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Peskies / Re: Chanting Pesky 6990 LSB 1255 UTC 25 May 2019
« on: August 13, 2019, 0609 UTC »
Thanks for the replies. I sort of miss hearing the Indonesians (Kalimantan 'village radio' chanters); haven't heard them since 2014 or so.
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Kage, good to hear nothing fried.
Pigmeat, was your radio powered up during the storm, or can these things really take damage indoors, away from external conductors?
Josh, I keep everything unplugged when not in use. There's also a bunch of audio gear involved that I'm not interested in replacing.
But i have to know...should i start stowing my radios in literal faraday cages while not in use? I'm really paranoid now.
As far as our *broadcast* spectrum is concerned, the FCC blew it by allowing companies such as EMF to drop in K-Love frequencies all over the land. Many markets have K-Love on as many as 6 FM channels. This carpetbaombing is flat-out wrong, and a real stretch of FCC rules (if they haven't been overturned while I speak). Then, they wonder why people are PO'ed about interference on FM. Then, why do they not extend the band down to 76MHz? I'm sure "well nobody has radios for that band". Okay, I'll buy that. However, some of the same voices stating that argument are the ones pushing for sunset of analog and full IBOC. Wait!! There are so few radios around! Did you just not contradict your concern for "no radios"
And should I even mention the handling of analog TV sunset??? People are STILL having issues receiving many of their favorite OTA signals.
Then, there is AM band. IMO, a LOT of these broom-closet automation trainwrecks *need* to go dark. How many AM signals does a market need with evangelists or hate-talk? I could hear Rush on NO LESS than 8 signals, all of which come in clear, in Flint. There is duplicate sports-talk on FOUR signals. To me, this is a waste. Granted, I'm an old-school radio guy who has despised automation since the days of Drake-Chenault reels.