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82.2 MHz - Madison

While it appears that 82.2 MHz does have an allocation, it is for 'broadband'. Not for a radio station signal. It is also close to Channel 6 (RF) but that does not seem to be in use in Madison
 
K6JHU said:
While it appears that 82.2 MHz does have an allocation, it is for 'broadband'. Not for a radio station signal.
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Huh??? Don’t think so. 82.2 MHz is contained within TV RF channel 6. Besides 82 MHz is far too low a frequency for the speeds demanded by broadband today.
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I don’t think that’s what the poster meant.🤪🤣

The 82.2 reception is almost certainly an image frequency or mixing product of the 104.1 station created within the receiver.

The Flyoukki is an ultra cheap radio, and horrible image rejection is typical of such units. This is bottom of the barrel tech.
 
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So? It's a picture of a radio tuned to 82.2 MHz. Big deal. That doesn't prove it isn't an image or some other form of spurious response.

There are no non-broadcast allocations in the 76-88 MHz band, other than maybe some very low power wireless microphones that operate under Part 15, or auxilliary stations under Part 74.861. The power limit for the latter devices in the TV band is 50 mW EIRP. That radiates more than it seems, but you'd still have to be very close to some location associated with WZEE to be able to hear it.
 
Japan might have a Station on 82.2 MHz... But Anything like that in the US is likely a Pirate Station, capable of transmitting on such freqencies, whose RF is Hidden under the 88 mhz band allocation - Very Few FM tuners in the US are capable of receving it.

It's Likely Spurious RF Emissions or Blanketed Band Interference - Due to Excessive RF Levels in the area, Likely From One or Many Nearby Strong Signals.
 
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KyleSmith1988 said:
Japan might have a Station on 82.2 MHz... But Anything like that in the US is likely a Pirate Station, capable of transmitting on such freqencies, whose RF is Hidden under the 88 mhz band allocation - Very Few FM tuners in the US are capable of receving it.

It's Likely Spurious RF Emissions or Blanketed Band Interference - Due to Excessive RF Levels in the area, Likely From One or Many Nearby Strong Signals.
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No, and accusing the station of such is not appropriate. As @Mediafrog+ has correctly pointed out, being kind to the good name of, er, "Flyoukki" this is a piece of junk cheap radio, and the 82.2 MHz "signal" is being generated inside it.

I used to live very close to a 250,000 watt transmitter, and cheap radios would really struggle, there were images all over the dial, two stations mixed together at random spots on the dial, and so on. It wasn't the transmitter emitting crap, it was the radio's circuitry being unable to cope with the strength of the RF getting into itself.
 
I Remember Years ago i visited Glens Falls NY - there's an LP Station on 92.7 (WGFR) that was on a tall building about 1/4 mile away near the center of the city - and even tho ERP is only 13 Watts - I heard it playing thru the Desktop Computer Speakers, Faintly, and I had to listen Closely (eagerly) for awhile to hear more about it, where & what was the source of this music. Old Wired AUX Speakers Shouldn't Ever Be Receiving Any FM signal, tho faintly heard, but it was unmistakable & bizarre, but Perhaps Such a Strong Overloaded Signal >110db (or w/ Lots of RF Energy around) Would that even be possible. Only 13 watts did that, but not sure how or why, when its far enough a distance on a signal that barely goes a few miles, IDK of any other details or what causes that, but I'd love to know more info about this 'phenomenon'
 
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Definitely an image generated by the receiver's tuner.

I had a police / fire / air / two-way radio scanner in the mid 90s that did the exact same thing.

I used to live very close to a 250,000 watt transmitter, and cheap radios would really struggle, there were images all over the dial, two stations mixed together at random spots on the dial, and so on. It wasn't the transmitter emitting crap, it was the radio's circuitry being unable to cope with the strength of the RF getting into itself.
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Yup. I had a Sony boombox that was guilty of the exact same thing back in the day. :)

Two stations located five miles to my south (but with clear line of sight) and another located five miles to my northwest splattered all over the dial, would mix together at random dial locations, etc.
 


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