The inevitable has happened! Someone else has begun test transmissions on 106.5. It’s a mostly unmodulated carrier detected for about an hour around 11:30 am, and again at 4:30 pm. They are particularly strong out on RT 113, south of Franconia, and north of Harleysville. And I can receive the carrier all the way to where County Line Road crosses Perkiomen Creek, a couple of miles northwest of Telford. That’s a good 7 miles or so!
They are strong enough here in the borough to drop me down from about 150′ to about 100′ coverage. There is no programming yet, and when I turn my van’s radio all the way up on them, I hear the same type of background power supply noise I hear from my own SainSonic. It’s identical to my ears.
In other news, I’ve sent a Request For Quote on a 1700KHz HC-51U crystal to International Crystal Manufacturing out in Oklahoma. I feel I should expidite my move to AM at this time.
More on the unknown buzzy carrier, 106.5
Unknown carrier was there most of the day today. No modulation exept for the low audible raspy buzz… All too familiar to hobbyisys! Carrier did drop once, a power switch type of drop. Then came back.
International Crystal quoted me today. About $72. I will order tomorrow. I need to get rolling on this move to AM.