Turkeytop wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:44 am

k8jd wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:43 am

When China and Iran shoot down all our satellites and there is no more SiriusXM, we will need AM to reach coverage to rural areas !!

Maybe even short wave would make a comeback.

When China and Iran shoot down all our satellites and there is no more SiriusXM, we will need AM to reach coverage to rural areas !!

OK, back in the 70's when I worked at a Detroit AM/FM, the chief engr told me he was sure AM would be gone and TV would all be in cable in 10 years !
He was a few decades off with Cable TV but AM is still hanging on, and with HD sound !

I just tuned the "expanded band", looked at a display of each channel. 1610 carrier on freq no modulation detected, 1620, carrier detected +3 Hz no modulation detected, 1630 detected 2 carriers a few Hz apart no mod detected, 1640 2 or 3 carriers detected a few Hz apart , mixed voice and music , qui...

I see there are very few AM stations left.
The folks who live way out in the bush need to put up high FM antennas aimed at the nearest towns. or get Sirius !

There was a 1620 in N.NJ near NYC , not sure if it's still on...

There is no station using 91.3 MHz in Chicago. WFMT broadcasts at 98.7 MHz. Did you mean 91.5 WBEZ? If you picked up NPR programming at 91.3 MHz, you probably heard WGTE Toledo. Some years ago I was able to hear WMBI in Chicago on 90.1 ! Now too many local (Detroit/Windsor) signals to do any FM DX ...

About WDKL, I still see the old WBRB site tower is still there at 14 MIle and Gratiot. Did WDKL abandon that facility ?
I know a lot of stations moved to the new WWJ / now CBS's Ch 62 site behind the O L D WWJ
AM site on 8 mile road. Hard to keep track where everyone is transmitting from

somewhere on-line I found a list of the Chicago FM transmitters operating on the Sears Tower,
If you hear one , check the other signals coming from that shared site !
It's like the stations out west operating from a mountain-top !

Seems like the Class C can operate with 1 kW full time nondirectional in the US. on 1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450 and 1490.

I did a Google inquiry for "AM Search" ant it sent me to the FCC site. not helpful

Another interesting tidbit from The radio dial, WJBK WAS 1500 for a long time but then got new call letters too often, and different formats to find a niche in the Detroit listening market. One iteration , after several other attempts, was WDEE (stage whispers; "We've Done Everything Else")

I miss the Michiguide. and now is "Radiostaionlocator" the only option ? I can go to the FCC database but it is not really searchable easily.

Seems odd that my 2011 Ford F150 has a GREAT HD radio , but when I bought a 2021 Buick , the saleperson said HD radio was not an option !

Younger people may not understand how to use an Analog Dial !
Reveivers are only as good as the antennas you use.