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On Mar 20, 8:26*am, Szczepan Białek wrote:
*"Phil Allison" ...





"Richard Clark"


Now, as to your experience of receiving signals on the wrong
frequency, that is a classic situation of image rejection being poor
due to the lack of a tuned front-end (something that dissappeared with
the dinosaurs). *If I were to guess on the basis of 40 year old
experience fixing these suckers, your off-frequency signals are
probably shifted by twice the IF frequency of your receiver. *The
classical FM IF frequency of 10.7 MHz might apply, but time has
marched on and designers may select their own. *This old standard
would argue that you shouldn't experience images except where they
would be out-of-band (the 88-107 band with this IF would force that).


** *Hearing the same FM station at more than one spot is still possible
even with a 10.7 MHz IF frequency - *if the signal is very strong. * The
reason is harmonics of the incoming carrier generated in the RF stage
interacting with harmonics of the local oscillator in the mixer.


It sound like the "Luxemburg Effect". The signal was from the dipole
antenna.
Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?

Eg:


A 100MHz FM carrier generates a harmonic at 200MHz in the receiver.


When the local oscillator is adjusted to 94.65 MHz, its second harmonic is
189.3 MHz.


The difference frequency is then 10.7 MHz *- *so goes through to the FM
detector.


In this situation, the FM deviation is doubled so the recovered audio will
be distorted on loud passages.


S*


all antennas are dipoles, you just can't always see the other half.
and Luxembourg has nothing to do with it, your silly frequency
doubling notions should be packaged up in art's box and never see the
light of day.
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"Dave"

all antennas are dipoles, you just can't always see the other half.
and Luxembourg has nothing to do with it, your silly frequency
doubling notions should be packaged up in art's box and never see the
light of day.


** ROTFL !!

Dave should be writing scripts for Mickey Mouse cartoons.

Cos he has the IQ of Daffy Duck.



.... Phil


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On Mar 21, 11:34*am, "Phil Allison" wrote:
"Dave"

all antennas are dipoles, you just can't always see the other half.
and Luxembourg *has nothing to do with it, your silly frequency
doubling notions should be packaged up in art's box and never see the
light of day.

** ROTFL *!!

Dave should be writing scripts for Mickey Mouse cartoons.

Cos he has the IQ of Daffy Duck.

... * Phil


just trying to put it on S.B.'s level of understanding.
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"Dave" wrote
...
On Mar 20, 8:26 am, Szczepan Białek wrote:
"Phil Allison"
...

"Richard Clark"


Now, as to your experience of receiving signals on the wrong
frequency, that is a classic situation of image rejection being poor
due to the lack of a tuned front-end (something that dissappeared with
the dinosaurs). If I were to guess on the basis of 40 year old
experience fixing these suckers, your off-frequency signals are
probably shifted by twice the IF frequency of your receiver. The
classical FM IF frequency of 10.7 MHz might apply, but time has
marched on and designers may select their own. This old standard
would argue that you shouldn't experience images except where they
would be out-of-band (the 88-107 band with this IF would force that).


** Hearing the same FM station at more than one spot is still possible

even with a 10.7 MHz IF frequency - if the signal is very strong. The
reason is harmonics of the incoming carrier generated in the RF stage
interacting with harmonics of the local oscillator in the mixer.


It sound like the "Luxembourg Effect". The signal was from the dipole

antenna.
Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?

Eg:


A 100MHz FM carrier generates a harmonic at 200MHz in the receiver.


When the local oscillator is adjusted to 94.65 MHz, its second harmonic
is

189.3 MHz.


The difference frequency is then 10.7 MHz - so goes through to the FM

detector.


In this situation, the FM deviation is doubled so the recovered audio
will

be distorted on loud passages.


all antennas are dipoles, you just can't always see the other half.


If I can't see the other half it is the monopole.
So I repeat my question: Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?


and Luxembourg has nothing to do with it, your silly frequency

doubling notions should be packaged up in art's box and never see the
light of day.

The dipoles have the directional pattern like this:
http://www-antenna.ee.titech.ac.jp/~...ole/index.html

It looks like the interference of the many sources (dipoles have the two).

The two sources not in phase double the frequencies.
S*

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On Mar 21, 11:42*am, Szczepan Białek wrote:
"Dave" ...
On Mar 20, 8:26 am, Szczepan Bia ek wrote:



"Phil Allison"
...


"Richard Clark"


Now, as to your experience of receiving signals on the wrong
frequency, that is a classic situation of image rejection being poor
due to the lack of a tuned front-end (something that dissappeared with
the dinosaurs). If I were to guess on the basis of 40 year old
experience fixing these suckers, your off-frequency signals are
probably shifted by twice the IF frequency of your receiver. The
classical FM IF frequency of 10.7 MHz might apply, but time has
marched on and designers may select their own. This old standard
would argue that you shouldn't experience images except where they
would be out-of-band (the 88-107 band with this IF would force that)..


** Hearing the same FM station at more than one spot is still possible
even with a 10.7 MHz IF frequency - if the signal is very strong. The
reason is harmonics of the incoming carrier generated in the RF stage
interacting with harmonics of the local oscillator in the mixer.


It sound like the "Luxembourg Effect". The signal was from the dipole

antenna.
Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?


Eg:


A 100MHz FM carrier generates a harmonic at 200MHz in the receiver.


When the local oscillator is adjusted to 94.65 MHz, its second harmonic
is
189.3 MHz.


The difference frequency is then 10.7 MHz - so goes through to the FM
detector.


In this situation, the FM deviation is doubled so the recovered audio
will
be distorted on loud passages.

all antennas are dipoles, you just can't always see the other half.


If I can't see the other half it is the monopole.
So I repeat my question: Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?

and Luxembourg *has nothing to do with it, your silly frequency


doubling notions should be packaged up in art's box and never see the
light of day.

The dipoles have the directional pattern like this:http://www-antenna.ee.titech.ac.jp/~...ole/index.html

It looks like the interference of the many sources (dipoles have the two)..

The two sources not in phase double the frequencies.
S*


so why when i switch my transmitter from a 'monopole' where YOU can't
see the other half to a dipole does the frequency stay the same?


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"Dave" wrote
...
On Mar 21, 11:42 am, Szczepan Białek wrote:
"Dave"
...
On Mar 20, 8:26 am, Szczepan Bia ek wrote:



"Phil Allison"
...


"Richard Clark"


Now, as to your experience of receiving signals on the wrong
frequency, that is a classic situation of image rejection being poor
due to the lack of a tuned front-end (something that dissappeared
with
the dinosaurs). If I were to guess on the basis of 40 year old
experience fixing these suckers, your off-frequency signals are
probably shifted by twice the IF frequency of your receiver. The
classical FM IF frequency of 10.7 MHz might apply, but time has
marched on and designers may select their own. This old standard
would argue that you shouldn't experience images except where they
would be out-of-band (the 88-107 band with this IF would force that).


** Hearing the same FM station at more than one spot is still
possible
even with a 10.7 MHz IF frequency - if the signal is very strong. The
reason is harmonics of the incoming carrier generated in the RF stage
interacting with harmonics of the local oscillator in the mixer.


It sound like the "Luxembourg Effect". The signal was from the dipole

antenna.
Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?


Eg:


A 100MHz FM carrier generates a harmonic at 200MHz in the receiver.


When the local oscillator is adjusted to 94.65 MHz, its second
harmonic
is
189.3 MHz.


The difference frequency is then 10.7 MHz - so goes through to the FM
detector.


In this situation, the FM deviation is doubled so the recovered audio
will
be distorted on loud passages.

all antennas are dipoles, you just can't always see the other half.


If I can't see the other half it is the monopole.
So I repeat my question: Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?

and Luxembourg has nothing to do with it, your silly frequency


doubling notions should be packaged up in art's box and never see the
light of day.

The dipoles have the directional pattern like
this:http://www-antenna.ee.titech.ac.jp/~...ole/index.html

It looks like the interference of the many sources (dipoles have the two).

The two sources not in phase double the frequencies.
S*


so why when i switch my transmitter from a 'monopole' where YOU can't

see the other half to a dipole does the frequency stay the same?

Your transmitter has the same but in the receiver antenna is possibility
that appear the doubled frequency.
Luxembourg effect was observed in 1930. Now radio people manage with
eliminating it.
S*

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On Mar 21, 12:11*pm, Szczepan Białek wrote:
*"Dave" ...
On Mar 21, 11:42 am, Szczepan Bia ek wrote:



"Dave"
...
On Mar 20, 8:26 am, Szczepan Bia ek wrote:


"Phil Allison"
...


"Richard Clark"


Now, as to your experience of receiving signals on the wrong
frequency, that is a classic situation of image rejection being poor
due to the lack of a tuned front-end (something that dissappeared
with
the dinosaurs). If I were to guess on the basis of 40 year old
experience fixing these suckers, your off-frequency signals are
probably shifted by twice the IF frequency of your receiver. The
classical FM IF frequency of 10.7 MHz might apply, but time has
marched on and designers may select their own. This old standard
would argue that you shouldn't experience images except where they
would be out-of-band (the 88-107 band with this IF would force that).


** Hearing the same FM station at more than one spot is still
possible
even with a 10.7 MHz IF frequency - if the signal is very strong. The
reason is harmonics of the incoming carrier generated in the RF stage
interacting with harmonics of the local oscillator in the mixer.


It sound like the "Luxembourg Effect". The signal was from the dipole
antenna.
Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?


Eg:


A 100MHz FM carrier generates a harmonic at 200MHz in the receiver..


When the local oscillator is adjusted to 94.65 MHz, its second
harmonic
is
189.3 MHz.


The difference frequency is then 10.7 MHz - so goes through to the FM
detector.


In this situation, the FM deviation is doubled so the recovered audio
will
be distorted on loud passages.
all antennas are dipoles, you just can't always see the other half.


If I can't see the other half it is the monopole.
So I repeat my question: Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?


and Luxembourg has nothing to do with it, your silly frequency


doubling notions should be packaged up in art's box and never see the
light of day.


The dipoles have the directional pattern like
this:http://www-antenna.ee.titech.ac.jp/~...le/index..html


It looks like the interference of the many sources (dipoles have the two).


The two sources not in phase double the frequencies.
S*
so why when i switch my transmitter from a 'monopole' where YOU can't


see the other half to a dipole does the frequency stay the same?

Your transmitter has the same but in the receiver antenna is possibility
that appear the doubled frequency.
Luxembourg effect was observed in 1930. Now radio people manage with
eliminating it.
S*


nope, the receiver still hears the proper transmitted frequency.
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"Dave" wrote
...
On Mar 21, 12:11 pm, Szczepan Białek wrote:

The dipoles have the directional pattern like

this:http://www-antenna.ee.titech.ac.jp/~...ole/index.html


It looks like the interference of the many sources (dipoles have the
two).


The two sources not in phase double the frequencies.

S*
so why when i switch my transmitter from a 'monopole' where YOU can't


see the other half to a dipole does the frequency stay the same?


Your transmitter has the same but in the receiver antenna is possibility

that appear the doubled frequency.
Luxembourg effect was observed in 1930. Now radio people manage with
eliminating it.
S*


nope, the receiver still hears the proper transmitted frequency.


Yes. THY receiver is tuned to the transmitted frequency.
Luxembourg effect means that another receiver tuned to the doubled your
frequency hears you.
S*

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Luxembourg effect was observed in 1930. Now radio people manage with
eliminating it.
S*


nope, the receiver still hears the proper transmitted frequency.


Yes. THY receiver is tuned to the transmitted frequency.
Luxembourg effect means that another receiver tuned to the doubled your
frequency hears you.


Perhaps you should read up on what the Luxembourg Effect actually was!!

It had nothing to do with antennas!!

It was Cross Modulation in the ionosphere between Radio Luxenbourg and
other radio stations, where by the modulation of Radio Luxenbourg was
heard superimposed onto the second station.

Jeff
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Szczepan Białek wrote:

"Dave" wrote
...
On Mar 21, 11:42 am, Szczepan Białek wrote:
"Dave"
...

On Mar 20, 8:26 am, Szczepan Bia ek wrote:



"Phil Allison"
...


"Richard Clark"


Now, as to your experience of receiving signals on the wrong
frequency, that is a classic situation of image rejection being poor
due to the lack of a tuned front-end (something that dissappeared
with
the dinosaurs). If I were to guess on the basis of 40 year old
experience fixing these suckers, your off-frequency signals are
probably shifted by twice the IF frequency of your receiver. The
classical FM IF frequency of 10.7 MHz might apply, but time has
marched on and designers may select their own. This old standard
would argue that you shouldn't experience images except where they
would be out-of-band (the 88-107 band with this IF would force

that).

** Hearing the same FM station at more than one spot is still
possible
even with a 10.7 MHz IF frequency - if the signal is very strong. The
reason is harmonics of the incoming carrier generated in the RF stage
interacting with harmonics of the local oscillator in the mixer.


It sound like the "Luxembourg Effect". The signal was from the dipole
antenna.
Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?


Eg:


A 100MHz FM carrier generates a harmonic at 200MHz in the receiver.


When the local oscillator is adjusted to 94.65 MHz, its second
harmonic
is
189.3 MHz.


The difference frequency is then 10.7 MHz - so goes through to

the FM
detector.


In this situation, the FM deviation is doubled so the recovered

audio
will
be distorted on loud passages.
all antennas are dipoles, you just can't always see the other half.


If I can't see the other half it is the monopole.
So I repeat my question: Are now the FM stations which use the dipoles?

and Luxembourg has nothing to do with it, your silly frequency


doubling notions should be packaged up in art's box and never see the
light of day.

The dipoles have the directional pattern like
this:http://www-antenna.ee.titech.ac.jp/~...ole/index.html


It looks like the interference of the many sources (dipoles have the
two).

The two sources not in phase double the frequencies.
S*


so why when i switch my transmitter from a 'monopole' where YOU can't

see the other half to a dipole does the frequency stay the same?

Your transmitter has the same but in the receiver antenna is possibility
that appear the doubled frequency.



Luxembourg effect was observed in 1930. Now radio people manage with
eliminating it.


I doubt that ionization in the atmosphere has anything to do with what
is being observed.

However, overloading or cross modulation in the receiver is much more
likely.

S*



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