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Annoying hum on WLW
- Thread starter Len14043
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> I live about 5 miles from the WLW tower. Needless to say the
> signal is very strong, but is accompanyed by an annoying hum
> while listening in my house. I can reduce the hum by
> rotating my radio, but it is still there. No problem on my
> car radio. Any ideas or suggestions?
Is this only on WLW, or is the hum occuring across the band? If it's just WLW, I'm not sure what would be causing it. If it were across the entire band, I'd ask you if you have your radio near a computer or DVD player. Both are known to cause hums on the AM dial.
Post 870 dedicated to WWL, New Orleans, which frequently blasts right over local WKAR-AM at night.<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
> signal is very strong, but is accompanyed by an annoying hum
> while listening in my house. I can reduce the hum by
> rotating my radio, but it is still there. No problem on my
> car radio. Any ideas or suggestions?
Is this only on WLW, or is the hum occuring across the band? If it's just WLW, I'm not sure what would be causing it. If it were across the entire band, I'd ask you if you have your radio near a computer or DVD player. Both are known to cause hums on the AM dial.
Post 870 dedicated to WWL, New Orleans, which frequently blasts right over local WKAR-AM at night.<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
> Post 870 dedicated to WWL, New Orleans, which frequently
> blasts right over local WKAR-AM at night.
What are you going to do for 871? That doesn't seem to have much of a reference. . . Some Japanese station, perhaps?
>
> blasts right over local WKAR-AM at night.
What are you going to do for 871? That doesn't seem to have much of a reference. . . Some Japanese station, perhaps?
>
> > I live about 5 miles from the WLW tower. Needless to say
> the
> > signal is very strong, but is accompanyed by an annoying
> hum
> > while listening in my house. I can reduce the hum by
> > rotating my radio, but it is still there. No problem on my
>
> > car radio. Any ideas or suggestions?
>
> Is this only on WLW, or is the hum occuring across the band?
> If it's just WLW, I'm not sure what would be causing it.
> If it were across the entire band, I'd ask you if you have
> your radio near a computer or DVD player. Both are known to
> cause hums on the AM dial.
>
> Post 870 dedicated to WWL, New Orleans, which frequently
> blasts right over local WKAR-AM at night.
>
I used to have this problem on an older Realistic portable, but only when the radio was plugged in (which means of course that it was running through its internal AC transformer/adapter). On 890 WLS, a flamethrower where I live, the hum was nasty. On AM 1000, slightly less. On any other station it was fine. For whatever reason, that radio just didn't deal well with very strong signals.
> the
> > signal is very strong, but is accompanyed by an annoying
> hum
> > while listening in my house. I can reduce the hum by
> > rotating my radio, but it is still there. No problem on my
>
> > car radio. Any ideas or suggestions?
>
> Is this only on WLW, or is the hum occuring across the band?
> If it's just WLW, I'm not sure what would be causing it.
> If it were across the entire band, I'd ask you if you have
> your radio near a computer or DVD player. Both are known to
> cause hums on the AM dial.
>
> Post 870 dedicated to WWL, New Orleans, which frequently
> blasts right over local WKAR-AM at night.
>
I used to have this problem on an older Realistic portable, but only when the radio was plugged in (which means of course that it was running through its internal AC transformer/adapter). On 890 WLS, a flamethrower where I live, the hum was nasty. On AM 1000, slightly less. On any other station it was fine. For whatever reason, that radio just didn't deal well with very strong signals.
> > Post 870 dedicated to WWL, New Orleans, which frequently
> > blasts right over local WKAR-AM at night.
>
> What are you going to do for 871? That doesn't seem to have
> much of a reference. . . Some Japanese station, perhaps?
Nah, I'm just going for North American stations right now. I'll get into FM at post 877.<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
> > blasts right over local WKAR-AM at night.
>
> What are you going to do for 871? That doesn't seem to have
> much of a reference. . . Some Japanese station, perhaps?
Nah, I'm just going for North American stations right now. I'll get into FM at post 877.<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
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Lee_T
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Annoying hum on WLW-Television sets
> Is this only on WLW, or is the hum occuring across the band?
> If it's just WLW, I'm not sure what would be causing it.
> If it were across the entire band, I'd ask you if you have
> your radio near a computer or DVD player. Both are known to
> cause hums on the AM dial.
>
Even television sets can cause noises while the tv is running.
If you place a radio tuned to AM near a television set while
the tv is on you'll most likely hear squeels and humming noises
on almost each AM frequency including buzzing sounds. Turn your
tv off and it should eliminate unwanted noises.
Take care,
From Lee
-Near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
> Is this only on WLW, or is the hum occuring across the band?
> If it's just WLW, I'm not sure what would be causing it.
> If it were across the entire band, I'd ask you if you have
> your radio near a computer or DVD player. Both are known to
> cause hums on the AM dial.
>
Even television sets can cause noises while the tv is running.
If you place a radio tuned to AM near a television set while
the tv is on you'll most likely hear squeels and humming noises
on almost each AM frequency including buzzing sounds. Turn your
tv off and it should eliminate unwanted noises.
Take care,
From Lee
-Near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Re: Annoying hum on WLW-Television sets
> Even television sets can cause noises while the tv is
> running.
>
> If you place a radio tuned to AM near a television set while
>
> the tv is on you'll most likely hear squeels and humming
> noises
> on almost each AM frequency including buzzing sounds. Turn
> your
> tv off and it should eliminate unwanted noises.
>
> Take care,
>
> From Lee
> -Near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Oh, believe me, I know... I have to unplug my TV to keep it from interfering with my radio. Luckily I use my VCR as the tuner so I don't lose my set channels, but if I leave that TV plugged in, whoo boy do I get some nasty squeals and whines!<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
> Even television sets can cause noises while the tv is
> running.
>
> If you place a radio tuned to AM near a television set while
>
> the tv is on you'll most likely hear squeels and humming
> noises
> on almost each AM frequency including buzzing sounds. Turn
> your
> tv off and it should eliminate unwanted noises.
>
> Take care,
>
> From Lee
> -Near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Oh, believe me, I know... I have to unplug my TV to keep it from interfering with my radio. Luckily I use my VCR as the tuner so I don't lose my set channels, but if I leave that TV plugged in, whoo boy do I get some nasty squeals and whines!<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
> > I live about 5 miles from the WLW tower. Needless to say
> the
> > signal is very strong, but is accompanyed by an annoying
> hum
> > while listening in my house. I can reduce the hum by
> > rotating my radio, but it is still there. No problem on my
>
> > car radio. Any ideas or suggestions?
>
> Is this only on WLW, or is the hum occuring across the band?
> If it's just WLW, I'm not sure what would be causing it.
> If it were across the entire band, I'd ask you if you have
> your radio near a computer or DVD player. Both are known to
> cause hums on the AM dial.
The hum occurs only on WLW, on my CC radio running on batteries, and throughout my house. It is also the strongest signal as indicated on the meter.
> the
> > signal is very strong, but is accompanyed by an annoying
> hum
> > while listening in my house. I can reduce the hum by
> > rotating my radio, but it is still there. No problem on my
>
> > car radio. Any ideas or suggestions?
>
> Is this only on WLW, or is the hum occuring across the band?
> If it's just WLW, I'm not sure what would be causing it.
> If it were across the entire band, I'd ask you if you have
> your radio near a computer or DVD player. Both are known to
> cause hums on the AM dial.
The hum occurs only on WLW, on my CC radio running on batteries, and throughout my house. It is also the strongest signal as indicated on the meter.
> The hum occurs only on WLW, on my CC radio running on
> batteries, and throughout my house. It is also the strongest
> signal as indicated on the meter.
Since you're so close to the transmitter, is it possibly an overload situation?
<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
> batteries, and throughout my house. It is also the strongest
> signal as indicated on the meter.
Since you're so close to the transmitter, is it possibly an overload situation?
<P ID="signature">______________
"Get educated. Read stuff on the web and believe all of it."
-- Phil Hendrie
http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
> The hum occurs only on WLW, on my CC radio running on
> batteries, and throughout my house. It is also the strongest
> signal as indicated on the meter.
The CC radio is well known for overloading. AND....er...um ....the CC radio does not have a meter.... ]
Powell
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> batteries, and throughout my house. It is also the strongest
> signal as indicated on the meter.
The CC radio is well known for overloading. AND....er...um ....the CC radio does not have a meter.... ]
Powell
<P ID="signature">______________
NNNN</P>
> > The hum occurs only on WLW, on my CC radio running on
> > batteries, and throughout my house. It is also the
> strongest
> > signal as indicated on the meter.
>
>
> The CC radio is well known for overloading. AND....er...um
> ....the CC radio does not have a meter.... ]
>
>
> Powell
>
OK Powell, the CC radio has a signal strenght indicator on the ldc with 14 vertical bars which number 1-7!
> > batteries, and throughout my house. It is also the
> strongest
> > signal as indicated on the meter.
>
>
> The CC radio is well known for overloading. AND....er...um
> ....the CC radio does not have a meter.... ]
>
>
> Powell
>
OK Powell, the CC radio has a signal strenght indicator on the ldc with 14 vertical bars which number 1-7!
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