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Author Topic: 1500 UNID station causing interference - who is it?  (Read 2644 times)

Offline Kilokat7

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1500 UNID station causing interference - who is it?
« on: February 07, 2016, 1946 UTC »
Here's a good mystery:  1500 kHz, an unid causing interference almost nightly here since at least the Fall of 2015 and looping to my South.  I suspect one of the stations in Alabama or Georgia, but I'm too far from the source to confirm anything:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88

If you're near an AM station on 1500, maybe you can confirm or deny this is your local causing the interference?
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Re: 1500 UNID station causing interference - who is it?
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2016, 1831 UTC »
I have WAKE 1500 Khz Valparaiso, In. about 1000 feet from my house.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAKE_(AM)

I cant tell if that is them on your recording. They are 1000 watts daytime only, they sign off around 7:30 PM local time.
« Last Edit: February 09, 2016, 1834 UTC by brevor »

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Re: 1500 UNID station causing interference - who is it?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2016, 2349 UTC »
My guess would be WDPC in Dallas, GA. They run a tad over 3kW at night. Nothing but preachers. They used to have a character called the "Georgia Prophet" who was on all night in the late 80's. He was kind of a cross between Brother Stair and the Reverend Ike.

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Re: 1500 UNID station causing interference - who is it?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2016, 0318 UTC »
Thanks guys.  Still there as I type this, the mystery continues...
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