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Receiving an english broadcast on 3.530. AM. Top hits, female announcer.
Been listening for 30 minutes, still no ID. Time:11:32 uct. I looked through lots of databases could not find anything. The signal is pretty good, with slow fading. RST S7 to 9 with no pre-amplification. Can anyone identify this station? Thanks -- 73's Rick "When in doubt, mumble." |
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![]() Rick wrote: Receiving an english broadcast on 3.530. AM. Top hits, female announcer. Been listening for 30 minutes, still no ID. Time:11:32 uct. I looked through lots of databases could not find anything. The signal is pretty good, with slow fading. RST S7 to 9 with no pre-amplification. Can anyone identify this station? Thanks -- 73's Rick "When in doubt, mumble." What are you using for a receiver? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
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Rick wrote:
Receiving an english broadcast on 3.530. AM. Top hits, female announcer. Been listening for 30 minutes, still no ID. Time:11:32 uct. I looked through lots of databases could not find anything. The signal is pretty good, with slow fading. RST S7 to 9 with no pre-amplification. Can anyone identify this station? Thanks There shouldn't be any broadcasts on that frequency. Some countries do violate that but none of them are English-speaking. If you've been listening for 30 minutes and it's now 1132UTC then you probably just missed the ID. My bet is that you're hearing an AM broadcast station. Either a harmonic, a spurious emission, or a spurious response of your receiver. Check the AM broadcast band on another receiver and see if you can find the same program. (you might not find it if it's a harmonic at the station - interference may be burying the fundamental) The format sounds kinda like Radio Disney. If I can judge from your KB1KIL callsign that you're in New England... there are three Disney stations in that region. 550 in Providence, 1260 in Boston, 1550 in Hartford. However, none of them (nor any other Disney station) have a harmonic on 3530. Of course it could be some other kind of spurious signal. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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I heard it on all 3receivers using 2 differant antennas.
Drake R8, R8B and my Icom R75. "N8KDV" wrote in message ... Rick wrote: Receiving an english broadcast on 3.530. AM. Top hits, female announcer. Been listening for 30 minutes, still no ID. Time:11:32 uct. I looked through lots of databases could not find anything. The signal is pretty good, with slow fading. RST S7 to 9 with no pre-amplification. Can anyone identify this station? Thanks -- 73's Rick "When in doubt, mumble." What are you using for a receiver? Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
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![]() "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... SNIP There shouldn't be any broadcasts on that frequency. Some countries do violate that but none of them are English-speaking. I didn't think there was supposed to be any broadcast. I've listened on that frequency, at that time frame on several mornings and this was the first time I've ever heard anything. If you've been listening for 30 minutes and it's now 1132UTC then you probably just missed the ID. You're probably right. My bet is that you're hearing an AM broadcast station. Either a harmonic, a spurious emission, or a spurious response of your receiver. Check the AM broadcast band on another receiver and see if you can find the same program. (you might not find it if it's a harmonic at the station - interference may be burying the fundamental) The format sounds kinda like Radio Disney. If I can judge from your KB1KIL callsign that you're in New England... there are three Disney stations in that region. 550 in Providence, 1260 in Boston, 1550 in Hartford. However, none of them (nor any other Disney station) have a harmonic on 3530. Of course it could be some other kind of spurious signal. I am familiar with those stations and no it wasn't Radio Disney. Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com I should of been a little more specific. The broadcast was in English, but the music was in either Spanish or Portugese. I don't speak either so I can't be positive. I listened to the broadcast until it faded into the noise. I'll listen again tomorrow to see if I can hear again and then look around for harmonics. At first I thought it might be Australian because of the accent. 73's Rick |
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I also listened until the signal faded into the noise.
"Rick" wrote in message ... "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... SNIP There shouldn't be any broadcasts on that frequency. Some countries do violate that but none of them are English-speaking. I didn't think there was supposed to be any broadcast. I've listened on that frequency, at that time frame on several mornings and this was the first time I've ever heard anything. If you've been listening for 30 minutes and it's now 1132UTC then you probably just missed the ID. You're probably right. My bet is that you're hearing an AM broadcast station. Either a harmonic, a spurious emission, or a spurious response of your receiver. Check the AM broadcast band on another receiver and see if you can find the same program. (you might not find it if it's a harmonic at the station - interference may be burying the fundamental) The format sounds kinda like Radio Disney. If I can judge from your KB1KIL callsign that you're in New England... there are three Disney stations in that region. 550 in Providence, 1260 in Boston, 1550 in Hartford. However, none of them (nor any other Disney station) have a harmonic on 3530. Of course it could be some other kind of spurious signal. I am familiar with those stations and no it wasn't Radio Disney. Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com I should of been a little more specific. The broadcast was in English, but the music was in either Spanish or Portugese. I don't speak either so I can't be positive. I listened to the broadcast until it faded into the noise. I'll listen again tomorrow to see if I can hear again and then look around for harmonics. At first I thought it might be Australian because of the accent. 73's Rick |
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"Rick" wrote in
news ![]() Receiving an english broadcast on 3.530. AM. Top hits, female announcer. Been listening for 30 minutes, still no ID. Time:11:32 uct. I looked through lots of databases could not find anything. The signal is pretty good, with slow fading. RST S7 to 9 with no pre-amplification. Can anyone identify this station? Thanks Pirate? |
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I really don't think so, but maybe.
It was real strong, AM and sounded very professional. I'm going to monitor this frequecy more often now. 73's Rick "donutbandit" wrote in message ... "Rick" wrote in news ![]() Receiving an english broadcast on 3.530. AM. Top hits, female announcer. Been listening for 30 minutes, still no ID. Time:11:32 uct. I looked through lots of databases could not find anything. The signal is pretty good, with slow fading. RST S7 to 9 with no pre-amplification. Can anyone identify this station? Thanks Pirate? |
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![]() "Rick" wrote: I really don't think so, but maybe. It was real strong, AM and sounded very professional. I'm going to monitor this frequecy more often now. 73's Rick Hmm. This is intriguing. Did you hear any commercials or references to towns or cities? BTW, where are YOU located? Art Harris N2AH |
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I could be a pirate, someone using an old ham rig. There are still AM ham
transmitters out there. The other night I heard an AM ham on 3885, which I believe is an AM ham net frequency. I didn't have time to stick around to learn his call or anything. Bill, K5BY SE Texas |
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