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Huh? / Expansion of FM Band, a.k.a. Wide-FM, 76-88MHz, back in the news.

« on: September 11, 2022, 1836 UTC »

FWD from Boomer:   https://recnet.com/node/3601      and      http://wide-fm.com/      Now, will this actually help-out LPFM´ers and even Part #15´ers? I doubt it, especially with the 800lbs gorilla called The NAB in there.

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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Hurricane Intelligent AM Medium Wave Broadcast Transmitter MW. Part15 compliant?

« on: September 03, 2022, 1830 UTC »

I´ve heard about this. Boomer just linked me to the ebay site.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/184784608562   To me, this looks like an AM version of the ´ol Ramsey FM-30B in menu set-ups.  Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...

UPDATE 9/7/2022: Well, chances are, this maybe, spec-wise, Part #15 compliant, but not Part #15 certified by the FCC. Could get around that by having it in kit form.

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Amateur Radio / 75M AM HAM's at sunrise? Apparently...

« on: August 31, 2022, 1928 UTC »

When I don't want to fall asleep to a dull C2C AM show, I have have a 1989 Sangean ATS-803A portable as my bedside radio. And, with an extra 10ft of quick hook-up RG-174 coax, I can plug-in that radio to my W.O.G., (Wire On Ground.), antenna and reduce the crashes of lightning on MW and lower HF. This morning, just before 7AM EST, 3885AM was hopping with AM HAM's. Some strong signals and calls that I didn't recognize. So, if you're up at the crack of dawn, and it's not T-storming, check-out the AM'ers from 3875 - 3885kHz. That reminds me, the Collins Net should be coming back soon, like early October, and I have signed into that several times. Happy DX'ing...

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MW Loggings / Classic Hits on 1410AM at night? Who's that???

« on: August 31, 2022, 1833 UTC »

With local 1410 WSCW still off-air where I am, since a truck hit and collapsed their tower, (OOOOPS!!!!), I've been trying to figure out what this classic hits station is on that FREQ after dark. I could never catch the damn ID, but the station has a very mid-FREQ audio response to it, like it's EQ'ed for talk and not music, but music is what's playing. Any clues??? THANKS!!!!

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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / 1978 "PEEWEE" STATION | The MICRO-BROADCASTERS COMMUNITY Forum?

« on: August 28, 2022, 1929 UTC »

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10eNrTvn7TkxD8mfI-tALOnHO2e8LNn5r/view

Boomer FWR that to me from the ALPB posts. A neat-read for sure.

And, thread link:   https://mbcf.boards.net/thread/3077/1978-peewee-station

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The RF Workbench / Turn Off the Stereo and See What Happens? Radio World???

« on: August 26, 2022, 1750 UTC »

https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/guest-commentaries/turn-off-the-stereo-and-see-what-happens
 FM mono??? This tells you how tech has changed over the years. 30-some years ago, if you wanted FM mono, you reached over to a switch and flicked-off the STEREO mode. Today, since most, if not all, FM analog tuners, made today just don´t have that option. So, they have to suggest that at the transmitter end? Uh-huh... Don´t you see the irony here?  Damn... I still remember the excitement when Panaxis, then Ramsey FM-10, TX´s, featured FM stereo at the milliwatt level. Even Part #15 FM TX´s, that broadcast less than 100ft TX, in FM stereo. What would be a better article is to tell folks, whom want a MONO feature on an FM radio, is to tell them how to install a switch to GND-out the 19kHz pilot carrier. Instant mono, problem solved...

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Other / Dead-air in CHU´s 3330kHz, 8/23/2022, 04:38UTC.

« on: August 23, 2022, 1749 UTC »

Strange, but with less lightning crashes trashing HF, I passed the memory channel that I have CHU´s 3330kHz programmed on, only to see that it was dead-air. Nice +S9 signal, but just dead-air. 7850kHz sounded fine. What´s Trudeau doing up there?

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Huh? / Various AM / FM stuff in SWLíng this time around. And, more so, 11/29/2022.

« on: August 20, 2022, 1747 UTC »

https://swling.com/blog/2022/08/radio-waves-am-fm-receiver-sales-stabilize-asheville-radio-museum-adds-model-hs2-legacy-remains-of-wsy-and-farewell-to-wcfw/

Several article to get through here.

And, even more so, here:   https://swling.com/blog/2022/11/radio-waves-colombias-life-saving-pop-song-fcc-commissioner-pro-am-radio-experimental-radio-news-6-fcc-comments-on-fm-power-increase-and-leo-laporte-retires/

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The RF Workbench / Introducing the SULA: An affordable unidirectional DX-grade loop antenna?

« on: August 18, 2022, 1725 UTC »

https://swling.com/blog/2022/08/introducing-the-amazing-sula-an-affordable-unidirectional-dx-grade-loop-antenna-that-you-can-build/          Looks tempting.

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Huh? / Huge flaw” threatens US emergency alert system, DHS researcher warns!

« on: August 17, 2022, 1716 UTC »

Another SWL'ing rip. But, oh great... Just what we need.  https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/08/huge-flaw-threatens-us-emergency-alert-system-dhs-researcher-warns/

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10/11 meters / Late season Sporadic 'E', 8/15/2022 00:00 - 02:00UTC, on 10M / 11M.

« on: August 15, 2022, 2015 UTC »

In between T-storms, I kicked-on the Xiegu G90 to check if the local HAM dared to venture out on the local 10M chit-chat FREQ of 28.415MHz USB. No, but to my surprise, Sporadic 'E' was very much hopping from TX, OK, AR, and KS, states. So, I broke-in and worked several stations on 10W. I even said "HI" again to a dude that I worked 10M from KS last year. Then, T-storms came back through, and I had to get off-air, but that was a pleasant surprise, at least. I did peak on to the CB FREQ's to see them hopping as well, especially, CH 6, CH 15, CH 28, and the higher LSB CH's 36 - 40. 

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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / The AMT-MW207 mini AM radio transmitter kit! SWL'ing rip again.

« on: August 13, 2022, 1736 UTC »

Looks fun.   https://swling.com/blog/2022/08/the-amt-mw207-mini-am-radio-transmitter-kit/

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Huh? / Compromís asks to end FM radio to save energy?

« on: August 13, 2022, 1734 UTC »

Uh-huh... Just how long before they apply this here?   https://www-elperiodic-com.translate.goog/compromis-pide-acabar-radio-para-ahorrar-energia_841255?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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Pirate Radio History / Interview about Brooklyn pirate radio, Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive.

« on: August 03, 2022, 1939 UTC »

Actually, ripped from SWL'ing post.     https://pirate.ie/archive/interview-about-brooklyn-pirate-radio/

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Huh? / Album AM's, 846kHz, site and antennas look.

« on: July 30, 2022, 1812 UTC »

Boomer FWD this site to me. He suspected that this dude had seen my AM1620 antenna, with capacitive Tophat. Huh... Who knows, but transmitting on 846kHz, you need as much help as you can get with a short antenna. Still, neat to see how other alternative broadcasts are getting out there.   http://www.albumam.nl/