--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or in the words of Mister T:
I pity the fool who buys an HD Receiver!
Give me a BREAK! I bought the HD Accurian for multiple
reasons. The DSP in the FM allows me to hear stuff the
analog tuner chokes on. A weak station with a SMOKIN'
strong adjacent. Also I
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing I have wondered that I have not seen
addressed is the second
or third harmonics of an IBOC signal QRMing Short
Wave. Has anyone
noticed any? This could get into the 160 mter band I
would think.
The power level is low, and if
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Walt. So the SDR IQ would probably work with
the regular
computer I have. But I still have the issue with a
NB. Do any of the
computer generated receivers have a NB? Can one be
added easily?
NO, but they CAN in the software. There IS
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Colin,
Does the SDR-IQ have a noise blanker? I see it will
work with even the
older system of Windows 2000. Interesting
Don't even think of it. And running XP or Linux you
had BETTER have a powerful machine with a good bit of
memory.
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dennis,
Yes, Salem needs to be contacted on that. They may
or may not know.
Their engineer is a PROFESSIONAL. I am sure they DO
know, no matter what they tell you.
Powell
POP email is powell at backroads DOT net
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Barry,
That is right. Especially if the FCC allows IBOC
boosts in power in
the future. They are at the 1% mark now (which still
seems to be
unbelieveable with the hash's signal), but if upped
to 20% or 50%, or
100% in time, IBOC will trash
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Powell,
I know a lot of engineers that do not like IBOC
anymore than we do. They
will be happy to shut it off. It will be a favor to
them. If we have a
place is getting rid of the noisemaker, them we may
be more apt to get
more QSLs in the
--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HD radio is now available on Ford, Lincoln and
Mercury vehicle lines.
These
are dealer-installed and not optional from the
factory.
So Fred- Your saying if I want to buy a Ford I will
be forced into buying the HD radio.
No, it's a DEALER
--- Karl J. Zuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After many days of thought, and nearly zero replies
from the e-mails I have sent General Managers and
Engineering departments of the offending stations, I
have decided to change my attack.
Please write to the SALES DEPARTMENT of the stations
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, if it was WAMB 1200, they were on well past
when they were supposed
to, and I find it hard to believe a Nashville AM
would sign off late like
that runnign such a high power, as iut'd be easy to
catch them.
Paul
The sign off time is
It is WAMB as I called them and they verified it.
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--- kevin redding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul,
Stations cheat.
Case in point... WBCA 1110 Bay Minette, AL. They
have been fined multiple times for it.
That's for sure. Willful and repeated.
One afternoon I home on a day off and the phone rang.
Looking at the Caller ID it was the
--- Neil Kazaross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unfortunately gents, in most cases, and I am not
referring to HSFB or an
occasional other local sports event, many stations
continue to operate with
day rig at night, or in some cases simply don't
bother to sign off at all,
including some of
More comments about WDRF hm.
Powell
--- David Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Willis and group:
You wouldn't believe how often and how well this one
gets into SE Ohio. It
usually fits nicely into the WLAC null and I would
call it common at LSS.
And never on critical hours
Colin lets modify this a bit.
You know what they say: DXers don't die, they just
SELECTIVE fade away.
Punny Powell
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When I took Jolene my GSD / Sheltie mix for our
nightly mile walk at 7:30 PM EDT I carryed the YB400.
I dialed around and stopped on 1200 to STRONG signal
with lush standards vocals. When I got back to the
house they abruptly went away at 8:03. Never a word,
but there were pauses as if a CD were
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul,
True, there are Web TV users as myself, but many
others don't use snippets either.
I usually try to quote something of the text.
That is not a requirement of either list.
Of all the lists I am on that is not a requirement of
any of
--- Tom Dimeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I find it a real nuisance to have to go through
quoted text
to get to the message of the message sender.
That's why you quote ONLY the minimum needed to get
the message across. Quoting all or too much in some
lists will AUTOMATICALLY get the posting
My comments imbedded inline.
--- Pete Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think it is impossible for every DXer to follow
every thread, so
when an empty E-mail is sent which says Thanks for
the information,
Joe, there is no reference.
And in that case this should be a private email
--- Scott Fybush [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Depends what you intend to do with the radio if and
when HD AM fades
away. The Sangean HDT-1 for which I paid about $120
is a damn fine
analog FM tuner in its own right, accomplishing
through digital signal
processing (DSP) what used to take
--- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Powell E. Way III W4OPW [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
If you get hit by a tornado and claim there was no
warning, you weren't paying attention to the TV or
weather radio. And there's generally a tornado
watch
or severe thunderstorm
--- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The FCC can't and won't. It is either totally
deluded by politics,
devoid of any tecnhical intelligence, understaffed
and underfunded and
over-lobbied or maybe all of the above.
The FCC is full of lawyers. The engineers are for all
intent and
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We seem to have a certain amount of CEs in this
day that know all
about DXIng and most are active Hams. Yet they
refuse to QSL reports. I
would think the CEs that are Hams would be more than
happy to QSL, but
they don't. A far cry from 40 years
--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1510 WDRF SC WOODRUFF 2000 22/09/07
THE GREATEST OLDIES ARE ALWAYS PLAYING ON WDRF,
1510, WOODRUFF THEN INTO A
CHUBBY CHECKER SONG. BAD QRM TO WLAC FROM 1915 TO
WELL PASS 2000.
I forwarded this on to the CC regional engineer with a
note about
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The general thought still seems to be that FM
IBOC has a chance, but
AM IBOC will not be around long. I hope they are
right too.
I don't know how many engineers see our postings
on other lists, but
I know of several who has forwarded me
--- Bill Harms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, I was addressing the whole idea of IBOC
requiring a delay. You
stated that stations shut off IBOC during ballgames
because of the
delay. Since the station in question here also
turned off IBOC because
of the delay indicates that it is a
--- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Powell E. Way III W4OPW [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
What's the typical tornado warning time ? 5-10
minutes ?
20 t0 30 minutes or even more with the new radar
What's the typical hurricane warning time ? 2+
days
--- Rick Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
my take as a blind person is that it takes me much
longer to read email
replies containing quoted text than ones that don't.
What do the greater than letter sound like? I am
sure your reader is most fun when it gets to the
in my signature.
--- Joe Miller, KJ8O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thank you Martin,
--- Martin and Wendy Foltz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I don't like to see the Cheater term used on the
list. It's an accusation
of intentional illegal operation that is not
necessarily true.
There are a few stations
--- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Powell E. Way III W4OPW [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
And usually a tornado watch has been issued a good
time in advance usually many hours.
But often with a low degree of accuracy.
Not really. A watch means WATCH OUT.it means
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don,
CA has too many people for me. I want less
population as I get older...
Don't forget that California is a VERY large state.
It's ?? half the west coast shoreline? But there are
too many earthquakes and even volcano threats. There
are some
My reply embedded below:
- Original Message
From: Scott Fybush [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Disappointing, on many fronts...and one wonders how much worse it might
get in, say, mid-December.
s
That's to put it mildly. The answer is a LOT worse. NOW I HAVE NO RELIABLE
NIGHT SIGNALS TO
or move there. Art Bell might rent you his place.
Powell
POP email is powell at backroads DOT net
You give me ideas..hi After this morning, I would like to run a
beverage to the Philippines. Tagalog talk all over the dial 24/7, Yeah,
I could get used to that, really
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They can only do one or the other,
obviouslyand since they are
legally required to be AM Stereo, I don';t think
they'll go IBOC.. but I could be very wrong.
Paul
NO EXPANDED BAND STATION IS OR WAS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO
HAVE AM
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Huh? I meant we are all getting older?
Well getting older is better than the other choice
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--- Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
recall that he got his shortwave station licensed to
operate on or near
a very popular pirate radio frequency somewhere in
the 7 MHz band.
One of the frequencies is 7415
So
technically he was still running pirate radio
my comments below
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And you really think the pirate cares? NO! :) If
theyre already a pirate,
they probably have no qualms about selling airtime
Running a pirate and not selling airtime doesn't
make a pirate any less
legal, so why not go
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill,
I was 21 1/2 when I typed out the verie to you. 37
years ago? Gee, I am
getting old I don't even want to think about
it
HAH! I'll be 61 in October!
OLD Pedantic Powell
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--- Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tim said: Wow. I'd forgotten about Radio NY
International.
/
Where's Allan Weiner when we need him? Too bad he
went legit. Maybe the
availability of the Coast Angel will lure him back
to the dark side.
LOL Patrick!
At
I certainly can't here it right here in my office at
WKDK 1240.
Powell (running and ducking under the console)
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Here's what confused WLFJ ( I want to type WESC) 660
from their engineer:
The entire Bank Of America Building lost power around
2:30 Wednesday
afternoon. There is no generator installed here, so,
we had a
generator
brought in and temporarily pulled wire in the
stairwell to our
electrical
--- Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing I have been toying with is to try DXing
with a radio like I used
as a kid. Two come to mind. One was an
All-American 5 GE clock radio.
Tube rig circa 1955. The other is a radio from a
1953 Studebaker using a
random long wire.
The
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1520, WKMG is owned by Cornell Blakely, having
bought it in 1998. according
to www.wkmgam1520.com! Well, this has got to be the
worst sounding piece of
trash on the dial! It sounded as if they were
running casette tapes that
were 20 years
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Steve,
Also getting it here. I wonder if another Cuban.
Over on ABDX where this thread started, we discounted
that. Some of us think the US Military is again
involved.
Powell
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--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1120 WKQW PA OIL CITY 2106
18.08.07
CLASSIC COUNTRY SONGS WITH AN ID AT 2106, WKQW
WILDCATTER COUNTRY
THEN DISSAPPEARED. ON TOP OF KMOX FOR ABOUT ABOUT 15
MINUTES. [WM-TN]
WKQW is still in their they only QSBed for a while.
Now
--- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*** 2118 is less than 2 hours after local sunset.
Therefore it is
entirely possible that they have a legal PSSA, even
though it may not
be documented on visible station data.
This is simply not sufficient reason to go jumping
to the conclusion
This morning I mentioned that it felt like I had ants
in my pants (on the air ) .. WELL I did. Fire
ants. Got more when I went to lunch. UGH! They got
into the truck. I forgot about that . that they
had gotten in there and got into some dog treats I had
there. Well, I normally drive the
--- John Cereghin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Having worked at two radio stations in my life, I
can understand how board operators tend to forget
to flip certain switches at certain times!
Any more there aren't many stations live at night. And
virtually no one with ANY sense leaves power
As a side note look at the subject line. PLEASE
everybody take the list [] stuff out of the
subject line. It really confuses things as I have (and
have others) rules written to go into their proper
folders.
Pedantic Powell
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--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pete,
One thing out here on the coast, I get no IBOC hash
on FM, as far as I
can tell. I don't have my old FM Yagi up any longer,
so I don't know if
I would hear any on that. But I have heard FM IBOC
does cover better
than AM,.
The FM still
Now they are transmitting 1000 watts of solid carrier
no audio. My friend who does their engineering has
been unable to get in touch with anyone there for 3
days. The radio station is at Voorhees College and he
does NOT have keys for the transmitter site.
Powell
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--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill,
We can only hope they are having second thoughts on
this.
They aren't. The FCC has a lot of more pressing
issues right now, and there WILL be IBOC at night.
It's like being on the Titanic at 2 AM ( it sank at
2;18) and hoping it
--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
790WVCDSCBAMBERG-DENMARK0040
11.08.07
JUST AN ID HEARD, 790 WVCD QSBed BACK INTO THE
MUD. [WM-TN]
They had a lightning hit at the TX site and the Sine
system and phone are out. My friend Fayne Anderson is
planning to go down and
--- Nick Hall-Patch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is this what DXers do when there's no DX to be
heard? The better
adjusted ones probably just go to the beach
Beach? What's THAT? LOL! If I have the entire day
off, I pack Jolene the German Shepherd / Sheltie cross
in the car and we go
--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1200 WAMB TN NASHVILLE2050 06/08/07
WAMB NASHVILLE PLAYING THE MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE
STYLE OF MUSIC.
JUST DISAPPEARED AT 2053, WITH WMIR ON TOP. [WM-TN]
I have yet to hear that one here.
1200 WMIR SC ATLANTIC BEACH2055 06/08/07
--- Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was one of the few who managed to get a QSL for
KALT in TX during the
short time that they operated on 1610 in December
2000. I'd sure like to
log one of the Canadians on 1610.
I can hear them, but there are so many TIS
--- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*** And they usually don't even investigate without
a complaint from a
licensed broadcast station of some kind which is
being interfered with.
And sometimes even this does nothing.
ER more than sometimes.
The TIS on 530 just inside the NC
--- Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How does one go about getting the (I think the name
is correct)
Radiotelephone Operator's Permit nowadays?
I HAD a First Class Radiotelephone Operator's
license, but I
let it expire back in about, ah, 1990.
And the question is WHY?
--- Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim said: OK - not to nitpick too much but N
callsigns are used by
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
//
Jim, not to nitpick with you either, but my ham call
sign is N0NNK and I'm not in the Navy.
A friend of mine said I
--- Mike McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The FCC will allow -- and has allowed -- a former 3
letter call sign station -- to re-use their call
sign. KPAT (1400) Berkley, CA was allowed to
re-use KRE. KIOT- AM -- 1260 could ask for KYA -
AM. But do not count on it. IHR already owns
--- Mike McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK -- So lets get back on topic. --- Who thinks
it's good for DXing -- to see the Downgrading of
the clear channels -- into regional channels --
without the protection -- just so another
daytimer can get nightime service --- most likely in
--- Bob Coomler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
BTW, why do old broadcasters appear to be in better
shape than most DXers and hams?
But what if you are an old broadcaster, an old ham and
an old DX'er?
Powell
POP email is powell at backroads DOT net
You can go up to their site, and dowload an image of
the pattern in .pdf. Or you can get the math from it
and do your own plot as to exactly how much power
comes your way (hard version). It's very useful to
find out all kind of information and stuff the
licensee has requested and done.
Powell
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dennis,
Both fairly powerfull stations. I remember driving
around North
Hollywood and over towards Chatsworth (LA) and
hearing KMPC 710 (then)
on 1420 (2nd harmontic). That harmontic was heard
for miles and miles on the car radio.
If that
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Glenn,
I do find this very interesting. With the IBOC
issue, digital on its way
on both AM FM, it is very possible that
broadcaster may leave AM FM
in the future leaving them for exp. bands.
Not gonna happen. That's the reason for IBOC
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul,
620 1190 share the same towers. 1080 in North of
the 620 1190, but are fairly close.
We have noticed that the BE AM-1A and I'd expect the 5
KW one to be the samewell if you order it without
the internal tuning unit, it WILL re
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ladies and Gents..
I have CONFIRMED it with KXTO General Manager Jose
Pacheco that the station
DID run at full power and ran the tone/sweep files
as scheduled. I think we can probably chalk this up
to bad
conditions, as Les said..
There's
--- chris and anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can anyone hear the same show on more than 6
adjacent stations ??I.e., I can hear Rush
Limbaugh on 550, WDUN, Ga. ,560 WVOC S.C., 570 WWNC
, N.C. 580 WGAC GA., 590 WCAB, N.C., and 600
WSJS N.C.
You left off WBT.
Powell
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's an interesting idea to DX by county.
I still DX, but only occassionally and for usually
no more then 60 to 90
mintues at a time, too busy with radio station work
lately.
With WHAT? LOL, Paul you don't have a radio you can
DX with.
--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
850 WXJC AL BIRMINGHAM 09/07/07
ID- WXJC, AM 850, BIRMINGHAM WEAK, WITH CHRISTIAN
ROCK STUFF. UNDER A
unIDED SPORTS RADIO STATION (PERHAPS CLEVELAND, OH).
LOTS OF QSB AND QRM.
[WM-TN]
850 in Raleigh is sports.
Powell
Let us change the name of the thread if my name is
involvedsnark! snark!
NOW how many of you have done a little AM that was
far from part 15? A friend of mine and I discovered
that the oscillator of a Motorola 61T23 would quiet a
graveyard frequency for almost a block. That was a
6SA7. So we
And many bulbs with higher color correction use high
persistence phosphors, which means they glow for
awhile even after the energy is removed. You won't
actually SEE it, but it prevents those problems.
Ballasts are much better than the ones in the early
days. The T-8 bulbs that run on solid
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
After adding a second good copper pipe ground rod at
the termination
point of the SW EWE, I have found I have really
increaded the nulls.
How deep are your ground rods? I wonder if going
really deep will help or do nothing? I think
--- Bill Block [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Pat
It sounds like you sure have a good ground in
Seaside. Here in Arizona I am using 2=5 foot copper
water pipe and one 8 foot ground rod for my ground
and I get almost no ground for my EWE. Its been a
long time since we have had any rain
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul,
KIEV is an interesting CP. I wonder if it will be
built?
NO
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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David all,
WBGS/1030 has been off due to transmitter problem.
Their MW10 bought the
box and is being replaced today by a new Nautel 12.
Should be back by tomorrow.
It's really rare that an event' will KILL a
transmitter. Well, IF I was using a MW-10,
--- David Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Woz:
Have heard 2 1660's carrying minor league baseball,
Kalamazoo
Charlotte. As Charlotte team is (or was) the
Knights, I'd guess WQSN.
Charlotte is the Knights, and the announcers there do
a very good job.
Powell
POP
I want some Nilla Vanilla wafers.
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And should we separate the DAY and night ones. Right
now I'm limited by
BZZZ
!
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--- Joe Miller, AB8YP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I could only manage to hear the WNJC Stn ID in Morse
Code at 0032 EDT.
I heard snippets of CW. The Cincinnati 1360 was
strong, and the band is a jumble
I am dead tired after 10 hours at Field Day,
otherwise I would stay up for
--- Bill Harms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I stayed up last night because I thought the test
was on Sunday Morning
(24 June) and left the radio on 1360 all night. I
did not hear the test
and as WNJC is almost always there, if the test was
on, I think I would
have heard it.
Bill
I
--- Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is the AM part of the 2 stations Billy Graham
owns.
/
He probably has an STA from a higher authority that
supersedes the FCC.
NOT.
Powell
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I heard the sweep tones at 0001 and 0006 VERY VERY
faintly in the background.
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--- willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1010 WFGW NC BLACK MOUNTAIN 2300 08/06/07
WITH FAITH AND BIBLE TEACHINGS, THIS IS WFGW, 1010,
BLACK MOUNTAIN. FRN
NEWS FOLLOWED AT 2301. [WM-TN]
This station is still on day power and 'blasting in'
to this QTH. They
should be on only 500 watts
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Scott,
It may be conditions to a point, but I remember well
the strong signals
from many stations in the 60s 70s that no longer
have strong signals
these days. Even ones in the West here.
Also around a lot of stations . the area
--- Mike McKenna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes and no. Most often NO. The FCC would require a
power reduction in most cases. Have you ever seen
a Class 4 AM -- with a power like 833 watts Day and
Night.
No, but I have seen lets use 833 watts day and 1000
night. I have seen a 500
--- Joe Miller, AB8YP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Excellent point there, Patrick. Here in Detroit,
there have been a couple of electrocutions, but they
are not making the front page news.
If all else fails... Rottweilers!!!
LOL. Don't try a wolf or wolfdog, They'll hide from
the
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I'd almost rather have the IBOC thread back..
at least we were
discussing different things each time.. In this KOHi
thread, y'all are
whinning aobut the same thing, over and over and
over again.. it gets
tiring after a few.. minutes
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would be surprised if the KOHI radials are gone.
Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
They have been at that site for about 20 years.
It could have eroded, and who knows what the problem
is. Now, if there is a ground system problem and it
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ved.
So the radials were
not buried, but on top of the ground? Is that legal?
I have heard of
that is 3rd world nations, but not in the U.S. Maybe
some were stolen
with copper wire what is costs today.
Yes it is. You can also use screen instead
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would think that stations should bury their
radials. If nothing else to protect them from
theves.
It doesn't work. They steal them anyway.
Powell
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--- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*** I agree. But maybe you should've been doing what
I've been doing
since this one began - deleting most of them
automatically.
On Yahoo with slow dial up, this is a tedious affair
]:)
Powell
First, from the FCC site, heres the US conductivity...
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/m3/index.html
In actuality, conductivity in most places is much
lower than rated.
When you do a ground for your radio, it's best to go
as deep as you can.
On some non DA South Carolina stations close to
--- J.D. Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1590 WABV SC Abbeville: Heard @ 0200 6/2 testing
new
50-kW day transmitter. Tones, siren, whistles,
bells, cat yammering and owner playing SSB on a
harmonica.
S-9 + 10 dB. Report
sent
(CAT-NC)
Where
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gary,
There is nothing wrong with the discussion of a
station's signal.
There's not, NORMALLY, but a lot of incorrect
assumptions have gone on and the thread about 200
posts too long.just like the CFL whine that went
on a while back.
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul Dennis,
I did not know until now that KOHI had a PSSA. A
wonder if it is anything new?
Not likely. It's likely been there for some time and
he never mentioned it to you.
Powell
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--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A boost to 50
or 100 watts ND at
night might be possible If they were to move their
tower closer to the
Columbia River, their coverage would probably be
better.
But that's not going to happen. All of the stations
that have flea powers at
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Patrick, Dennis and All,
KOHI's wispy daytime signal here in the south
Puget Sound area seems
completely related to the salt water effect.
Driving inland, even for a few
miles, makes the S1 signal disappear completely,
leaving only KVRI.
--- Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I DO believe it's time to come back East and pick on
Paul Walker
and WABV-1590 for a spell. He's getting lonely; and
besides, WABV
is only 10 kHz down from KOHI. The QRM must be
TERRIBLE!
Yeah I'll go the 45 miles to WABV and give him a
--- Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
WHO KNOWS WHAT IS REQUIRED TO KEEP A LICENSE
VIS-A-VIS AIR TIME PER
YEAR?
I'll call Eric in the Atlanta FCC office and find out.
Powell
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