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166

Huh? / CB Tricks is back, but as a .ORG now.

« on: August 27, 2024, 1822 UTC »

Great site for various classic CB radio INFO. And, now they are back with a different URL.    https://cbtricks.org/   You can spend hours looking through and downloading various manuals & schematics. (YEA!!!!)

167

Propagation / Re: Good conditions for Late Summer VHF / UHF Tropo? Could be, and was!

« on: August 27, 2024, 1701 UTC »

Nice Western  / Eastern Tropo after 04:00 UTC, 8/27/2024, from Ashland, KY WX FREQ 162.550MHz. Normally, this station is just at Squelch threshold, on my outside Discone Antenna, here in SW West Virginia. However, that WX station was full-quieting on the indoor scanner antennas. (Nice...) Now, if we could only get this condition on a weekend night.

168

Propagation / Good conditions for Late Summer VHF / UHF Tropo? Could be!

« on: August 23, 2024, 1904 UTC »

It's been incredibly dry here in SW West Virginia, where even the GND Rods need to be kept moist for conductivity. Well, this next week the weather here calls for mid-90's in the day, and 60's at night, even foggy mornings. That's, usually good makings for nice Tropo for VHF / UHF  Propagation, from like midnight, to maybe 9AM. Best indicators for that are distant NOAA weather Radio FREQ's, from 162.400MHz - 162.550MHz FM. TV / FM DX'ers may get some good catches here. And, don't forget to try DX MURS VHF and GMRS UHF. Don't forget those Amateur Radio simplex FREQ's. This map site could be helpful as well.  https://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo.html    So, hopefully, HAPPY VHF / UHF DX'ing!

169

Huh? / Radio Survivor Podcast #342 – The Famous Computer Cafe

« on: August 18, 2024, 1453 UTC »

Got to admit, it's kind of a different turn for Radio Survivor, but digging-up 1980's computer shows are no doubt of interest. So, enjoy.   https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2024/08/podcast-342-the-famous-computer-cafe/

170

Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Re: College Carrier-Current AM stations still on-air? Radio Locator search.

« on: August 17, 2024, 2050 UTC »

https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=&band=AM&freq=&freq_exact=Yes&city=&state=&country=&format=&owner_search=starts&owner=&scope=&is_ful=Y&is_unl=Y&sort=Call&count=20&sr=1&sid=      Interesting, but I know that there's more out there.

171

General Radio Discussion / CHML 900AM Hamilton, ON going bye-bye? Uh...

« on: August 16, 2024, 1557 UTC »

Ya know, I've just RSVP'ed a post, where someone was asking about station that still air Old-Time Radio programs, and CHML 900AM was one that I remembered that still did nightly. Well, I guess not anymore.  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-corus-shuts-down-hamilton-radio-station-amid-other-necessary-changes/  That sucks, as it was also another neat alternative talker that could be easily heard driving around WNY. (Thank you Boomer, for passing that along to me.) Still, sucks to read about.

172

10/11 meters / 0352 UTC, 8/12/2024, CB CH38 LSB. Rare, late night F2 and late season Sporadic E

« on: August 12, 2024, 1739 UTC »

Surprised to hear activity on CB CH38 LSB, 27.385MHz, at 11:52PM EST, with Sporadic "E" from Illinois, and F2 from a 416 Jeff, from Melbourne, Australia, peaking out at S9. Then, there was this dude DX'ing from Hawaii, but didn't mention where. Still, neat to hear that late at night, on 11M.

173

General Radio Discussion / Re: Looking for stations with old time radio shows? Try these, albeit late night

« on: August 11, 2024, 1656 UTC »

I've heard Charleston, WV's 580AM WCHS do old-time radio comedies on Saturday mornings from 2AM - 4AM EST.   https://radio-locator.com/info/WCHS-AM    And for years, I've heard old-time radio comedies and dramas on Hamilton, ON's CHML AM900, nightly.  https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=chml&nav=home  I understand that many Part 15 AM stations are airing these old-time radio shows as well. So, you'll never know.

174

Huh? / What's your 'College Stations' list?

« on: August 08, 2024, 1718 UTC »

With the recent buzz of the movie documentary 35000 Watts, www.35000watts.com , that leads the question out there to y'all. What college stations did you either visit, listen to, was on-air with, or even provided engineering to? With me??? Still thinking about it, my list keeps getting longer, but been to the studios of:

WJSL, (Now WXXY.), WNTE, WALF, WITR, WECW,

Station that I have not been in the studio, but just outside, or at the TX site:

WETD, WGCC, WGSU, WBSU, (That includes the AM Carrier-Current trainer station.), KSUA, (Got to also see their parade float in 7/1985.), WRUR, WBNY, WSBU, WVCR, WEOS, WMUL, WWVU, WSPN, WVBR,

Other stations that I've listened to, but never been to:

WICB, WDWN, WFSE, WCEB, WCMO, WKPS, WSRU, WQSU, WERG, WVWC,

The only station to provide engineering to, thus far:

WNTE


Am I forgetting some? I know that I am. I'll never beat Jennifer Waits's list. So, how many do you know on this list? https://www.35000watts.com/college-radio-database/

While I'm at it, LPFM stations that I've been to:

WTSQ-LP, WSVQ-LP

Now, how many pirate stations have I been to? Um... Let's leave that one for another subject.

Incomplete list? 8/10/2024: Forgot about listening to Toronto's 89.5FM, CIUT,   https://ciut.fm/  heard driving down Rt 390S, to as far as Wayland, NY. That was in the late 1990's, and they just played a long set of Trance tunage then. Thus far, the only Canadian college station that I remember hearing. Probably, couldn't do that today, with all these newer FM translators on-air.

175

SDR - Software Defined Radio / Radio World discovers, SDR: The Next Level of Shortwave Radio Listening? Ok...

« on: August 07, 2024, 1622 UTC »

https://www.radioworld.com/global/sdr-the-next-level-of-shortwave-radio-listening   Hey, gotta' start somewhere on this. At least, the author got his RTL-SDR to work, where as I'm still doing occasional on-line Kiwi-SDR's and the all-in-one-box Xiegu G90. Bigger and better SDR's in my future? Hope so, but $$$$, projects, and time, always have to go elsewhere.

176

Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Letter: Richard Fry on Part 15 AM Coverage Area? An RW rip of past conversations

« on: August 05, 2024, 1809 UTC »

https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/readers-forum/letter-richard-fry-on-part-15-am-coverage-area    This subject has come-up more than once on the Part 15 sites.

177

Equipment / Re: WWV receiver for ntpd time source? Remember the Radio Shack ones?

« on: August 04, 2024, 1801 UTC »

https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/1985_radioshack_catalog.html?fb3d-page=102   Would that work?

178

General Radio Discussion / RNZ Inaugurates New Analog and DRM Ampegon Transmitter? SWLing rip.

« on: August 02, 2024, 1548 UTC »

https://swling.com/blog/2024/08/rnz-inaugurates-new-analog-and-drm-ampegon-transmitter/    Ampegon??? Isn't that the big TX that WBCQ is using?

179

Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Re: Where did the "Low Power Radio Guy" go? Good question....

« on: July 31, 2024, 1758 UTC »

Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Could this be for that?  http://thealpb.us/   There was Carl Blaire, of The Low Power Hour, about a decade ago. Is that of whom you are contemplating of? Bob, of MRAM1500, had the link to The ALPB,  http://mram.us/   

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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: UNID 1620 AM 0049 UTC 29 JUL 2024? Nice catch, for mid-Summer!

« on: July 30, 2024, 1647 UTC »

Boomer, of WAG AM690, e-mailed that catch to me, with signals of +S10/9, where he is in SW PA Sunday night. You've got to say that anything on Medium Wave, like that, is a good catch in mid-Summer. Usually, when I can get on the road, and away from my Part 15 AM1620, I usually hear that Cuban station, with that MOR station battling in there, but never over taking, or an earful of lightning crashes. So, ENJOY!!!