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Hearing WROW 590 AM, Albany, NY on 26785.25khz in Carrollton, MO

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Route66Fan

Every afternoon for the past few days, on 26785.25khz, I've been hearing what I have found out is programming from WROW 590AM, Albany, NY, on my SDR in Carrollton, MO.

The signal has frequent fading & when it does try coming in, I can hear oldies music along with commercials & occasional mentions of the "Magic 100.5 FM & 590 AM" branding.

Both the 26785.25khz frequency & WROW's livestream were playing the Supremes song "You Can't Hurry Love" around 2:00PM on 11/30/2024.

From what I've heard WROW's main signal is on 590AM & is rebroadcast on W263CG 100.5FM, also in Albany, NY, as well as on WENU 1410 AM & W245DA 96.9 FM in South Glens Falls, NY.

Is the 26785.25khz frequency possibily being used by WROW for monitoring WENU or the 2 FM translators?

If not, then what is it being used for?

Video of WROW 590 AM being received on 26785.25khz in Carrollton, MO.
 
When I first read this, I figured it was a legitimate part 74 license. But that's too high in frequency. It ends at 26.47:

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It's not listed as an aux license associated with WROW either. I suspect they're using it for monitoring, as you say. But very odd that they chose that frequency. Of course, most of the time the MUF is below that and nobody notices. But right now, one person noticed.

:)

Dave B.
 
In what may be a real coincidence, that frequency mentioned divided by 1410, Glen's Falls, is close enough to 19 so as not to make a difference
 
K6JHU said:
In what may be a real coincidence, that frequency mentioned divided by 1410, Glen's Falls, is close enough to 19 so as not to make a difference
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If this is the case, the carrier frequency of the Glens Falls station is 1409.75 kHz. Is that within tolerance per Part 73, and are any other harmonics being heard anywhere?
 
WENU 1410 Glenns Falls, NY does simulcast WROW... so there you go, we have our answer. a Harmonic of WENU is what the OP is hearing

I get harmonics from our local NDB on 350khz... i hear it very very well on 1050 khz.. its audible but not as obvious on 700. I hear it other places but not as well.. so it wouldnt surprise me if there arent many other harmonics, but there could be
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
WENU 1410 Glenns Falls, NY does simulcast WROW... so there you go, we have our answer. a Harmonic of WENU is what the OP is hearing

I get harmonics from our local NDB on 350khz... i hear it very very well on 1050 khz.. its audible but not as obvious on 700. I hear it other places but not as well.. so it wouldnt surprise me if there arent many other harmonics, but there could be
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The OP is in Missouri. A 19th harmonic of an AM station is pretty unlikely even in a very local situation, never mind over a thousand miles away.
 
In the east bay, I can hear a harmonic of KCBS 740 at 1480 (740 * 2), but only in my 2014 Prius.

I wonder if it's something going on internally to that specific radio because I've never had that happen anywhere else.

I also hear harmonics of my Part 15 station all over the place (various multiples and divisions of 1610 kHz), but only when I'm right on top of it.

c
 
Could be one of those remote pickup stations (several have caught KMAX-TV's Good Day Sacramento recently on 26.110khz narrow FM mode on the east coast thanks to F2 propagation and the solar cycle.)
 
OP Route 66's afternoon reception suggests some kind of re-broadcast, no?

WROW's engineering staff is has to be the logical first place to check. If they're 'clean', so to speak, WENU 1410 Glens Falls should be questioned. And if there's no lead pipe/observatory/Colonel Mustard clues there, there's always the FCC if anyone who cares that much about the matter wishes to pursue it as an actual 'complaint'.

For a few years -- night and day -- myself and some other DJ's / DXers on Long Island were puzzled about the presence of 1290 WGLI's signal on 1160. We only had analog radios then, but I do remember that the 1160 signal wasn't exactly on 1160; it was either high or low; I honestly forget which. No amount of math turned up any glimmer of a solution (e.g. frequency times two or three minus 455 times 2 or 3, etc) nor was the existence of a nearby 'other' station a factor (e.g. the way those tower farms of the NJ Meadowlands behave). The weaker 1160 signal also acted within 1290 WGLI's super-directional ways. An engineer, not from WGLI, later shrugged it off, snidely, as some fingernail or beer bottlecap stuck in a coil back amid the workings of the transmitter. But that reasoning was after the 1160 had ceased.

Enjoy the Oldies anyway, Route 66. Word is that WROW has their own way of programming them, as opposed to so many 'take-it-or-leave-it' stations that just sling out those same 260 titles.
 
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