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AM is dead thanks to iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance!
WOR 710 turned on their HD/IBOC tonight and when its skywave skips
into Maryland WLW is unlistenable. WOR completely obliterates WGN 720. I would like to commend iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance for the desturuction of AM, all for the benefit of a few thousand local listeners, if they can even pick up the HD/IBOC signals: Narkspud wrote: "Here in OC, I found two AM HD signals on the air at 12:15 AM: Our own KFWB (980, Los Angeles) and KFBK (1530, Sacramento). KFWB is always reliable during the day hereabouts, and has a non-directional 5,000- watt signal. KFBK is a 50,000-watt north-south directional, about 400 miles north of here. Now the bad news: no lock on either one for more than a second or two, although the analog signals sounded fine. And this time I tried driving around a bit. I got very little other than a flashing HD indicator. KFWB's sidebands obliterated 970 and 990, and KFBK'S were doing significant damage to an unidentified distant signal on 1520 that should have been listenable. This ain't looking too good. See ya tomorrow night." http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=906379 Boycott HD Radio! |
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AM is dead thanks to iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance!
"IBOCcrock" wrote in message ups.com... WOR 710 turned on their HD/IBOC tonight and when its skywave skips into Maryland WLW is unlistenable. WOR completely obliterates WGN 720. I would like to commend iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance for the desturuction of AM, all for the benefit of a few thousand local listeners, if they can even pick up the HD/IBOC signals: Narkspud wrote: "Here in OC, I found two AM HD signals on the air at 12:15 AM: Our own KFWB (980, Los Angeles) and KFBK (1530, Sacramento). KFWB is always reliable during the day hereabouts, and has a non-directional 5,000- watt signal. KFBK is a 50,000-watt north-south directional, about 400 miles north of here. Now the bad news: no lock on either one for more than a second or two, although the analog signals sounded fine. And this time I tried driving around a bit. I got very little other than a flashing HD indicator. KFWB's sidebands obliterated 970 and 990, and KFBK'S were doing significant damage to an unidentified distant signal on 1520 that should have been listenable. This ain't looking too good. See ya tomorrow night." http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=906379 Boycott HD Radio! Couple good strong signals that should make it into CA on 1520. Both are 50KW. One is in Portland, OR, the other in OKC, OK. (there are places in Portland where the local (actually licensed to Oregon City, with towers in Clackamas) can be nulled and the OKC station can be heard.) |
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AM is dead thanks to iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance!
On Sep 14, 4:20 am, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
"IBOCcrock" wrote in message ups.com... WOR 710 turned on their HD/IBOC tonight and when its skywave skips into Maryland WLW is unlistenable. WOR completely obliterates WGN 720. I would like to commend iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance for the desturuction of AM, all for the benefit of a few thousand local listeners, if they can even pick up the HD/IBOC signals: Narkspud wrote: "Here in OC, I found two AM HD signals on the air at 12:15 AM: Our own KFWB (980, Los Angeles) and KFBK (1530, Sacramento). KFWB is always reliable during the day hereabouts, and has a non-directional 5,000- watt signal. KFBK is a 50,000-watt north-south directional, about 400 miles north of here. Now the bad news: no lock on either one for more than a second or two, although the analog signals sounded fine. And this time I tried driving around a bit. I got very little other than a flashing HD indicator. KFWB's sidebands obliterated 970 and 990, and KFBK'S were doing significant damage to an unidentified distant signal on 1520 that should have been listenable. This ain't looking too good. See ya tomorrow night." http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=906379 Boycott HD Radio! Couple good strong signals that should make it into CA on 1520. Both are 50KW. One is in Portland, OR, the other in OKC, OK. (there are places in Portland where the local (actually licensed to Oregon City, with towers in Clackamas) can be nulled and the OKC station can be heard.)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I usually get 1520 from Portland Or. without any problem at my location on Vancouver Island. Tonight the noise bands from KFBK are obliterating 1520 and 1540. KFBK is coming in strongly as it usually does. This is the first time I have heard the digital hash and it sounds like holding an electric shaver against my ear. Bob |
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AM is dead thanks to iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance!
On Sep 14, 3:29 am, IBOCcrock wrote:
WOR 710 turned on their HD/IBOC tonight and when its skywave skips into Maryland WLW is unlistenable. WOR completely obliterates WGN 720. I would like to commend iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance for the desturuction of AM, all for the benefit of a few thousand local listeners, if they can even pick up the HD/IBOC signals: Narkspud wrote: "Here in OC, I found two AM HD signals on the air at 12:15 AM: Our own KFWB (980, Los Angeles) and KFBK (1530, Sacramento). KFWB is always reliable during the day hereabouts, and has a non-directional 5,000- watt signal. KFBK is a 50,000-watt north-south directional, about 400 miles north of here. Now the bad news: no lock on either one for more than a second or two, although the analog signals sounded fine. And this time I tried driving around a bit. I got very little other than a flashing HD indicator. KFWB's sidebands obliterated 970 and 990, and KFBK'S were doing significant damage to an unidentified distant signal on 1520 that should have been listenable. This ain't looking too good. See ya tomorrow night." http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=906379 Boycott HD Radio! 1520 kHz could have been KVTA-AM out of Ventura, CA |
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AM is dead thanks to iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance!
On Sep 14, 6:29 am, IBOCcrock wrote:
WOR 710 turned on their HD/IBOC tonight and when its skywave skips into Maryland WLW is unlistenable. WOR completely obliterates WGN 720. I would like to commend iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance for the desturuction of AM, all for the benefit of a few thousand local listeners, if they can even pick up the HD/IBOC signals: Narkspud wrote: "Here in OC, I found two AM HD signals on the air at 12:15 AM: Our own KFWB (980, Los Angeles) and KFBK (1530, Sacramento). KFWB is always reliable during the day hereabouts, and has a non-directional 5,000- watt signal. KFBK is a 50,000-watt north-south directional, about 400 miles north of here. Now the bad news: no lock on either one for more than a second or two, although the analog signals sounded fine. And this time I tried driving around a bit. I got very little other than a flashing HD indicator. KFWB's sidebands obliterated 970 and 990, and KFBK'S were doing significant damage to an unidentified distant signal on 1520 that should have been listenable. This ain't looking too good. See ya tomorrow night." http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=906379 Boycott HD Radio! I had to laugh when I read this comment: "WABC 770 HD is on tonight..but fading in and out just 1 mile outside Queens on long Island." |
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AM is dead thanks to iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance!
"Steve" wrote in message oups.com... I had to laugh when I read this comment: "WABC 770 HD is on tonight..but fading in and out just 1 mile outside Queens on long Island." September is the month when it is very common for AM anomalies to occur. I can recall... at about 20 miles from its transmitter... WTAM being obliterated by a 10 kw Venezuelan about 2000 miles away... and having Colombians and Venezuelans near-dominating many of the clears and even channels like 1370 bringing in low-power Venezuelans... plus the ABC island split frequencies, like Kelkboom on 1435, hetting the US adjacents. |
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AM is dead thanks to iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance!
On Sep 16, 4:17 pm, Steve wrote:
On Sep 14, 6:29 am, IBOCcrock wrote: WOR 710 turned on their HD/IBOC tonight and when its skywave skips into Maryland WLW is unlistenable. WOR completely obliterates WGN 720. I would like to commend iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance for the desturuction of AM, all for the benefit of a few thousand local listeners, if they can even pick up the HD/IBOC signals: Narkspud wrote: "Here in OC, I found two AM HD signals on the air at 12:15 AM: Our own KFWB (980, Los Angeles) and KFBK (1530, Sacramento). KFWB is always reliable during the day hereabouts, and has a non-directional 5,000- watt signal. KFBK is a 50,000-watt north-south directional, about 400 miles north of here. Now the bad news: no lock on either one for more than a second or two, although the analog signals sounded fine. And this time I tried driving around a bit. I got very little other than a flashing HD indicator. KFWB's sidebands obliterated 970 and 990, and KFBK'S were doing significant damage to an unidentified distant signal on 1520 that should have been listenable. This ain't looking too good. See ya tomorrow night." http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=906379 Boycott HD Radio! I had to laugh when I read this comment: "WABC 770 HD is on tonight..but fading in and out just 1 mile outside Queens on long Island."- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - IBOC should not Fade - It should Drop-Out There It Is {Digital Sound} - Oops No It Ain't {Silence} There It Is Again {Digital Sound} - Oops No It Ain't Again {Silence} Except where there is both the Analog and Digital Signal There It Is {Digital Sound} - Oops No It's Fading Analog Again . . . |
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