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Test tone on 1630
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XEUT 1630.... they leave the transmitter on but run that tone all night.. theyve been doing it.. forever i think
So it's kinda like a jammer
No, a jammer is a station that intentionally keeps people from hearing another station's broadcasts. XEUT is operating with its legal licensed power, just running a tone instead of music or talk.
It's still Interfering with other stations by keeping it on
It is interesting how beeping noises and tones seem to travel farther than regular programming, and I wonder why that is?
I don't think they go farther, but they're easier to pick up under another station or out of a mess of stations. Six stations playing music or talk jumble together. The tones and beeps stick out.
No, it is not interfering any more than it does throughout its program schedule.
That's like saying that KPRC is interfering with LR3; a number of local DXers used to get that station when KPRC would be off the air on Monday mornings.
Tones can be broadcast at as close to 100% AM modulation as you can get. They are very intense. All other programming has nowhere near the density of modulation. In fact, in the past stations that used tones for testing or for their monthly frequency check sometimes had to limit the modulation level as the transmitter would shut down or worse.
My question is, why would they broadcast a tone all night? Couldn't they sell ads or sell the time to infomercials or wannabe broadcasters, or am I missing something? Seems like a waste to run a transmitter all night and not make money off of it.
It is generally believed to save on maintenance costs to run the transmitter 24/7. XEUT only has 1kW authorized at night, so the pesos needed for the electricity is negligible... especially if it saves on maintenance.
XEUT is owned and operated by Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Non-commercial.
After having a rat explode inside one of my transmitters when we turned on the power at 6 AM one morning, I decided to go 24/7 over 55 years ago.
Cleaning away a dead rat is always dreadful... the several hour task of removing the bits and pieces of one that exploded is even worse.
We never made any money in the overnight hours, but we knew we'd always be on for the breakfast show.
Very few if any stations make any money in the Midnight to 5 AM time slot today... and few ever did in the past.
Just shut the station down to save money like at 12am to 5am, no need to have a tone
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