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A Radio Disney Mystery
Where do they get all that awesome music???
........ Ha ha! Okay--J/K. ------- Radio Disney has a station listed at 1260 kHz in St Louis. I can consistently pick up that same transmission at 351 kHz as well, day or night, on my Sony ICF-7600GR. The LW sounds like it might be a /bit/ weaker than the AM signal. At first I wondered why Disney would be broadcasting on LW, but when I went online to look for actual ID,,,, I cannot find any reference to Disney on that frequency. I have found a few listings of Disney-affiliate stations all over the AM and FM dial, but none SW or LW. The only station listed for St Louis is the 1260 station. So what's up with this 351 kHz business? I haven't found any other station that was "repeated" in two different frequencies like this. ~ |
A Radio Disney Mystery
On Dec 12, 10:12*am, DougC wrote:
Where do they get all that awesome music??? I have found a few listings of Disney-affiliate stations all over the AM and FM dial, but none SW or LW. The only station listed for St Louis is the 1260 station. So what's up with this 351 kHz business? I haven't found any other station that was "repeated" in two different frequencies like this. ~ More than likely it's an image of the 1260khz transmission showing up your radio as 350khz (910khz spacing), even dual conversion radios can suffer from this, especially on the AM when it's using the internal ferrite antenna A good discussion is on this topic - http://tinyurl.com/57bqdh |
A Radio Disney Mystery
In article , DougC
wrote: Where do they get all that awesome music??? ....... Ha ha! Okay--J/K. ------- Radio Disney has a station listed at 1260 kHz in St Louis. I can consistently pick up that same transmission at 351 kHz as well, day or night, on my Sony ICF-7600GR. The LW sounds like it might be a /bit/ weaker than the AM signal. At first I wondered why Disney would be broadcasting on LW, but when I went online to look for actual ID,,,, I cannot find any reference to Disney on that frequency. I have found a few listings of Disney-affiliate stations all over the AM and FM dial, but none SW or LW. The only station listed for St Louis is the 1260 station. So what's up with this 351 kHz business? I haven't found any other station that was "repeated" in two different frequencies like this. ~ Okay, I'm a bit rusty on this, so someone can correct me... 1260 - 350 = 910 / 2 = 455 It's a receiver-generated image based on the 455 kHz conversion circuit in the radio. You might hear the other one at 2170 kHz... It sucks, but it happens -- even on my R8; maybe someone will chime in with the technical reason. I've completely forgotten :-( -j |
A Radio Disney Mystery
BDK wrote:
..... More likely, it's just your not so great radio. How close to you is that station? It's ehhh, , , it's . . . . -in the neighboring town. :) Investigating further, it doesn't seem to be the most popular station: http://www.qsl.net/n0uih/IBOCMythsan...alogvsIBOC.htm I suppose I should be glad I don't hear it on my dental fillings. ----- Another semi-related question: what analog-tuner radios are there with better tuning circuitry, that is not a boatanchor, and that will cover all or most of the range in-between bands? ~ |
A Radio Disney Mystery
BDK wrote:
In article , says... Analog, but not a boatanchor? Hmmm. Panasonic RF-2200? Why do you want an analog rig? The digital tuning seems to miss a lot of minor things, in-between the channels. An analog tuning dial is more fun to spin (as long as it stays where you leave it). RF-2200 looks interesting, tis a shame any I'd find would already be a quarter-century old. Oh well. ~ |
A Radio Disney Mystery
"DougC" wrote in message
... RF-2200 looks interesting, tis a shame any I'd find would already be a quarter-century old. Oh well. Umm, yes. That's exactly why they are so desirable. I have one and it works fine. I have radios that are over 70 years old that work fine. |
A Radio Disney Mystery
DougC wrote:
BDK wrote: In article , says... Analog, but not a boatanchor? Hmmm. Panasonic RF-2200? Why do you want an analog rig? The digital tuning seems to miss a lot of minor things, in-between the channels. An analog tuning dial is more fun to spin (as long as it stays where you leave it). RF-2200 looks interesting, tis a shame any I'd find would already be a quarter-century old. Oh well. ~ Digital tuners killed AM radio. |
A Radio Disney Mystery
In article ,
says... BDK wrote: In article , says... Analog, but not a boatanchor? Hmmm. Panasonic RF-2200? Why do you want an analog rig? The digital tuning seems to miss a lot of minor things, in-between the channels. An analog tuning dial is more fun to spin (as long as it stays where you leave it). RF-2200 looks interesting, tis a shame any I'd find would already be a quarter-century old. Oh well. ~ You've apparently used cheaper/older digital radios. With up to one hertz tuning resolution, there isn't any missing anything. And a good tuning knob is a good tuning knob: http://cgi.ebay.com/Japan-Radio-Co-N...adio-Receiver- NICE_W0QQitemZ390015795849QQcmdZViewItemQQptZShort wave_Radios? hash=item390015795849&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkpar ms=72%3A1234|66%3A2| 65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1308|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50 Overpriced, but a very nice receiver. You can get one for less. And a classic: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=170285979931 #description Even though it only tunes in 100hz steps, you won't miss anything on it either. I've owned a nearly identical one for almost 25 years. It will never leave, until I do. -- BDK BDK Klan leader? kOOk Magnet! NJJ CLUB #1 Shillmaster |
A Radio Disney Mystery
In article ,
says... DougC wrote: BDK wrote: In article , says... Analog, but not a boatanchor? Hmmm. Panasonic RF-2200? Why do you want an analog rig? The digital tuning seems to miss a lot of minor things, in-between the channels. An analog tuning dial is more fun to spin (as long as it stays where you leave it). RF-2200 looks interesting, tis a shame any I'd find would already be a quarter-century old. Oh well. ~ Digital tuners killed AM radio. Why is that? -- BDK BDK Klan leader? kOOk Magnet! NJJ CLUB #1 Shillmaster |
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