Hello 160 ops,
I tried a telephone call to all the numbers for CKTB, but there is no
way to leave a messagee unless you know the name of someone there on the
directory list. There is no receptionist to answer the phone during the
day. I left my second e mail with contact information, but have yet to
get any response. I'll try the FCC if I do not hear from them in a day
or two.
Dave K1WHS
On 3/26/2020 2:07 PM, Don Kirk wrote:
Hi Dave and gang,
Here is a link to a youtube video from last nights reception of the
610 KHz AM broadcast station in Canada that was causing RFI on 1.830
KHz. https://youtu.be/SeL4TcnkWN8
I have now encountered this interference 3 nights this week, always
around 10:30 PM EDT (0230 UTC). I will also try contacting this
station to file a complaint as my recording provides enough evidence
that it's indeed CKTB (recorded the announcers name and their
frequency, etc.). This station is 413 miles from my location.
73,
Don (wd8dsb)
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:44 PM David Olean <k1whs@metrocast.net
<mailto:k1whs@metrocast.net>> wrote:
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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