Mark replied to the topic This may be of interest to some in the forum Broadcast Equipment 1 week, 3 days ago
Here’s part 2 of the above
Mark started the topic This may be of interest to some in the forum Broadcast Equipment 1 week, 3 days ago
Mark replied to the topic New Schlockwood 200, $450 shipped. in the forum Classifieds 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Try again with pictures less than 512 KB or post the link.
Mark replied to the topic 10 years in prison for illegal streaming? It's in the Covid-19 relief bill in the forum Regulations / Law 1 month ago
WOW! Hard to believe you could get that for not paying the license fee. I guess that includes rebroadcasting something without permission.
They hide things in a bill with something else to sneak it in unnoticed.
Insane. That’s like getting a jail term for going the wrong way on a one way street.Mark replied to the topic FCC Starts Crackdown on Pirate Radio Landlords in the forum Regulations / Law 1 month, 1 week ago
But do the property owners know what is legal or illegal broadcasting?
Do they know about part 15?
I’m willing to bet that in Canada 98% of the population doesn’t know what BETS-1 or RSS-210 is, or knows that you can broadcast legally under these regulations.
And most likely in the USA it’s similar.Mark replied to the topic Just getting started, dancing with stumbling blocks in the forum General Discussion 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The chicken wire
Shouldn’t affect you outside on a house next to you that much. May affect you from indoors getting out a little. Should be no different than a wire fence.
Tuning the capacitor to peak has to be done anytime something changes even a bit. Also the selector jumpers have to be the right selection for your frequency range.
If I…[Read more]Mark replied to the topic Just getting started, dancing with stumbling blocks in the forum General Discussion 1 month, 3 weeks ago
A few thoughts. As I understand the Spitfire has a red light on the front that indicates when you are peaked for max signal to the antenna…either it goes off or on? Maybe with your outside set up without a meter or voltmeter to actually see if you are peaked to max you don’t know and you are getting less of a peak with your set up than you did…[Read more]
Mark replied to the topic RFCC's updated website! in the forum General Discussion 2 months ago
Please lets get along and be respectful of each other.
Mark replied to the topic LPFM / FM Translator Setup in the forum Classifieds 2 months, 1 week ago
You must mean the SW-200 which I had and sold to Gerry at Procaster who is right here in Toronto, not too long ago. I am using the Procaster processor that comes with it and didn’t need the Schlockwood any more….too bad you didn’t need a short time ago. The studio works quite well and with an inexpensive 9 band EQ. There’s the modulation depth…[Read more]
Mark replied to the topic News sources in the forum Content / Media 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Can you add to this? Don’t understand what you are talking about?
Mark started the topic Procaster range indoors with wire taped to wall/no ground. in the forum General Discussion 2 months, 3 weeks ago
For Horatio Caine
From indoors. 22 gauge wire 3 meters exactly/no ground lead, antenna clipped to antenna post.
My house is marked.
Also experimented with different configurations of the wire on the wall and found that just having it straight isn’t best. looping it or trying shapes affects how well it works.
The lines indicate where signal is weak…[Read more]Mark posted a new activity comment 2 months, 3 weeks ago
I posted my accurate daytime range with my Procaster indoors with no physical ground connected and the antenna 3 meters exactly clipped to the antenna lug. It sure surprised me how it worked. Here’s the map for you to see. Well here I can’t post the picture but I will post again for you to see on the forum.
If you don’t believe it I will post…[Read more]Mark replied to the topic Part 15 Rule, Ground Lead in the forum Regulations / Law 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Oh also, the only way to have truly no ground is to run the Procaster on a 12 volt battery and a wired plug for the jack on the studio part, and a laptop running on the battery. No other processing.
I have yet to try that and see if it makes a difference in performance.Mark replied to the topic Part 15 Rule, Ground Lead in the forum Regulations / Law 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Agree Tim, about the digital. I don’t care one way or another as long as the band isn’t scrapped and end part 15 and it’s Canadian equivalent.
I think I mentioned before but I use the Procaster and get out nicely to the neighborhood just with a 22 gauge wire exactly 3 meters clipped to the antenna post indoors and no ground, nothing else…[Read more]
Mark started the topic Nice Sony makes your AM station sound good. in the forum Receivers 3 months ago
Picked up this 1970s Sony radio in mint shape. Model ICF-9550. Made in the mid 70s when radios like this were made with good AM reception and sound unlike the radios of now. Doesn’t sound muffled at all. And these things lasted forever.
Will be switching my station back to 1500 from 1630 with a miniscule loss in range to be received on all radios.…[Read more]Mark started the topic AM voluntary digital? in the forum General Discussion 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Mark replied to the topic AM transmitter question in the forum Transmitter Talk 4 months ago
It’s not bad enough to be a constant tone but sounds like a singer with vibrato like an opera singer.
The Procaster has a fine frequency adjust plus or minus 10 hz but am waiting for a new frequency counter to actually see what I am doing. I know the crystal used has a tolerance of plus or minus 50 PPM which is how crystal tolerance is stated and…[Read more]Mark started the topic AM transmitter question in the forum Transmitter Talk 4 months ago
Anyone experience “beating” between your station and another at night when the skywave kicks in and one or more stations are coming in along with yours, especially when you go a little way from your transmitter so the other station(s) are in the background?
Mark posted a new activity comment 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Replied on he forum.
Mark started the topic Reply to Artisan on the article I posted about newbees to hobby radio in the forum General Discussion 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Started a new thread as this is a change of subject,
Wanted to post a reply to Artisan’s comment about my post regarding a good article for new people to part 15 here on the forum as it may be informative to some.
He brings up a good point about operating with no ground and still getting great range.
He suggested that the “ground” could be being…[Read more]- Load More