Hey Lucky,
Why don't you sign on to the internet entertainment Message Board and leave the Radio ones.???
You will be happy there ! I love radio, long wave, short wave and microwave, not so much the internet but is serves a purpose too, differently !

My son found a freq that seemed to be an air to air intercom for pilots to chat on (probably unofficial) He calls it the pilots' chat line 123.45. MHz, nice easy to remember. Check it out if you have not already found it !!!

Since the demise of on-air TV, it's getting harder to find the items we used to mount outside TV antennas, roof trippods and ,light mast sections are getting hard to find and very expensive. Gettng a VHF or UHF amateur radio antenna up is getting more expensive too !

Metal masts are easy to ground for lightning protection. that is a consideration if your area has a lot of thunderstorms and the mast is higher than the house roof. Metal masts with a vertical ant on top will not interfere with the directional pattern at all, since they are non directional to start.

Using the GE Superradio to listen to a local station is like taking a Grand Prix racer to Kroger for a gallon of milk and a loaf of white bread ! :x I took my Superradio 3 to Hawaii and listened to AM stations on the West coast of N America and in Australia, and many broadcasts in languages in Asia ...

It was nice to be able to hear AM on long drives across the country. Now with the signals from low power stations on clear channels you can't do that as much. When you say get satellite radio, I balk at paying for radio when is was always free to listen to radio. Maybe if Short Wave had some diversi...

Time to sunset the AM band. With the interference issues that plague the AM dial it’s reached the point to where it’s actually unlistenable. The 50,000 watt stations are even terrible, WJR and WWJ should move over to FM and shutdown the AM outlets. The sooner the better. This is what Canada has bee...

U ever listen to those Class IV channels at night ?? CHAOS There are two in use in the Detroit area, and I can't even hear the locals in all the jumble.













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I believe when the FCC grants a broadcasat license, you are obliged to PROVIDE A SERVICE to listeners in your coverage area. You just can't shut it off and go home at night !! Last I knew, only AM PEP stations (e.g., Class A, such as WJR, WSM, WWL, WBZ) are obliged to operate ALL hours. A few non-P...

I remember the 'Conelrad" excersizes, spelling may be off,
When I worked at WXYZ I saw the relays that changed the transmitter from 1270 to a 1240, Xtal in the exciter and some taps in the other stage coils to tune there. I Don't recall ever testing to see if it still did the changeover,

The 8MK callsign was in the format that was issued to expreimantal, Amateur (non commercial radio) operations, later a prefix for each country was agreed upon by international treaty. ( when it was discovered radio waves went over national boundaries :D ) Then later, the commercial ship, shore and b...

I believe when the FCC grants a broadcasat license, you are obliged to PROVIDE A SERVICE to listeners in your coverage area. You just can't shut it off and go home at night !!

Last few times I checked WCXI late at night , 1160 had a strong carrier and just some faint background modulation, maybe spillover from WPON also at the Wixom, site ? Any news about this ? WPON on 1460, had the oldies music going at the times I heard the dead air from WCXI !

WCXI 1160 dead air at night ?

I agree the three letter calls should have been valued more..
Would it be easier to make a list of the hundred newest callsign changes on the FM band ?? ;D