Radio Signal Variation Measurement and Comparison of two Major Radio Stations within Akwa Ibom State

A. O. Adeniran, Olabisi O., O. S. Ajao

Abstract


This work focused on the measurements of signal strength level of  two major Frequency Modulated (FM) radio station; Passion FM ,94.5MHz  and Atlantic FM,  104.5MHz which are both located in Uyo Akwa Ibom State with latitude and longitude (4.9057°N, 7.8537°E) respectively. The measurements were carried out across the major cities in the 31 local governments, by picking the most notable and important locations. A digital spectrum analyzer (GW-INSTEK) GSP-730 with Frequency range of 150 KHz – 3 GHz was used to measure the signal strength level and mobile GPS meter for location (altitude, longitude and latitude measurements). The parameters obtained were used to determine the coverage areas of the two FM radio stations studied in Akwa Ibom State. The obtained results showed a varied signal loss with the distance from the transmitting antenna, which is the implication of the configuration of FM radio transmitters in Akwa Ibom State.

 

Keywords: Electromagnetics, signal, spectrum, transmitter and FM radio


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