Dialing around today I was surprised to clearly hear "The Fish" on 810 and 820 KHZ. I have yet to hear of an FM getting an AM translator! Is it possible their FM transmitter could be putting out a spurious AM signal? Might someone locally be rebroadcasting the station over a low-power AM set up? And why?
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95.5 FM 0n 810 AM?
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I'm not hearing anything on those frequencies. More than likely it's a pirate.
I'm not hearing anything on those frequencies. More than likely it's a pirate.
A pirate playing religious music? I think there's a better chance of me break-dancing naked on the Sun.
A pirate playing religious music? I think there's a better chance of me break-dancing naked on the Sun.
There are lots or religious pirates. In NYC, there is a long history of several traditional Jewish pirates, and in Miami there are multiple Kreyol language Haitian religious pirates. There have been lots of cases during the pandemic of churches doing supposedly low power FM broadcasts for their congregations, intended to reach those parked outside the church in their cars or in folding chairs with portable radios... but which have ended up covering quite a distance in the neighborhood.
Still there on the digital tuner at 810 and 820 Khz. I didn't think wireless RF devices used the AM band. And it would be unusual, but not improbable, that some church is using a low-power AM setup for its PA system if those are even still around. The audio quality is good and is limited to those 2 frequencies. I have heard AM stations' clone image on other channels, usually multiples of their main, but never an FM morphing to AM. Must be sunspots! Or, to quote Billy Wilder, "All that mishiga at Cape Canaveral!"
There are lots or religious pirates. In NYC, there is a long history of several traditional Jewish pirates, and in Miami there are multiple Kreyol language Haitian religious pirates. There have been lots of cases during the pandemic of churches doing supposedly low power FM broadcasts for their congregations, intended to reach those parked outside the church in their cars or in folding chairs with portable radios... but which have ended up covering quite a distance in the neighborhood.
True, but I was thinking that there are probably way more pirates playing music [not including religious] that they feel like caters to their individual tastes that regular broadcasters ignore. Say, if there were a large community of Bolivian alpaca farmers that missed listening to the bleating [or whatever sound alpacas make] they'd relish listening to a station that would make them feel a little closer to home by someone playing the Alpaca Top 40 and tune in.....religiously.
True, but I was thinking that there are probably way more pirates playing music [not including religious] that they feel like caters to their individual tastes that regular broadcasters ignore. Say, if there were a large community of Bolivian alpaca farmers that missed listening to the bleating [or whatever sound alpacas make] they'd relish listening to a station that would make them feel a little closer to home by someone playing the Alpaca Top 40 and tune in.....religiously.
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