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Help with AM Broadcaster
I'm getting lots of noise from a local broadcaster and am looking for
assistance in stopping the problem. Their freq is 1330 KHz, 5KW. They are putting out a wideband garbled signal several channels wide centered at 1120 KHz. There is a similar wideband hash up higher centered at around 1490 or so, and God only knows where else. When they play Dr. Laura on 1330, I can hear a garbled Dr. Laura all over the band. I am about 3 miles from the station but yesterday I was driving and could hear the trash 20 miles out on 1120. I've driven down I-10 in both directions from the station and their noise reaches out at least 20 miles. The station's response is that other stations also carry Dr. Laura. Please . . . . not on a dozen channels in a row with your station ID! I've talked to the station manager several times and the engineer a couple of times and even though they will talk to me and are friendly folks, they have not fixed it. They got a new transmitter last fall and this is when it started. I've been listening here for about 30 years and this is a new problem. I'm going to talk with the engineer one more time and then plan to write the FCC. If anyone has advice, please advise. Thanks Tom La |
Help with AM Broadcaster
On 15 Apr 2007 05:55:42 -0700, wrote:
If anyone has advice, please advise. Can you duplicate this on another radio? 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC |
Help with AM Broadcaster
On Apr 15, 5:06 pm, Richard Clark wrote:
On 15 Apr 2007 05:55:42 -0700, wrote: If anyone has advice, please advise. Can you duplicate this on another radio? 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC Richard can we duplicate what on another radio???????????? confused |
Help with AM Broadcaster
Richard is asking if you receive the "offending" signals on more than one
radio. I suspect he wants to help you eliminate the "receiver" as the culprint rather than the "transmitter." 73 de Jim K4PYT |
Help with AM Broadcaster
On Apr 15, 10:24 pm, "James" wrote:
Richard is asking if you receive the "offending" signals on more than one radio. I suspect he wants to help you eliminate the "receiver" as the culprint rather than the "transmitter." 73 de Jim K4PYT thanks for the clarification If a broadcast TX and some thing is interfering with it then on site look for a attempted illegal connection this may sound mad but it has happened in the UK people have tried to hi jack a TX im clutching at straws but yiu never know. Mike M0DMD ps they used a dish receiver and a microwave link. |
Help with AM Broadcaster
wrote in message ups.com... I'm getting lots of noise from a local broadcaster and am looking for assistance in stopping the problem. Their freq is 1330 KHz, 5KW. They are putting out a wideband garbled signal several channels wide centered at 1120 KHz. There is a similar wideband hash up higher centered at around 1490 or so, and God only knows where else. When they play Dr. Laura on 1330, I can hear a garbled Dr. Laura all over the band. I am about 3 miles from the station but yesterday I was driving and could hear the trash 20 miles out on 1120. I've driven down I-10 in both directions from the station and their noise reaches out at least 20 miles. The station's response is that other stations also carry Dr. Laura. Please . . . . not on a dozen channels in a row with your station ID! I've talked to the station manager several times and the engineer a couple of times and even though they will talk to me and are friendly folks, they have not fixed it. They got a new transmitter last fall and this is when it started. I've been listening here for about 30 years and this is a new problem. I'm going to talk with the engineer one more time and then plan to write the FCC. If anyone has advice, please advise. Thanks Tom La Are they broadcasting digital AM? Tam |
Help with AM Broadcaster
Yes, the interference happens on all radios at all locations within 20
miles of the TX. I first heard it in my hamshack but then thought I might of had too much sensitivity and antenna there (Harris HF receiver, also IC-736) so I tried it in the car and sure enough it's bad in the car too. It's also bad in my office several miles away on a boom box. I don't think they are broadcasting digital. They have two towers and go directional at night. Just so happens in my direction the nighttime signal is about the same (swell). This all happened right about the time they got the new transmitter. The engineer even offered me the old one. 73 Tom On Apr 15, 6:33 pm, "Tam/WB2TT" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... I'm getting lots of noise from a local broadcaster and am looking for assistance in stopping the problem. Their freq is 1330 KHz, 5KW. They are putting out a wideband garbled signal several channels wide centered at 1120 KHz. There is a similar wideband hash up higher centered at around 1490 or so, and God only knows where else. When they play Dr. Laura on 1330, I can hear a garbled Dr. Laura all over the band. I am about 3 miles from the station but yesterday I was driving and could hear the trash 20 miles out on 1120. I've driven down I-10 in both directions from the station and their noise reaches out at least 20 miles. The station's response is that other stations also carry Dr. Laura. Please . . . . not on a dozen channels in a row with your station ID! I've talked to the station manager several times and the engineer a couple of times and even though they will talk to me and are friendly folks, they have not fixed it. They got a new transmitter last fall and this is when it started. I've been listening here for about 30 years and this is a new problem. I'm going to talk with the engineer one more time and then plan to write the FCC. If anyone has advice, please advise. Thanks Tom La Are they broadcasting digital AM? Tam |
Help with AM Broadcaster
wrote in message oups.com... Yes, the interference happens on all radios at all locations within 20 miles of the TX. I first heard it in my hamshack but then thought I might of had too much sensitivity and antenna there (Harris HF receiver, also IC-736) so I tried it in the car and sure enough it's bad in the car too. It's also bad in my office several miles away on a boom box. I don't think they are broadcasting digital. They have two towers and go directional at night. Just so happens in my direction the nighttime signal is about the same (swell). This all happened right about the time they got the new transmitter. The engineer even offered me the old one. 73 Tom I would close the deal on the TX before I called the FCC. Jimmie On Apr 15, 6:33 pm, "Tam/WB2TT" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... I'm getting lots of noise from a local broadcaster and am looking for assistance in stopping the problem. Their freq is 1330 KHz, 5KW. They are putting out a wideband garbled signal several channels wide centered at 1120 KHz. There is a similar wideband hash up higher centered at around 1490 or so, and God only knows where else. When they play Dr. Laura on 1330, I can hear a garbled Dr. Laura all over the band. I am about 3 miles from the station but yesterday I was driving and could hear the trash 20 miles out on 1120. I've driven down I-10 in both directions from the station and their noise reaches out at least 20 miles. The station's response is that other stations also carry Dr. Laura. Please . . . . not on a dozen channels in a row with your station ID! I've talked to the station manager several times and the engineer a couple of times and even though they will talk to me and are friendly folks, they have not fixed it. They got a new transmitter last fall and this is when it started. I've been listening here for about 30 years and this is a new problem. I'm going to talk with the engineer one more time and then plan to write the FCC. If anyone has advice, please advise. Thanks Tom La Are they broadcasting digital AM? Tam |
Help with AM Broadcaster
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