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WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
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WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
I-BLOC has been off for a while, and until recently, analog bandwidth was still brickwalled at 5 kHz.
To my delight, this morning, WWJ is using a full 10 kHz!
The unsqueezed analog audio sounds BETTER than the decoded digital audio!!
To my delight, this morning, WWJ is using a full 10 kHz!
The unsqueezed analog audio sounds BETTER than the decoded digital audio!!
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
I-BLOC is also off at AM 1270!
AM 1500, which used to restrict bandwidth to 5 kHz (but never implemented IBOC), also seems to be broadcasting in wideband now.
AM 1500, which used to restrict bandwidth to 5 kHz (but never implemented IBOC), also seems to be broadcasting in wideband now.
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
Definitely better, I can actually pick up and listen to WWJ up here in South East St Clair county now without it fading in and out. I will try again after sun down and see I can still pick it up.MWmetalhead wrote:I-BLOC has been off for a while, and until recently, analog bandwidth was still brickwalled at 5 kHz.
To my delight, this morning, WWJ is using a full 10 kHz!
The unsqueezed analog audio sounds BETTER than the decoded digital audio!!
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
There was a certain engineer that believed that restricting bandwidth to shortwave standards (5 kHz) made a the station get out farther. I find no evidence of that in any modern processor under normal conditions. In some respects it's the opposite - a very bright AM station with music masks the noise floor. A lot depends on how the input AGC reacts. In digital FM Optimods anything above 6 kHz did not cause gain reduction, it was simply clipped and filtered. On AM with a 10 kHz cutoff I would imagine the cutoff for the AGC would 5 kHz. They can filter the 2nd and 3rd harmonic so there is no THD, only IMD. IMD 5 kHz+ region isn't that easy to hear. Try it in Cool Edit, modulate a 100 Hz with 10 kHz on top with 3 dB of clipping,MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:46 amI-BLOC is also off at AM 1270!
AM 1500, which used to restrict bandwidth to 5 kHz (but never implemented IBOC), also seems to be broadcasting in wideband now.
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
I have a GE superradio that has a wide band AM for local high Quality reception, nice to hear music on AM that way (if any stations are still ldoing Music on AM ?) or I can switch to narrow IF for pulling out the weak DX from between stronger BIG stations.
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
WJR is still so damn LOUD! Have to turn down the volume three clicks to avoid my eardrums being blown out.
AM 800 has the opposite issue. I have to turn up the volume higher than all other stations to get to a comfortable listening level.
Would be nice if the jackasses running these stations would fix these issues.
AM 800 has the opposite issue. I have to turn up the volume higher than all other stations to get to a comfortable listening level.
Would be nice if the jackasses running these stations would fix these issues.
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
Detroit area AM stations that mostly play music:
580
630
1030
1160
1310 (not sure that garbage can be called music)
1460
1480
580
630
1030
1160
1310 (not sure that garbage can be called music)
1460
1480
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
Not sure how long ago it happened - but another AM station in Detroit has turned off its I-BLOC hiss machine!
AM 1340 WCHB is now solely broadcasting in analog. The audio chain sounds nice and clean, but I do not believe this station is using a full 10 kHz of bandwidth. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say they are using about 6 kHz.
AM 1340 WCHB is now solely broadcasting in analog. The audio chain sounds nice and clean, but I do not believe this station is using a full 10 kHz of bandwidth. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say they are using about 6 kHz.
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.
Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
630 CFCO still lights up the (AM) "STEREO" indicator on my 2001 Chrysler Car Radio and sounds pretty decent on day pattern/power. I believe that WION is also in Stereo AM and 10KHz frequency response.
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
Today August 8, I was in the car listening to WWJ 950 and heard them constantly switching between analog and HD, and the HD indicator light was on. When I got home I tried my Sangean HDR-14 and found a solid HD signal on WWJ. HD on AM is not going away.
Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
People will be standing in line at their favorite electronics store to purchase HD Radio to hear AM in HD. FM will sound like outdated CD’s and AM will sound like FM. HD Radio is the future of radio.Captain Rock wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:48 pmToday August 8, I was in the car listening to WWJ 950 and heard them constantly switching between analog and HD, and the HD indicator light was on. When I got home I tried my Sangean HDR-14 and found a solid HD signal on WWJ. HD on AM is not going away.
Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
I thought it was just me having aural hallucinations. WWJ's board audio sounds like processed crap, like it had been before that brief foray into quality audio, and the hash-o-matic is hashing away again on either side of the 950 carrier. Add to that the glitchy IP audio from traffic and weather and it's just a sonic wonderland.
Aughh. Just f*ing stop already.
Aughh. Just f*ing stop already.
Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
Iniquity (left spell check alone) monitors these boards. What is rumored to happen is that when they read that some station has turned the hash maker off, they appear at the door like the mafia to "fix" it. Is there something contractual that requires them to keep running it? WJR and WABC have apparently figured out how to make turning it off stick. There's a rumor going around that some engineers have died trying to fix and maintain it, from health issues exacerbated by stress and frustration and lack of sleep.
"I had a job for a while as an announcer at WWV but I finally quit, because I couldn't stand the hours."
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
They were a little slow this time. I really enjoyed the four and a half months where it was turned off!
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Re: WWJ sounds great right now! Full 10 kHz analog bandwidth!
All for a technology no one wanted or asked for. The marketplace has moved on to true digital online and now Hybrid Digital is dead. Time to shut off at least the AM HD white noise makers.Ben Zonia wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:38 amIniquity (left spell check alone) monitors these boards. What is rumored to happen is that when they read that some station has turned the hash maker off, they appear at the door like the mafia to "fix" it. Is there something contractual that requires them to keep running it? WJR and WABC have apparently figured out how to make turning it off stick. There's a rumor going around that some engineers have died trying to fix and maintain it, from health issues exacerbated by stress and frustration and lack of sleep.