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I was driving on one of Northern Ontario's lonely roads yesterday at
5:30 am. No traffic and all there was to do was plod along and watch for moose. Moose are road-colored, weigh a ton, and like to stand invisibly in the middle of the road. It is not good to hit a moose: they demolish cars, derail trains, and last winter, knocked a Greyhound bus into the ditch. Being bored, I switched on my AM radio. The radio stations at that time of night are mostly from the US as many Canadian stations have migrated to FM. From 530 to 1700, every channel is filled with something at night, but the clear channel stations are the only ones useful; I tuned in 760 WJR but got only noise. I tuned in WBBM 780 same thing. Then I went to 770 WABC-clear as a bell. The noise didn't sound like the usual power-line rasp but it was rather like gently falling rain. I knew it couldn't be IBOC interference because promoters on this very website have assured us that the sidebands were so weak that they wouldn't bother disant listeners. Well, I have news. They were lying through their teeth. WCCO 830 Minneapolis took out 820 and 840, 700 WLW Cincinatti took out 690 Montreal and 710, 1180 WHAM took out 1170 and 1190, and 1110 took out 1100 and 1120. These were identified before morning fade-out. The most irritating point is that the stations that were obliterated were clear channel stations that one can listen to in the boonies. Most of the stations were about 600 miles away. If IBOC grows, they will all be taking out each other and leaving drivers to sort through 1400 to find a station. However, they are profit maximizers and hix in the stix don't count in their metro-zone demographics. Will this be the death of am radio? |
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"ve3..." wrote: I was driving on one of Northern Ontario's lonely roads yesterday at 5:30 am. No traffic and all there was to do was plod along and watch for moose. Moose are road-colored, weigh a ton, and like to stand invisibly in the middle of the road. It is not good to hit a moose: they demolish cars, derail trains, and last winter, knocked a Greyhound bus into the ditch. Being bored, I switched on my AM radio. The radio stations at that time of night are mostly from the US as many Canadian stations have migrated to FM. From 530 to 1700, every channel is filled with something at night, but the clear channel stations are the only ones useful; I tuned in 760 WJR but got only noise. I tuned in WBBM 780 same thing. Then I went to 770 WABC-clear as a bell. The noise didn't sound like the usual power-line rasp but it was rather like gently falling rain. I knew it couldn't be IBOC interference because promoters on this very website have assured us that the sidebands were so weak that they wouldn't bother disant listeners. Well, I have news. They were lying through their teeth. WCCO 830 Minneapolis took out 820 and 840, 700 WLW Cincinatti took out 690 Montreal and 710, 1180 WHAM took out 1170 and 1190, and 1110 took out 1100 and 1120. These were identified before morning fade-out. The most irritating point is that the stations that were obliterated were clear channel stations that one can listen to in the boonies. Most of the stations were about 600 miles away. If IBOC grows, they will all be taking out each other and leaving drivers to sort through 1400 to find a station. However, they are profit maximizers and hix in the stix don't count in their metro-zone demographics. Will this be the death of am radio? I wasn't aware that anyone was running IBOC overnight. dxAce Michigan USA |
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dxAce wrote:
I wasn't aware that anyone was running IBOC overnight. I was going to say "well, he was listening at 5:30am - and if he was west of Thunder Bay then he'd have been on Central Time". The numbers still don't work out for most stations: Station October "FCC sunrise" WABC 0500 CST WCCO 0630 CST WLW 0645 CST WHAM 0530 CST KFAB 0630 CST (that WLW figure doesn't make sense, I think I made a typo somewhere. Probably 0545 or 0600.) So it would have been "daytime" at WABC & WHAM but not at any of the other stations. I am making the rash assumption the unnamed station on 1110 was KFAB -- maybe it was WBT? (which probably would have indeed been in "daytime") We do occasionally observe major stations running IBOC at night. It must be some kind of FCC-sanctioned test as it happens far too often to be explained as technical errors at some of the country's best-engineered stations. Usually that doesn't happen at this many stations at the same time though. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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News Talk WABC AM is in New York.Eastern Time Zone.I am in the Central
Time Zone.New York is one hour ahead of my Time Zone.I think some of those other Radio Stations mentioned are too. cuhulin |
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ve3... wrote:
I was driving on one of Northern Ontario's lonely roads yesterday at 5:30 am. No traffic and all there was to do was plod along and watch WABC's HD *can't* interfere with reception of WJR and WBBM in Canada, because you can't get WJR or WBBM (or for that matter, WABC) in Canada. Well, at least that's the official line. US stations aren't protected from interference in Canada, and vice-versa. 'Course, if you were driving on the US side of the border - say, between International Falls and Pembina - you'd have experienced the same thing... Are there any local AM stations left in Northern Ontario? (grin, kinda) I was up in Sudbury last fall & 790 was the only local AM left, I did see (and hear) a French LPRT somewhere between there & Sault Ste. Marie -- Iron Bridge, I think. IIRC there aren't any AMs in Thunder Bay anymore, and the ones in Kenora & Fort Frances have both moved to FM. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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We do occasionally observe major stations running IBOC at night. It must be some kind of FCC-sanctioned test as it happens far too often to be explained as technical errors at some of the country's best-engineered stations. Usually that doesn't happen at this many stations at the same time though. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" """""""""""""""""""""""" I was in the Eastern Time zone. It might have been a test as I have never noticed this interference before. I thought it might have some connection to the switch from Daylight saving time. All the am stations you hear in Sault Ste Marie are from the US side although they tend to be buried by skip. I remember passing through Iron Bridge one day years ago when it was an am station. They had an antenna strung between two telephone poles and a kid was doing a remote at the Dairy Queen from a volkswagon bus using an old Garrard record changer. A real operation bootstrap. I gave them and A++ for effort. Now that it is a French staion, I noticed that they have a proper tower on a hill above the town but the local charm is gone. One thing is for su those so-called weak little IBOC sidebands completely covered the adjacent stations. |
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That married Irish woman (she is originally from
Caherconlish,Ireland,about nine miles South (South is always best) out of Limerick,Ireland.He is originally from Fethard,Ireland. www.fethard.com I don't think Caherconlish has a website,,, yet,but y'all can look it up on the enterhernet) I am teaching her how to be a regular Mississippi Coon Ass.I own a half acre of land in Interlachen,Putnam County,North Florida.I told her years ago she can have a chunk of my Florida land for free.She said she just might take me up on that someday.The offer still stands for her. cuhulin |
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You are in Canada and you don't know what time zone you are in?
True,sometimes in the mawnings,I may not know what the date is,but I always know what time zone I am in. cuhulin |
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In article om,
ve3... wrote: .... I knew it couldn't be IBOC interference because promoters on this very website have assured us that the sidebands were so weak that they wouldn't bother disant listeners. Well, I have news. They were lying through their teeth. WCCO 830 Minneapolis took out 820 and 840, 700 WLW Cincinatti took out 690 Montreal and 710, 1180 WHAM took out 1170 and 1190, and 1110 took out 1100 and 1120. These were identified before morning fade-out. From the theory stuff I read off the web, the worst IBOC interference should be on the station 20 kHz away, as the sideband(s) for the primary digital channel are on 15-25 kHz (on both sides) from the carrier. Unless the IBOC station had reduced their analog bandwidth and were using the second channel (which runs from 5-15 kHz, both sides). Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) |
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Some people go crazy (Well,they are crazy anyway) in America on
Halloween.Hallowen articles at www.drudgereport.com I have to watch Trees Company Too on Telebision now. cuhulin |
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I know WHA on 970 KHz runs IBOC up to an hour after sunset and starts up
about an hour before sunrise. I had read somewhere that this is authorized for stations under certain circumstances which I do not recall. "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... dxAce wrote: I wasn't aware that anyone was running IBOC overnight. I was going to say "well, he was listening at 5:30am - and if he was west of Thunder Bay then he'd have been on Central Time". The numbers still don't work out for most stations: Station October "FCC sunrise" WABC 0500 CST WCCO 0630 CST WLW 0645 CST WHAM 0530 CST KFAB 0630 CST (that WLW figure doesn't make sense, I think I made a typo somewhere. Probably 0545 or 0600.) So it would have been "daytime" at WABC & WHAM but not at any of the other stations. I am making the rash assumption the unnamed station on 1110 was KFAB -- maybe it was WBT? (which probably would have indeed been in "daytime") We do occasionally observe major stations running IBOC at night. It must be some kind of FCC-sanctioned test as it happens far too often to be explained as technical errors at some of the country's best-engineered stations. Usually that doesn't happen at this many stations at the same time though. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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Halloween,,,,,, Halloween,,,, Fun,Fun,Fun,,,,, Pull down your britches
and Run,Run,Run,,,,, cuhulin |
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"Mark Zenier" wrote in message ... From the theory stuff I read off the web, the worst IBOC interference should be on the station 20 kHz away, as the sideband(s) for the primary digital channel are on 15-25 kHz (on both sides) from the carrier. Unless the IBOC station had reduced their analog bandwidth and were using the second channel (which runs from 5-15 kHz, both sides). Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) As far as I know, all the IBOC stations have a maximum audio bandwidth of 5 kHz. 8 kHz AM audio bandwidth is supposed to be an option, but that degrades the IBOC performance. Frank Dresser |
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Brenda Ann wrote:
"ve3..." wrote in message ups.com... I noticed a full moon, we just finished Halloween, and all the witches have been casting spells like crazy. Could it be that IBOC is a creation of Satan? Just asking. Either a creation of Lucifer himself or one of his higher placed minions. Very good. That wasn't a guess, was it? http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/spe.../mi7182002.htm mike |
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"Frank Dresser" wrote: "Mark Zenier" wrote in message ... From the theory stuff I read off the web, the worst IBOC interference should be on the station 20 kHz away, as the sideband(s) for the primary digital channel are on 15-25 kHz (on both sides) from the carrier. Unless the IBOC station had reduced their analog bandwidth and were using the second channel (which runs from 5-15 kHz, both sides). Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) As far as I know, all the IBOC stations have a maximum audio bandwidth of 5 kHz. 8 kHz AM audio bandwidth is supposed to be an option, but that degrades the IBOC performance. All I know is trying to listen to weak station the next channel over (10KHz) either way is impossible. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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But what are you hearing on that weak station? Certainly nothing that I
do not know already.I gave up dxining years ago.I only dx them crazy wimmins all over (via the enternets) the World nowdays.I am doin better than you are. cuhulin |
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m II wrote: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/spe.../mi7182002.htm mike "''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''' I read the 2002 speech and noted that she had missed her deadlines. I recall going to Expo 67 and visiting the French pavilion. I was shocked when I saw the clarity of French television compared to our crappy picture. I think they used about 800+ lines. We have had 60 years of crappy tv picture and now the programming is getting pathetic. If they don't improve the content, nobody will but the thing. We still watch Magnum PI reruns and admire the writing, acting, and production values. But with their drive to profit maximization, corporations don't want to pay for quality or serve people outside the urban demographic zone. |
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I am still doteing on buying meself (and Blueberry doggy,sometimes she
watches tv for a few minutes) a Lyngsat satellite dish. www.lyngsat.com No monthly fees with Lyngsat.Lots of American and furrin tv stations and radio stations too. Yeah,living wayyyyy out in the sticks beats living in the cities all hollow. Somebody ought to invent and put on the market a device which instantly translates them furrin movies furrin languages on tv into the English language.Just think what a boon to tv movie viewers that would be.No more looking/reading them subtitles to know what them furriners are saying. cuhulin |
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Brenda Ann wrote: Either a creation of Lucifer himself or one of his higher placed minions. I know!! It was George W. Bush who invented IBOC!! Kick his ass!!! ;) steph |
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In article .com,
"Stephanie Weil" wrote: Brenda Ann wrote: Either a creation of Lucifer himself or one of his higher placed minions. I know!! It was George W. Bush who invented IBOC!! Kick his ass!!! ;) Very funny but W is not an engineer. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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Telamon wrote:
In article .com, "Stephanie Weil" wrote: Brenda Ann wrote: Either a creation of Lucifer himself or one of his higher placed minions. I know!! It was George W. Bush who invented IBOC!! Kick his ass!!! ;) Very funny but W is not an engineer. Heck, he isn't even HUMAN! mike |
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Telamon wrote:
In article .com, "Stephanie Weil" wrote: Brenda Ann wrote: Either a creation of Lucifer himself or one of his higher placed minions. I know!! It was George W. Bush who invented IBOC!! Kick his ass!!! ;) Very funny but W is not an engineer. That what the military and the Iraqis say every day! JB |
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"Telamon" wrote in message ... All I know is trying to listen to weak station the next channel over (10KHz) either way is impossible. I don't doubt it, but I don't try to daytime DX near IBOC stations. Mark's information is consistant with my observations from the early days of IBOC, when IBOC was commonly used at night and there was a hole between the AM channel and each of the IBOC sidebands in which a first adjacent might punch through the interference. Frank Dresser |
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