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Re: Topband: Last night on 160

To: Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Last night on 160
From: David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:44:39 +0000
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That is good. I will see what happens when I call them. I suspect they will do nothing as there is probably no engineer on staff. A  VE3 ham told me that this station is notorious in that area!

Thanks again

Dave K1WHS

On 3/26/2020 2:39 AM, Don Kirk wrote:
Hi Dave,

I’m copying phone station again on 1830.0 KHz and tonight the audio is good copy (not distorted tonight).  Station advertisements are Canadian and they did say they are on 610. Time once again is 10:30 EDT 0230 UTC, and I once again recorded it.

Don (wd8dsb)

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:33 PM Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com <mailto:wd8dsb@gmail.com>> wrote:

    Hi Dave,

    I’m hearing bursts of distorted audio right now on 1830.0 KHZ (it
    comes and goes).  Bursts peak about 10db over my noise floor.

    I’m hearing it on my pennant pointing 40 degrees from near
    Indianapolis (02:30UTC).

    Don

    On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 6:43 PM David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net
    <mailto:k1whs@metrocast.net>> wrote:

        I turned on my 160 meter radio around 0100 UT on the 21st, and
        was
        greeted by a huge level of noise on 1830. It wasn't too long
        before I
        realized that I was listening to an AM BC station. Audio was
        distorted,
        but I could copy the ads and they all referred to Buffalo and St.
        Catherines, Canada.  They finally identified as CKTB AM 610,
        so I was
        hearing the third harmonic and it was over S9 on my west and NW
        beverages! It also was cutting in and out, no doubt from the
        high winds
        near Toronto.

        I tuned it in on my BC band aircraft receiver and the main
        signal on
        610 kHz was loud, but being interfered with by other stations
        on that
        frequency. It was not a bodacious signal by any means, so I do
        not
        suspect a problem in my back yard. There are plenty of louder
        stations
        that I did not hear. Being a third harmonic, the signal was
        wide at 1830
        and quite distorted. It covered 20 to 30 kHz of bandwidth.  I
        e mailed
        the station but have heard nothing back. I tried calling but
        the offices
        were closed when I called last night.  Did anyone else hear this?

        Dave K1WHS


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