On Saturday 07 February 2009 03:28, Mike Hardester wrote: > Barry, > > It could well be a NOAA rebroadcast which can be ideal for > local listeners and TIS/HAR operators. However, for DXers, it may > well be the pits! When visiting family in the College Station area > of Pennsylvania, there was a TIS/HAR on 1630 that was, seemingly, > non-stop with a NOAA rebroadcast. When Penn State Football was > being played at home, the station reverted to a true HAR with IDs. > Here in Eastern North Carolina, there are a couple of HARs along > the coast that do the same, but with an ID every 30 or 60 minutes. > I don't think that's legal, but after a while, you get to know > which is which. Local military HAR on 1640 has never IDd as far as > I can recall. > > All this said, can you get a NOAA ID or any of the TIS ID, etc?
No luck with that - the station was only audible for half a minute or so, so the only clue is the "Northwest Ohio" reference. In my experience, the stations that broadcast non-stop weather in ex-band seldom give IDs. I still wonder, though, whether the Ohio DOT HAR stations insert NOAA weather at times. Maybe I can find out if I can find a suitable contact there. In the meantime, I'll keep watching for this one... Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
