Insigna's New HD portable Walkman Reception Report Old Greenwich CT cool Results

[Ozman]

Field Test Insigna HD Portable Walkmen Old Greenwich CT I am Shocked how good this little toy from Best Buy works

87.7 - Pulse 87 with sideband troubles…
88.1 Mix music WARY, WCWP, WMNR
88.3 mostly WBGO, WLIU (very weak one spot)
88.5 WEDW LOCAL
88.7 WRHU fighting to come in stereo!
88.9 WFRS (fighting 3 other religious station a bit)
89.1 WNYU (lightly fighting some Crossover higher band stations)
89.3 Hash Mix
89.5 WSOU VS WPKN equal strength wpkn usually wins
89.7 Hash MIX nothing nearby
89.9 WKCR (another station weakly to the north)
90.1 W211A1 (wshu) translator
90.3 MIX WFDH mainly, WWPT
90.5 Nothing Hash
90.7 WFUV HD1,2,3 EXCELLENT SIGNAL
90.9 WAMK very weakly - Lots of noise otherwise
91.1 WSHU In HD1,2, Pirate a bit faintly to the south
91.3 Pirate, W217AF, WVKR
91.5 WNYE, , a little hash to the east including WRXP hash
91.7 WXCI the station I am on weak, ☺ got a cool Meteor/ airplane skip while I was checking
91.9 WSHR, WSLX Weak
92.1 HASH
92.3 WXRK, HD 1,2,3 ( cuts in and out with airplanes flying overhead!)
92.5 WWYZ weak
92.7 WQKQ
92.9 WBPM, WEHM several mix moving around, hash
93.1 WPAT
93.3 WBWZ weak, WWMR (usually during a DX)
93.5 WVIP
93.7 WZMX weak hash trying to mix a bit
93.9 WNYC Local HD 1,2,3
94.1 WYSP, WHJY Unsure usually WYSP during a DX
94.3 WMJC fighting WYBC a bit
94.5 WPST, a pirate fighting the signal
94.7 WFME, WMAS weakly to the north
94.9 HASH sounded like a pirate in the backround
95.1 WRKI trying to come in HD! WAYV will fight during a DX
95.3 WHMN (wbab relay)
95.5 WPLJ 1,2,3 HD
95.7 HASH wplj maybe WKSS very weakly
95.9 WFOX Hd1 (I would love to program an HD rock station for COX!) wrat during strong DX will fight
96.1 HASH WCTO very weak
96.3 WQXR no hd or RDS?
96.5 HASH
96.7 WCTZ HD1, I miss tony reno and the cool Gang! (again: I would love to program an HD rock station for COX!)
96.9 HASH no WCTZ noise surprisingly!
97.1 WQHT HD 1,2
97.3 Mix of hash and foreign language programming
97.5 WALK HD1,2
97.7 WSKQ noise
97.9 WSKQ No hd?
98.1 WCTK, WHWK country mixers
98.3 WKJY? Or WDAQ
98.5 WBON ( I miss the Bone!)
98.7 WRKS HD1,2
98.9 WUSL or pirate pretty good signal
99.1 WPLR (strong), WAWZ tries to interfere
99.3 Hash
99.5 WBAI no hd?
99.7 Hash
99.9 WEZN
100.1 star hash
100.3 WHTZ HD1,2
100.5 WRCH pretty good signal!
100.7 WHUD
100.9 WCBS/hash
101.1 WCBS HD 1,2,3
101.3 WKCI
101.5 W268AN (WDRE) WKXW
101.7 WBEA
101.9 WRXP HD 1,2
102.1 WIOQ faintly
102.3 WBAB, WSUS faintly
102.5 HASH
102.7 WWFS HD 1,2,3
102.9 WDRC weakly
103.1 WBZO (stronger), WGNY (looks like W276AV & W276BV are off!)
103.3 WQQQ (weak)/HASH
103.5 WKTU HD 1,2
103.7 WEEI weakly, WNNJ stronger
103.9 WFAS HD
104.1 WMRQ stronger, WAEB weaker
104.3 WAXQ HD 1,2
104.5 W283BA (WLIX) playing alternative
104.7 WSPK, WXLM (very weak to east)
104.9 HASH
105.1 WWPR HD 1,2
105.3 WDRE strong , weak mix: W287AZ (WGRS) , WYCR, WDAS
105.5 WDBY, WHDA (stronger)
105.7 Mix/hash
105.9 WCAA (no sign of WHCN since I am in line of sight of NYC skyline)
106.1 WBLI (HD -1weak)
106.3 WFAF ( I miss my WPDH realay!)
106.5 Noise WBBO/WBMW mix weakly moving around
106.7 WLTW HD 1,2
106.9 WKDN Strong (WCCC trying? I will try again multiple times to get it in different areas of Old Greenwich hills etc!)
107.1 WXPK
107.3 WRWD, (WPUR?)
107.5 WBLS
107.7 HASH
107.9 WEBE HD-1 (again: I would love to program an HD rock station on HD 2!)

 

[pjc1961]

Some minor clarifications to the call letters:

92.7 = WQBU, Garden City, NY not WQKQ, Carthage, IL
93.3 = WMMR, Philadelphia, PA not WWMR, Saltillo, MS
105.5 = WDHA, Dover, NJ not WHDA-LP, Ann Arbor, MI

(unless, of course, you were receiving great DX/skip/tropo! ;D)


Also, regarding some of the stations where HD currently isn't broadcast (marked with a "?"):

93.1, 96.3, 97.9, 99.5 & 107.5 out of NYC have pretty much never broadcast in HD (except for a few "tests" on 93.1 & 97.9) & 96.3 has also never had RDS. 105.9 does have HD1 & HD2, but the main signal is weak to begin with, making the HD signals weaker & harder to receive. (As mentioned on previous threads, classical music fans take note, being as the frequency swap from 96.3 to 105.9 should happen within the next few months once the transaction between The New York Times, Univision & WNYC Organization closes.)

Great detailed list! I live near White Plains, NY & was thinking about picking up one of these radios. The only drawback for me personally (being a sports fan + listening to Knicks/Rangers play-by-play) is not being able to get WEPN-AM-1050 New York (ESPN Radio) on the FM-HD band; hopefully ESPN will obtain a NYC FM frequency to simulcast/broadcast the current 1050 AM programming. Also a downer for me to a lesser extent, not having WOR-AM-710 & WBBR-AM-1130 New York on FM-HD. Otherwise it's got mostly everything I'd look for, provided that the HD3 signal reception is strong enough to receive in most places, especially while traveling on public tranportation above ground, allowing for a few expected dropouts as would happen on any good walkman.

 

[hubcity]

What sort of antenna setup did you plug into the earphone jack, and how?

(I'm not being facetious - I've got one of the these radios and am getting fairly excellent results, but that's with a splitter running out of the top so that I can use one of the leads as a sort-of-directional antenna, and I'm sure there's a better way to do that...)

 

[Ozman]

Re: Insigna's New HD portable Walkman Reception Report Old Greenwich CT cool Res

I used just regular Sony MDR-G757G headphones. they were always good for my old walkmens especially getting rid of 96.7 overload on 92.3 (when it was k-rock). I would encourage any radio enthusiast to pick this portable walkmen up

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