Powerful station on 95.5 fm,
I couldnt have picked a better time to decide to go A.M., seems theres a station in Jamestown on 95.5 fm, we are on 95.7 fm.
Powerful station on 95.5 fm,
I couldnt have picked a better time to decide to go A.M., seems theres a station in Jamestown on 95.5 fm, we are on 95.7 fm.
Every once in awhile i hear bleed over from 95.5 fm but the odd thing is, that station is LPFM and operates with 8 watts of power.
They must have one heck of a qth to be as loud as they are here in London, according to yahoo maps they are 104 miles away?!
Here is the radio – locator link http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/info?call=WKYD&service=FL
Every time i have a chance i try to listen for a station i.d. but so far i have not been able to catch it. I am not able to hear them in the house as i live in a mobile home that seems to be riddled with rf noise from the cable/internet. So naturally i can only hear them at most times full quieting in my car on a digital car stereo.
My concern is this, should i worry about interfering with someones reception of this LPFM even though this station may be running much more power than they are licensed for? I would like to run the fm right up to the time that we are ready to sign-on with our A.m. that way listeners can make the change when we do.
I have already been playing promos for the switch to A.M. so if anyone is listening they wont wonder what happened to us.
Since working in radio, both public and commercial i have learned to respect the rules all broadcasters must follow to stay out of trouble and make radio enjoyable for everyone.
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Station interference
From what you describe it is possible that you are hearing a pirate station rather than the licensed station you cited from that far away with that low a power. Listen at the top of the hour for an ID or if they web stream compare what you hear with what is streamed. It also could be that you have misidentified this station and that there is a licensed station on that frequency near your QTH that you missed.
You don’t want to draw attention to yourself except for that of your intended listeners. If indeed this is a licensed station be especially careful.
I know a bit about “hill country” in KY and it is hard to believe their signal is going as far as you report unless there are some tropo conditions which would be temporary. On the other hand they have a very high HAMSL but I would think the hills would block the signal.
There is a 146.76 ham repeater in Asheville NC on a mountain top which I used to copy from Cincinnati on occasion so anything is possible….just not probable.
Neil
95.5 wqhy 100,000 watts…
Ok mystery solved,
There is a station in Prestonsburg, Ky that operates with 100,000 watts!
So my mistake, but i wonder? Why is a station playing rap/r&b in that area? Just doesnt seem right for that section of Ky. South east ky is one of the homes for Bluegrass and Gospel music,, its pretty rural there.
As for the lpfm they were not at fault either since it seems more logical that a 100 kw blowtorch would find its way into London, Ky.
Oh well, hehe thats radio for you? Wonder why i never heard them on 95.5 fm when i did my search for an empty frequency?
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