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2010: Year of the disappearing stations

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Dave Andrews

For a brief time, 95.9 was occupied by a Spanish-language station which blocked out KKLD in the East Valley. In early '10, 105.1 was "Radio Free Phoenix" with a clear signal in my part of Mesa. By the end of the year, both stations vanished. I think 95.9 was licensed, but was that 105.1 a pirate?
 
The Scottsdale Drive-In must have complained. 105.1 is the frequency to one of their screens. They had a pretty good signal for a pirate. Were they shut down or did they just run out of $$?
 
Dave Andrews said:
The Scottsdale Drive-In must have complained. 105.1 is the frequency to one of their screens. They had a pretty good signal for a pirate. Were they shut down or did they just run out of $$?
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This brings to mind a somewhat related question...

I've read that the early mini FM transmitters (that are plugged into iPods and such) were somewhat more powerful than the ones available today (which transmit within your car and maybe a neighbor vehicle that's passing by.) How far did the early ones go?
 
justthenumbers said:
Dave Andrews said:
The Scottsdale Drive-In must have complained. 105.1 is the frequency to one of their screens. They had a pretty good signal for a pirate. Were they shut down or did they just run out of $$?
Click to expand...

This brings to mind a somewhat related question...

I've read that the early mini FM transmitters (that are plugged into iPods and such) were somewhat more powerful than the ones available today (which transmit within your car and maybe a neighbor vehicle that's passing by.) How far did the early ones go?
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One I bought about 5 years ago was good for about 100 yards. The one I have now will barely make it to my antenna 6 feet away, depending on where it's sitting (usually on the passenger seat) and the frequency (currently 96.5 - seems better on lower frequencies). The old one ran on batteries and the new one plugs into the cigarette lighter accessory socket and has a much longer audio cable (also used as the antenna in both cases).
 
Sirius and XM were cited for overpowering the FM transmitter built-in to some of their tuners. They had to send everybody some resistor or adapter that was supposed to reduce the output of the transmitter. Hmmmn, I wonder what I did with that thingy?
 
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