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Monday, August 4, 2003 at 1:31 PM Interesting thing happened to me a few months ago that I feel i should mention. While going around the radio stations in Miami (which hasn't had food, water, or Loveline for about two years) I turned on to somewhere near 100-102.9 FM and found Loveline! It appeared to be from a distant affiliate since there was a lot of static, but I found that holding the wires in the back of the radio up somewhat made it better. For some reason though, I haven't been able to do that again (and I forgot what station it was on). Anyone in Miami know something about this, or can anyone with technical skills about this sort of thing help out? —Mike Hunt |
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Anonymous |
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Monday, August 4, 2003 at 1:39 PM Must have been a blip in the Bermuda Triangle. —Xotar |
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clodhopper |
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Monday, August 4, 2003 at 1:55 PM Atmospheric conditions at night can do stuff like that. Although this was thirty years ago or more, my dad would say while in Seattle at certain times he could get radio stations from as far away as Denver or Los Angeles because the signal was bouncing off the Ionosphere. I actually ran in to the opposite problem a few nights ago where Loveline was being bled out in place of some shitty light rock station. So I was without Loveline for two nights because Q101 decided to have an awful signal. —clodhopper |
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Matt the First |
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Monday, August 4, 2003 at 2:45 PM yeah, my dad said that when he was in yakima as a kid, he could get stations from LA during the night. That'd be pretty cool actually :) —Matt |
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Anonymous |
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Monday, August 4, 2003 at 3:30 PM You won't get "skip" signals off of FM stations (which is what Loveline broadcasts on)- the wavelength is too long and it is more terrestrial. AM is of a shorter wavelength that scatters and is not hindered by obstructions, hence the tropospheric ducting and ionospheric "skip" that allows the signal to travel great distances at night-- solar radiation precludes the phenom from happening during daylight hours. BTW- Adam may very well have a very big nerd badge he won't disclose. A lot of the model airplane guys are licensed HAM radio operators because of the frequencies the more sophisticated control transmitters use. Thus, Adam could have a big red letter on him .... IF he did it legally ...
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Mahalo |
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Monday, August 4, 2003 at 4:44 PM Actually the FM broadcast band has frequencies much higher than the AM broadcast band so the FM wavelengths are shorter. This is why they don't bounce off the ionosphere(or rarely); they cut right through the atmosphere and go out into space. Because AM broadcast band stations transmit at much longer wavelengths the signals can be refracted from the ionosphere and "skip". Tropospheric ducting is mainly a characteristic of higher frequencies like FM radio or TV broadcast. For the most part, reception of FM broadcast signals is line of sight. Mike Hunt, as an antenna a simple dipole that's stood vertically might be something to try. Here's a link:
—Mahalo |
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stargirl the First |
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Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at 7:20 AM It used to be on 102.3 out of west palm. They have switched over to a rap/RB channel though and It is not on anymore —stargirl |
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