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by k8jd
Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:22 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: another WPON update
Replies: 23
Views: 8379

Re: another WPON update

I wondered why I saw 7 towers on the WPON site ! If WCXI moves in there , I see how they could share some towers in a two station system !
by k8jd
Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:17 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: HD Noise Cancellers
Replies: 6
Views: 2846

Re: HD Noise Cancellers

That noise will be really hard to knock out. Pulse noise is easy to cancel with a pulse inverter but that iBOC is a very complex kind of white noise.
by k8jd
Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:13 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: FRS
Replies: 6
Views: 2667

Re: FRS.

FRS shares some of the GMRS channels
by k8jd
Fri Nov 30, 2018 6:55 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: another WPON update
Replies: 23
Views: 8379

Re: another WPON update

Here it is at the end of November, Where is WPON ? I just finished a few radio contacts on 3.550 MHz and decided to check out 1.460 and did not hear anything local ! Tonight , it's just the Mexican music from Indiana and some sports talk show (maybe WBRN) and a third signal down under that, but I co...
by k8jd
Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:56 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: FRS
Replies: 6
Views: 2667

Re: FRS

I have all the GMRS and FRS freqs programmed into my scanners, fun to listen when we go to the campgrounds in summer. Usually it's kids yelling "can you hear me ",....' "Yes I can hear you" and repeat this a dozen more times. There were quite few business users on GMRS repeaters 20 years ago but the...
by k8jd
Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:41 am
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: FM Canadian Border Blasters
Replies: 9
Views: 3488

Re: FM Canadian Border Blasters

This is NOTHING like the Mexican 100 KW + AM
stations on our southern border used to penetrate the southwest !.
by k8jd
Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:32 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: The MW DX Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 4728

Re: The MW DX Thread

[/quote] What I usually hear under WWJ is either Charleston WV or Habana Cuba, the latter very distinctive with its "di-dah-dit, di-dah-dit every minute (The signature of Radio Reloj, being "RR" in Morse code). [/quote] Radio Reloj transmits on MANY frequencies with various power levels from sites a...
by k8jd
Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:29 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: The MW DX Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 4728

Re: The MW DX Thread

XEG is on 1050
by k8jd
Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:28 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: The MW DX Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 4728

Re: The MW DX Thread

Has anyone ever received XROK 80 from the other side of the border from El Paso I did many years ago when they did Top 40 they were the CK of Texas. When I was at Ft Bliss, in the Army (El Paso) I could hear XELO 800 on a toaster ! It was that strong. I found the tower site recently, on Google Eart...
by k8jd
Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:15 am
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: The MW DX Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 4728

Re: The MW DX Thread

The 160 Meter Amateur band is also considered MW, and last night I had very good reports in contacts with IL, DE, KY and KS.
Transmitting on 1813.5 kHz, with 95 W to a halfwave dipole at 35 ft.
by k8jd
Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:39 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: AM Band Scan.
Replies: 9
Views: 4754

Re: AM Band Scan.

WFDF is just a few miles further, has a higher IDF toward Commerce, and is on a lower frequency than WMUZ. WJR isn't that far either. WXYT is close also. WJR is 32.4 miles from here, WFDF is 36.6 miles from me and WXYT is 39.6 miles. WMUZ (AM) is only 31.1 miles away. Sometime soon I will have to r...
by k8jd
Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:33 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: Sony Walkman
Replies: 17
Views: 9366

Re: Sony Walkman

I had a few of similar tiny Radio/casette players. They worked fairly well on FM , used the earfone cord as an antenna, but miserable on AM with no room for much ferrite loopstick inside, maybe could get 5 or 6 local stations.
by k8jd
Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:24 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: Metro Detroit CB
Replies: 28
Views: 10006

Re: Metro Detroit CB

Now and then I tune thru the 11 Meter band to see if there are any signals. If I hear a lot of people screaming on many channels , I quickly retreat to ten or 12 Meter Ham bands and start calling CQs on CW ! :D So CB is A good place to check for any sporadic E-layer propagation. WWV is on 20 and 25 ...
by k8jd
Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:32 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: another WPON update
Replies: 23
Views: 8379

Re: another WPON update

Looks like WKAM has a pretty good null toward the Detroit area on the night time pattern !! How can they get that pattern with only two towers ?
OK now I see the towers are on an E/W line.
by k8jd
Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:29 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: another WPON update
Replies: 23
Views: 8379

Re: another WPON update

It has been a few months since I was near enough to the site to see if towers were up yet. With the trees and houses It's hard to see well. I could climb the fence and walk a half mile to get to the site., maybe walk down the RR tracks :D