Listened last night and signal was weak and under some SSB QRM. Might have been
two signals— peaked both NNW and NE. If from the station in Hackensack on 970
should be stronger in daylight hours when they are 50kw.
73/Jon
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On Thursday, January 5, 2023, 8:34 AM, FRED BELGHAUS <fbelghaus@gmail.com>
wrote:
FWIW, there is a station local to me on 1940/2 = 970, WNYM, Hackensack, NJ
50Kw Day/5Kw Night, Coordinates: 40.9111 / -74.0283
There is another station on 970 NNE from here in Southbridge, MA (WESO),
1K day/21 W Night, Coordinates: 42.0664 / -71.9911
SEE: http://mesamike.org/radio/cdbs/amdb.mvc
Nowadays, most stations have no on-site transmitter engineers, only
outside
contractors,
so the likelihood of technical issues occurring is great.
p.s. In my checkered past, I was once an engineer at the Hackensack
station
50 years ago.
I can copy only a carrier on 1940 here, but too weak to analyze. My 160
antenna has been down for years.
If anyone in the NYC metro area can tune in and advise that would be
helpful.
73,
Fred W2AAB
On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 12:09 AM Frank W3LPL <donovanf@starpower.net>
wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> No one has yet reported a strong enough signal to be sure if its a
mixing
> product or a harmonic. Because everyone -- so far -- is reporting a
weak
> signal I suspect its a mixing product. Two reporters said that the
audio
> is badly distorted and appears to carrying two programs.
>
> The signal it too weak here for me to analyze.
>
> It appears to radiate from the vicinity on northern NJ, NY City or
> southern NY
>
> Perhaps a Topbander is that vicinity will report a stronger signal
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K9YC" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: "topband" <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2023 4:48:50 AM
> Subject: Re: Topband: 1940 kHz Intruder
>
> I'm much too far away to hear anything, but the obvious question is, "is
> it a harmonic or a mix?" So is anyone hearing it loud enough to tell if
> there are two programs or only one?
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On 1/4/2023 7:04 PM, samjos@epix.net wrote:
> >>From NE PA FN11VF bearing is roughly NNE. Too distorted to make out.
>
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