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Equipment / A 'Poor Man's Optimod'? Um, maybe.... Meant for HAM and Part 15.
« on: December 01, 2024, 1650 UTC »
https://www.internetwork.com/MAX/ Boomer found this. Looks cool.
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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Re: Tis the season for Part 15 'Light Display' stations? As this quote goes...
« on: November 30, 2024, 1815 UTC »
Yep... To take such a true quote from the movie The Boat That Rocked / Pirate Radio, " That's the good thing about being in government. If there's something that you don't like, you simply make it illegal."
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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: UNID 1620 AM 2310 UTC 27 NOV 2024?
« on: November 28, 2024, 1718 UTC »
Interesting that you can hear this up in your area, where as here in SW WV, I usually have 1620kHz from Cuba and that Pensa Cola, FL station battling it out nightly. However, occasionally I do hear 'Good Times Golden Oldies', or 'Classic Rock', punching through. Of course, I have to hear this mobile, away from my own Part 15 AM1620.
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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Tis the season for Part 15 'Light Display' stations?
« on: November 27, 2024, 1754 UTC »
Anyone seen these out yet? Signs that say, "TUNE IN TO ----" for music to various X-mas light displays. Most seem to be those FM ones, but someone might try AM as well. Usually, you will see them at an event like this, https://salights.com/ However, folks that have their houses decked-out might display a sign for accompanying music.
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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Re: Sources for T.O.T.H. News Minutes and Special Reports for Part 15 and LPFM's?
« on: November 23, 2024, 1656 UTC »
Interesting... Seems pretty close to what the 5min, daily, Media Minutes, was about 15 years ago. Good, to know! THANKS!!!!!
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Huh? / Bose Speakers buys out McIntosh Audio?
« on: November 20, 2024, 2116 UTC »
https://www.bose.com/pressroom/bose-acquires-mcintosh-group-announcement?srsltid=AfmBOooVHe196sDv1GzzGCBkZHtsCBTa-PJBeQMq69IeTwek4D4SyKPE Well, that's different. I have audio from both. I was sad, when Clarion acquired McIntosh 20-some years ago. Hopefully, this is a good thing.
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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / 35,000 Watts, the podcast, free to air for Part 15'ers!
« on: November 19, 2024, 1911 UTC »
Actually, I've known about Michael Millard's, 35,000 Watts, College Radio INFO Podcasts, for months now, but griped to him that I couldn't download it. https://www.35000watts.com/podcast/ The tricks, hit SHARE, then you'll see that download arrow / line icon, and it should take. Or, right-click on it, and hit 'SAVE LINK AS', and label and put the download where you want it. Worked, for me. COOL!!!!! (THANKS Michael!!!!)
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General Radio Discussion / Re: The Incredible Story Behind the First Transistor Radio? Then, Sony ran with
« on: November 18, 2024, 1825 UTC »
I'll have to look for the article again, where Sony ran with the pocket radio, where it was more affordable for the masses. TI certainly laid-out the ground work in pioneering that. I happened to see that when researching Sony Trinitron color TV history, since I worked in Toshiba's CRT manufacturing +30 years ago. Sadly, even Sony is now pretty much an empty husk of what it used to be.
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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Re: "New" Part 15 Station in Alameda, CA?
« on: November 13, 2024, 1848 UTC »
That is cool what Dave Richards has got going, and Boomer, of AM690, noticed that there's great soil conductivity there for Part 15 AM to reach-out. (Unlike where I am in WV, where soil conductivity is maybe one-step up from a desert.) As far as Tybee not having a crystal for 1630kHz? One option is a cheap DDS, (Direct Digital Synthesis. ), VFO, and feed that to the crystal socket. Boomer, of AM690, uses that as his fall-back option, when a crystal OSC fails on him. Passing contemplation. Even, to hack a PLL, (Phase Locked Looped.), based tuner's Local Oscillator, and feed that to the crystal socket. There's a will, today, there's a way.
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Huh? / SWL'ing hits-up Franken FM, 'ol CH6's.
« on: November 10, 2024, 1748 UTC »
https://swling.com/blog/2024/11/channel-6-fm-radio-stations/ Question is, how much longer can they exist? They are certainly not bothering anyone where they are, at 87.750MHz. Well, with the exception of envy from some commercial broadcasters that want to see them squashed. Uh-huh.
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Software / Re: Zara Radio into thetis. Ask MRAM1500.
« on: November 09, 2024, 1842 UTC »
You might want to pose this question to Bob, of MRAM1500, http://mram.us/ He's the one whom has gotten me to try out Zara Radio back in 2012. Hope this helps.
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General Radio Discussion / Are Internet Radios Still a Thing? RW rip...
« on: November 08, 2024, 1851 UTC »
https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/are-internet-radios-still-a-thing I still use it, and use that Grace Digital Mondo Elite as a stream link for programs. BTW, it does seem to work well with Starlink Internet. (Thanks for referring this Boomer!)
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Huh? / Re: 35000 Watts, Download Available Now? (Movie documentary.) COOL!!!!
« on: November 06, 2024, 1800 UTC »
I haven't been to Lubbock, TX, but been to Amarillo, and remember just how flat the terrain was there. +30 miles of coverage? It wouldn't surprise me if KTXT was easily heard out to AR, OK, and even NM, borders. Even a few hundred watts on FM would reach a great distance there. But yeah, commercial stations would certainly envy that kind of coverage. As far as more material, that didn't get-in the 35,000 Watts movie, I hope that Michael Mallard can indeed do a follow-up to 35,000 Watts. Heck... Just the INFO that Jennifer Waits has, from her +100 college stations' visits, could easily fill a movie. Let's hope so... Oh BTW... That 100kW college station mentioned in the movie is this one, https://www.wheatstone.com/joomlatools-files/docman-files/downloadables//9_29_2022_WREK_Student_Radio_Gets_a_Much_Needed_Studio_Upgrade.pdf and https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Wrek&nav=home Gees... How much is their power bill?
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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Re: Is a TH essentially also CC? To a degree, yes...
« on: November 04, 2024, 1628 UTC »
Pretty much any Medium Wave transmitter, that uses power from the commercial power lines, will have some bit of coupling to the power lines, even the commercial sites. That said, the way to reduce that is to use actually isolation transformers in the power supplies. The Talking House, and even the Radio Systems version, I Am Radio, does come with a transformered wall wart, and not a switching supply. That helps. If you wanted to be 'Off-Grid', going solar and battery would isolate even more so, and I've heard of some stations doing so. Very long lines and low FREQ interacting with each other certainly isn't new, and will continue for as long as we have a MW Band. Steps can be done to reduce that coupling, but not totally eliminate it, unless you transmit out in the middle of nowhere, with no power lines around. BTW, not just power lines, but coupling has a tendency to occur with other utility lines as well, land-line phone, CATV, etc. That's, where fibre optics is good. Hopefully, I was able to answer that. BTW, using audio isolation transformers is good to do as well. I've had to do that here.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 via Mix Radio Int'l 6850 USB 2 NOV 2024, VSB?
« on: November 03, 2024, 1812 UTC »
Heard Radio 48 well, as well, but has anyone else noticed that it was like VSB, Vestigial Side Band? Why do I say that? On LSB, I heard clear, but very bassy audio, and full audio in USB. Huh... Wonder what transmitter they were using?
