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by SolarMax
Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:09 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: WMT 600 Cedar Rapids Legendary Self Supporting Tower Collapses In A Storm
Replies: 21
Views: 2683

Re: WMT 600 Cedar Rapids Legendary Self Supporting Tower Collapses In A Storm

WTVN 610 has been on 1250 watts STA after one of their six towers collapsed and NIMBY Zoning restrictions have prevented them from REBUILDING AND REPLACING their tower built in the exact same spot circa 1940. It will be interesting to see if WMT has similar issues. Yet new Cell Phone towers seem to...
by SolarMax
Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:29 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
Replies: 16
Views: 3404

Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!

I thought it was just me having aural hallucinations. WWJ's board audio sounds like processed crap, like it had been before that brief foray into quality audio, and the hash-o-matic is hashing away again on either side of the 950 carrier. Add to that the glitchy IP audio from traffic and weather and...
by SolarMax
Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:18 pm
Forum: Everywhere Else
Topic: KYW Newsradio cuts teletype background sound
Replies: 9
Views: 3308

KYW Newsradio cuts teletype background sound

August 7 2020- "A familiar sound in Philadelphia radio vanished from the airwaves in recent weeks, as KYW Newsradio 1060 [Entercom] chose to ditch the clicking teletype noise that has filled the background of broadcasts for decades." https://www.phillyvoice.com/kyw-newsradio-1060-stops-teletype-soun...
by SolarMax
Mon Aug 03, 2020 4:09 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Cellphones with FM Chip
Replies: 19
Views: 3986

Re: Cellphones with FM Chip

All cell phones have FM chips, as they are required by federal law. I have not found a federal statute or FCC reg that requires FM chips in cell phones. Many phones do have an FM chip on board, but as mentioned, cell carriers thwart its activation or use. Not all phones have FM chips. Apple has not...
by SolarMax
Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:27 pm
Forum: Remembering the Golden Years
Topic: WNIC past personalities.
Replies: 11
Views: 5330

Re: WNIC past personalities.

Steve Gannon passed away in December 2014.
by SolarMax
Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:37 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: AM reception question
Replies: 37
Views: 5137

Re: AM reception question

Time to sunset AM radio. It’s becoming more useless as more electronic devices are being used. The FCC should consider a mandate to shut all AM stations off by 2035. Create a new FM band for AM stations to move onto that band. A sentiment expressed by some, but provides no assistance to the OP, see...
by SolarMax
Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:04 pm
Forum: Let's Break for Commercials
Topic: Favorite Ad One-Liners
Replies: 138
Views: 38011

Re: Favorite Ad One-Liners

"The Desert Never Lies"
- State Farm auto insurance spot
by SolarMax
Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:44 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: AM reception question
Replies: 37
Views: 5137

Re: AM reception question

Especially with older house wiring, activating a circuit or device (like the hallway lights) may possibly be temporarily altering marginally flaky common (neutrals) or grounding paths.
by SolarMax
Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:36 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: 7 news hits a new low with the political bias
Replies: 92
Views: 11625

Re: 7 news hits a new low with the political bias

I don't remember if it was her, but one of the anchors is referring to the federal folks as "federal troops" instead of officers. Are they subliminally trying to suggest military? You seriously think this is just "subliminal suggestion?" Of course it's military, no ambiguity about it. And they're n...
by SolarMax
Tue Jul 21, 2020 5:51 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: Numerous FM translators are off the air this morning
Replies: 7
Views: 1718

Re: Numerous FM translators are off the air this morning

There was a power failure across the street from this tower site in Oak Park from Saturday night until Sunday afternoon. It only effected a few DTE customers, but one of those customers was the tower site. The three full power TV stations were on generators, but everything else was off the air for ...
by SolarMax
Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:35 pm
Forum: Remembering the Golden Years
Topic: WHFI 94.7 Birmingham
Replies: 2
Views: 1630

Re: WHFI 94.7 Birmingham

I think Jim Zinnser was there when it was still WHFI.
Lynne Woodison, but I think maybe not until it became WMJC.
by SolarMax
Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:28 am
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: WTVS repack upgrades completed
Replies: 7
Views: 1664

Re: WTVS repack upgrades completed

WMYD 20 (long-long-ago analog RF 20) is at RF 31, on the candelabra at 8 Mile/Meyers Rd., along with WTVS and WWJ-TV. WHNE, RF 3, which had been on RF 20 pre-repack, is side mount on the same tower, as is WUDL (or WUDT?). On ATC's "WKBD" tower on 11 Mile are WKBD and WPXD up top, and side mount WDWO...
by SolarMax
Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:50 pm
Forum: Engineering & DX'ing
Topic: WTVS repack upgrades completed
Replies: 7
Views: 1664

WTVS repack upgrades completed

WTVS 56 (RF 20) is now operational on its permanent antenna on the candelabra, at full authorized power.
by SolarMax
Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:56 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: My Browser Has Been Hijacked
Replies: 7
Views: 2730

Re: My Browser Has Been Hijacked

DuckDuckGo. Best search, no trackers.
What browser or OS in 2020 would possibly even suggest Yahoo as a default search engine choice?
by SolarMax
Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:28 pm
Forum: Metro Detroit/SE Michigan
Topic: FETV
Replies: 16
Views: 4641

Re: FETV

I don't quite understand how to access digital subchannels. Is it because I have Satellite, or do I just have no idea how to work my TV? Over the Air (OTA) Digital Television (DTV) does not transmit analog pictures and sound. Since 1999, TV stations transmit data, the content of which happens to be...