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Fluttering signals tonight

Last post by Ben Zonia « Sun Oct 13, 2024 2:50 am
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by k8jd » Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:19 pm

Had some fluttering signals on the Ham bands, followed down to AM BC band, found signals locally were fine, stations on the upper AM band more than...

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Last post by Ben Zonia
Sun Oct 13, 2024 2:50 am
97.1 The Ticket Reception Issue

Last post by MWmetalhead « Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:26 pm
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by Just Dave » Thu Sep 26, 2024 1:36 pm

Hi Ladies and Gents. First post here. I'm hoping someone can shed some light on the above issue for me.

Since about June 1st I have been having...

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Last post by MWmetalhead
Tue Oct 08, 2024 12:26 pm
What DX Spanish station am I hearing where CHML used to be?

Last post by MWmetalhead « Sun Sep 22, 2024 7:44 am
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by Radiobirdman » Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:29 am

Every night on 900 I'm hearing Spanish language variety-type songs, very different style from what is usually played on Spanish language or regional...

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Last post by MWmetalhead
Sun Sep 22, 2024 7:44 am
September Tropo

Last post by MWmetalhead « Sat Sep 21, 2024 10:02 am
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by ChrisWL1980 » Fri Sep 13, 2024 7:36 pm

Almost every night during the first half of this month has brought in tropo or enhancement of some kind. What have been some of your more interesting...

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Last post by MWmetalhead
Sat Sep 21, 2024 10:02 am
Leon Russell Influenced By Station Heard On Crystal Radio

Last post by Ben Zonia « Tue Sep 10, 2024 6:29 pm

by Ben Zonia » Tue Sep 10, 2024 6:29 pm

I wonder what station he heard Rhythm and Blues on a crystal radio. It looks like he grew up in Oklahoma. John Richbourg on WLAC 1510 Nashville has...

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Last post by Ben Zonia
Tue Sep 10, 2024 6:29 pm
FCC decision on HD Radio

Last post by Marcus « Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:24 pm
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by Marcus » Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:55 pm

New Asymmetrical Sideband Rules.

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Last post by Marcus
Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:24 pm
Requirements for Broadcast Public File

Last post by TC Talks « Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:32 pm
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by TC Talks » Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:28 pm

What are the licensee requirements for having a public file at or near the COL?

Trying not to file an FCC complaint but it seems some of our...

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Last post by TC Talks
Tue Aug 27, 2024 12:32 pm
Can Anyone Explain This?

Last post by MotorCityRadioFreak « Sun Aug 25, 2024 11:22 pm
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by Turkeytop » Fri Aug 02, 2024 9:31 pm

These warm, summer evenings I always stay outside on the patio until after dark. I sit at the patio table under the patio umbrella with my radio....

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Last post by MotorCityRadioFreak
Sun Aug 25, 2024 11:22 pm
Classic TV Signoff Recordings

Last post by Ben Zonia « Fri Aug 02, 2024 5:01 pm

by Ben Zonia » Fri Aug 02, 2024 5:01 pm

I always found the Sign Offs of TV Stations back in the 1970s and 1980s fascinating. The microwave links were fascinating. A few I found most...

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Last post by Ben Zonia
Fri Aug 02, 2024 5:01 pm
FM DX Wednesday June 19

Last post by audiophile « Sun Jul 28, 2024 7:53 am
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by Turkeytop » Wed Jun 19, 2024 11:15 am

Right now on a Sangean portable, I'm getting WMNF 88.5 from Tampa FL.

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Last post by audiophile
Sun Jul 28, 2024 7:53 am
760 WJR must be broadcasting at reduced power right now

Last post by MWmetalhead « Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:06 pm
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by MWmetalhead » Sun Jun 16, 2024 1:05 pm
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The signal was almost non-existent near M-6 and M-37 about 10 miles SE of Grand Rapids. I could not even make out 80 percent of what was being said....
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Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:06 pm
New 9 Element FM antenna

Last post by Ben Zonia « Thu Jul 04, 2024 12:34 am
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by n8fnr » Mon Jul 01, 2024 9:52 pm

Sky Blue has released a 9 element antenna for FM. Supposed to be a copy of the Channel Master Stereo Probe 9. Looks interesting.

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Last post by Ben Zonia
Thu Jul 04, 2024 12:34 am
Class A10 FM Petition For Rulemaking

Last post by Ben Zonia « Fri Jun 21, 2024 11:59 am
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by Ben Zonia » Thu Jun 20, 2024 7:57 pm

Class A10 proposes a new FM Class with greater than 6 kW up to 10 kW/100 meters.

The proposal for Class C4 FM has been held up for around 10 years....

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Last post by Ben Zonia
Fri Jun 21, 2024 11:59 am
Old WCXI,Fenton towers.

Last post by billmich88888 « Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:52 am
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by k8jd » Mon May 13, 2024 3:21 pm

Was looking at GoogleEarth and saw the two old WCXI towers just off exit 79, US23. The Image date was 7/2023. I am sure it has been several years...

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Mon Jun 17, 2024 7:52 am
RIP CQ Magazine

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by Turkeytop » Sun Jun 16, 2024 10:46 pm

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Sun Jun 16, 2024 10:46 pm
Very strong dx over Lake Huron ongoing

Last post by Turkeytop « Sun Jun 16, 2024 12:44 am
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by bmw » Sat Jun 15, 2024 10:19 pm

Tonight my radio dial in northeast Michigan is full of Canadian stations - both the usual suspects and some that I almost never hear like CHKS 106.3....

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Last post by Turkeytop
Sun Jun 16, 2024 12:44 am
Lightning and Antennas

Last post by k8jd « Sat Jun 15, 2024 7:38 pm
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by Deleted User 15924 » Fri May 24, 2024 11:34 am

Okay hams. During a thunderstorm, do you take your feed line off your equipment? And if you do, do you leave the connectors hanging in free air, or...

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Last post by k8jd
Sat Jun 15, 2024 7:38 pm
BBC on 97.1

Last post by cckadlec « Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:29 pm
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by 48125er » Mon Jun 03, 2024 4:03 pm

this morning, driving thru Rockford, I heard BBC radio of all things on 97.1, I got a bit of chicago stations and randomly Kiss 105.9 from Detroit of...

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Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:29 pm
Kirchhoff's Law Loophole May Allow Much Faster Charging With Supercapacitors

Last post by Ben Zonia « Mon Jun 10, 2024 3:23 pm
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by Ben Zonia » Wed May 29, 2024 2:31 pm

I'm always skeptical when people talk about ways to circumvent The Laws Of Physics, but this says basically they found a loophole in Kirchhoff's Laws...

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Last post by Ben Zonia
Mon Jun 10, 2024 3:23 pm
Why is radio so hard to listen to?

Last post by TC Talks « Thu Jun 06, 2024 8:31 pm
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by Deleted User 15924 » Thu Jun 06, 2024 5:38 pm

Starting on Page 31 of this month's Radio World are laments echoing critiques I've heard a time or two here on Buzzboard:

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Last post by TC Talks
Thu Jun 06, 2024 8:31 pm
Screen Name, Realized

Last post by k8jd « Sat May 25, 2024 1:57 pm
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by SolarMax » Tue May 14, 2024 9:28 pm

Told ya! - SolarMax was coming! And not done yet by any stretch! :8) 8o
Hope you enjoyed the auroras.
Major X8.7 Solar Flare + M4.4 Eruption...

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Last post by k8jd
Sat May 25, 2024 1:57 pm
WDIV off the air?

Last post by k8jd « Sat May 25, 2024 1:55 pm
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by Art Van Damme » Tue May 21, 2024 6:18 pm

Was watching the news tonight and just before 6pm, poof, the signal is gone.

I can receive all the other tv stations just fine.

I have an antenna...

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Last post by k8jd
Sat May 25, 2024 1:55 pm
CFCO-FM 91.3 International Concurrence Granted

Last post by Deleted User 16378 « Tue May 14, 2024 3:24 pm
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by Ben Zonia » Tue May 14, 2024 2:09 am

CFCO-FM 91.3. Don't know if this is in addition to the translator on 92.9, or if it is to replace it.

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Tue May 14, 2024 3:24 pm
Bad News For Radio Hobbyists

Last post by audiophile « Fri May 10, 2024 7:08 am
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by Turkeytop » Sun May 05, 2024 9:39 pm

MFJ Enterprises is is shutting down production this month.

MFJ Enterprises, Inc founder Martin F. Jue, K5FLU, announced that as of May 17, 2024,...

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Last post by audiophile
Fri May 10, 2024 7:08 am
Sleuthing Digital TV Signal Problems

Last post by km1125 « Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:31 am
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by Ben Zonia » Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:43 pm

The other day, I was watching WDIV 4/Physical 32, and it was frequently breaking up off air. I checked with a small portable with just a bowtie, and...

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Last post by km1125
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:31 am
Is it a common practice....

Last post by Willie108 « Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:39 am
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by fairbankshockeypuck » Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:38 am

For Low Power talk and sports FM's to turn off their stereo function? I know an ESPN station in Alaska does and says it cuts down on noise on the...

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Last post by Willie108
Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:39 am
8 tower array in Hamilton On.

Last post by Marcus « Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:32 pm
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by TC Talks » Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:40 pm

What's the story about the h-uge 8 tower array in Hamilton? What station is this, and what's the pattern look like.

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Last post by Marcus
Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:32 pm
ATSC 3.0 is unnecessary; numerous 4K, 1080p and 720p streams already possible using a single RF channel in ATSC 1.0!

Last post by MWmetalhead « Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:27 am
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by MWmetalhead » Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:21 am

An over-the-air DTV station in Eugene, OR broadcasting on RF channel 3 is already broadcasting multiple streams of native 4K content + 1080p content...

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Last post by MWmetalhead
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:27 am
FM reception in the southeast part of the US

Last post by Colonel Flagg « Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:03 am
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by bmw » Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:29 am

It seems whenever I check out the dx tropo forecast, the southeast often looks something like this:

So what is reception like down there,...

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Last post by Colonel Flagg
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:03 am
Crawford WMUZ AM Antenna Array

Last post by k8jd « Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:48 pm
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by Deleted User 15924 » Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:13 am

Article in this month's Radio World on Crawford's 10 antenna site in Huron Township. Page 22:

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Last post by k8jd
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:48 pm
Visit America's Last Morse-Code Station

Last post by k8jd « Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:11 pm
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by Turkeytop » Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:21 pm

It's the only one left in North America, and where Morse-Code once ruled the seas, this station is now the realm of hobbyists known as the Radio...

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Last post by k8jd
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:11 pm
AM Civil Defense pre-1963

Last post by paul8539 « Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:34 pm
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by Deleted User 16173 » Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:14 am

This might be a question or questions for Ben Zonia, but can anyone explain how the Civil Defense system operated on AM back before 1963. I know that...

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Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:34 pm
Tropospheric ducting on Saturday 2/3

Last post by mtburb « Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:30 pm
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by MWmetalhead » Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:13 pm
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WBZX from Big Rapids came in crystal clear early this afternoon near Eagle and Portland along I-96. I was nervous 103.9 The Fox had changed formats!...
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Last post by mtburb
Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:30 pm
Better sensitivity/selectivity from new RF DSP Chip

Last post by syntheticexctasy « Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:20 am
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by Marcus » Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:00 pm

The chip is known as the NXP TEF6686. It sounds like it is even better than the DSP circuit that the current Sangean, Eton/Grundig, and CCrane radios...

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Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:20 am
FCC Station Totals September 30, 2023

Last post by Deleted User 16173 « Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:15 pm
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by Ben Zonia » Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:15 pm

Are there too many radio stations in the US, especially the total of all facilities occupying the FM Band?

I remember when broadcasters were talking...

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Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:15 pm
CKWW 580 Signal Observations

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by Ben Zonia » Thu Jul 07, 2022 5:22 pm
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You use to be able to hear CKWW as far as Saginaw, even with 50000 watt WTCM on the air. Now people are having problems close by in Oakland and...
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Sat Jan 20, 2024 1:15 pm
History of WLW

Last post by Ben Zonia « Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:13 pm
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by Turkeytop » Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:44 pm

Someone sent me this video about WLW. Some of you might find it interesting,

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Last post by Ben Zonia
Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:13 pm
0.10 miles from cellular antennas and interference

Last post by Marcus « Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:22 pm
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by Marcus » Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:21 pm

I was trying to get stable TV reception from the inside of an apartment building that is only 0.10 from another building that has those cell phone...

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Last post by Marcus
Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:22 pm
Televes Hi-VHF Yagi

Last post by jimh « Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:32 am
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by jimh » Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:03 pm
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In April 2023 I bought a Televes seven-element Hi-VHF Yagi from SOLID SIGNAL in Novi, Michigan, placing a telephone order and then driving over to...
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Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:32 am
50kw Daytime Non-Directional

Last post by audiophile « Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:57 pm
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by Deleted User 16144 » Sun Dec 10, 2023 1:50 pm

I’m curious as to how far a 50,000 watt non-directional daytime signal would travel on 540 kHz versus 1700 kHz. What would the coverage area...

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Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:57 pm
Solid Signal Black Friday Deals

Last post by jimh « Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:05 am
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by Ben Zonia » Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:30 pm

Some of you are even near Novi. Don't know how well they are set up for retail surges. You might want to call first if you plan to stop in. Or you...

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Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:05 am
ISO engineer who wants a quick trip out West

Last post by TC Talks « Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:33 pm
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by bobhuge » Fri Dec 01, 2023 4:47 am

Howdy. A radio station cluster in Wyoming (not the city, the state) is looking for an engineer to do a quick trip. I have no specifics yet, just...

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Last post by TC Talks
Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:33 pm
Mini DXPedition

Last post by paul8539 « Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:53 pm
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by Turkeytop » Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:02 pm

Every fall I pick a day and head out into the country for a few hours to do some DXing on the short wave bands. I call it my Mini DXpedition. I take...

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Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:53 pm
Sources of Local Interference Affecting VHF Reception

Last post by jimh « Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:56 am
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by jimh » Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:54 am

Here is some data from a number of tests I have made to determine what locally-generated sources of interference to VHF TV signals were affecting...

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Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:56 am
WLLZ Applies To Move To Diplex With WDET

Last post by Ben Zonia « Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:00 pm
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by Ben Zonia » Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:06 pm
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It appears that it's proposed that WLLZ be 39 kW @ 169 meters HAAT, diplexed with the WDET antenna, and if licensed, WLLZ will no longer be a...
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Sun Oct 29, 2023 1:00 pm
AM Radio might have 10 more years

Last post by Marcus « Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:01 pm
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by Marcus » Sun Sep 04, 2022 1:32 pm
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This is mentioned towards the end of the following video. Electric cars without AM are said to be a factor.
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Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:01 pm
20 element fm antenna

Last post by Ben Zonia « Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:05 am
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by hunterw » Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:28 am

Been searching the web for a yagi fm antenna, not many out there these days but i did stumble upon this one.

Any thoughts? Looks a little...

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Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:05 am
Frankenmuth, MI Bandscan VERY GOOD catches 10.17

Last post by 48125er « Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:25 am
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by 48125er » Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:46 pm

Heres a bandscan i did today on 10/17 Of FM in a 2013 Ford radio In Frankenmuth at Bronners CHRISTmas land

I GOT LOTS of good catches from every...

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Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:25 am
Terk Amplified Indoor FM Antenna

Last post by Marcus « Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:27 pm
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by Turkeytop » Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:07 pm

My stereo receiver is in the basement with no outdoor antenna. I've been using just a dipole I made from some speaker wire. Even some of the local...

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Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:27 pm
Last Electronics Store

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by TC Talks » Wed May 10, 2023 10:47 pm
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I stumbled across this and thought it might amuse someone...
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