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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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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Re: The C.Crane Digital FM Transmitter 3? Radio Jay´s review!

« on: September 03, 2022, 1814 UTC »

Yep, he covers it.     https://radiojayallen.com/c-crane-fm-transmitter-3/

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MW Loggings / Re: Classic Hits on 1410AM at night? Who's that??? WHLN!!!

« on: September 02, 2022, 1805 UTC »

Got a partial ID in job transit. I clearly heard WHL?. Just could not pull-in that last letter. So, that KY station´s gotta´ be it. 41W at night? Huh... Kind of a short-skip to me, but it dominates 1410AM at night here. So, pinto vortando, looks like ya go it. https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=whln&nav=home

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

« on: September 01, 2022, 1821 UTC »

Oooops... My bad... But, neat that you have that article to share on here. Still, that´s cool!

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

« on: September 01, 2022, 1818 UTC »

More, or less, centered just below 3800kHz LSB, like 3790 - 3799.5kHz, window for the 75M DX´ers. Oh... On Californian DX´ers, the AM´ers there seem to be centered around 3870kHz. I have heard them in there, but very faintly over the winter months.

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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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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: Shortwave 1710 1710 AM 0110 UTC 30 AUG 2022

« on: August 31, 2022, 1843 UTC »

Huh... It doesn't come up on Radio locator. Here in SW WV, I still mainly hear that pest TIS from NJ on 1710AM. However, I have occasionally heard a few notes of tunage in there with it and wondered about that. Certainly, nothing that I could possibly ID with that damned TIS in there. Huh...

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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 / Re: 1978 "PEEWEE" STATION | The MICRO-BROADCASTERS COMMUNITY Forum?

« on: August 30, 2022, 1833 UTC »

Dude, that is just too freakin´ cool! BTW, you did this station at about the right time. Back in 1978, the only things that I´ve heard the FCC go around and chase regularly were high-powered and foul-mouthed CB´ers. It wasn´t until the 80´s that I remember hearing about the FCC going hard-core on suspected pirate operations. Today, they wouldn´t hesitate to pay a station a visit, since it would possibly turn into a multi-thousand dollar fine to throw at it, if it wasn´t considered legit. Ever made any off-air recordings of that? Anyway, THANKS for sharing that! 

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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 / Re: Dan's Small Parts And Kits is closed?

« on: August 26, 2022, 1819 UTC »

Damn it!!! Never actually heard of this place, but I would have bought those grab-bags of components. I like it when Hamfests vendors do it, or when All Electronics, Tower Electronics, and even Copper Electronics, do that as well. That sucks...

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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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General Radio Discussion / Re: Any pirate activity heard on the 11M Int BC Band?

« on: August 25, 2022, 1905 UTC »

Heck, the 11M BC Band would even be decent for local coverage, is CB walkies-talkies proved anything. A 1 channel, 100mW, CB HT covered a whole small town and a pretty large camp site. Then, when skip does happen, thar´ ya go. Just sayin´, let us have that spectrum, where every other government, or some other type of organized entity, seems to be abandoning that.

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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: Radio Genix 1720 AM 0048 UTC 18 AUG 2022

« on: August 23, 2022, 1757 UTC »

I was able to use the Windom, for once, and not get too much of an earful of lightning crashes. 1st detected the 1720kHz carrier with CW mode, then was able to to hear parts of songs in USB mode. Was able to hear a few notes of Tears For Fears - Shout. No way to get an ID over the S7 noise levels.