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No Radio Signal Being Heard At All This Weekend On WJJG AM-1530

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BobMSmith1959

This weekend, on Saturday morning, I just tuned in just to see what was on at WJJG AM-1530, there was no signal and there was nothing at all was being broadcast.

Sunday, at around noon time, again I just tuned in just to see what was on, there was no radio signal and there was nothing at all was being broadcast.

Maybe, my guess is that the new WJJG AM-1530 the new radio station, is only just a part time radio station that only broadcasts only on certain days of the week, a weekday radio station that only broadcasts from sunrise to sunset hours only. That's the way there hours of broadcast was and it was always was back then...
 
It was announced a few weeks ago that many issues that have been on the back burner for a long time
at WJJG are now being taken care of. One of them was a high-pitched sound that seemed to be
a stray-RF parasitic oscillation. It's very likely today is the day is the day that was being investigated.
You can't chase away RF problems without having the transmitter off the air some of the time.

Let's see how they sound tomorrow morning.
 
Unfortunately, now you know the reason it was off.

The transmitter work is still continuing. My first priority was making sure the transmitter passed the yearly NRSC measurements (it did) but in looking at the signal out of the transmitter I could see the beginnings of some problems caused by dried up filter caps - very common for that transmitter. I've replaced half of them so far, but still need to finish it up. However I do have a "real" job, so I'm having to do it a little at a time.

Also, I generally do the transmitter work at night. It's an upside to doing work on a daytimer, I can take all the time I need after sign-off! :D
 
It has just been one hell of a year for WJJG, between the addition of Steve Dahl, and of course, the passing of the station's owner. Here's hoping for success for the "760-watt blowtorch".
 
Heard Savage is now on 1530, also heard popular commentator in morning drive, sorry I forgot. Signal gets fringe in Deerfield area.
 
Wondering what the maximum power WJJG could increase to without interfering with other co- and adjacent-channel stations. I thought 1530 had a CP or an application to go to 1.7 kW DA-D at one time. More than doubling the power sure couldn't hurt...their signal is totally lost in power line noise by the Crystal Lake area...could they have increased the power without changing anything else at the transmitter site?
 
stormy01 said:
I thought 1530 had a CP or an application to go to 1.7 kW DA-D at one time. More than doubling the power sure couldn't hurt...their signal is totally lost in power line noise by the Crystal Lake area...could they have increased the power without changing anything else at the transmitter site?
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They actually did go up to 1.7kW...or I think actually 1.8kW...briefly a few years ago. What little effect that had was to the east and northeast. Didn't do didley squat for C.L.
 
Why didn't Joe Gentile keep the 1700 watt signal and tranmitter that the FCC allowed? Seems it would be a no brainer to double your signal, especially if the engineering work and FCC approval was done. Can this still be accomplished? Great line up with Mancow, Savage and Dahl, but no one can hear them.
 
Lovemusicalot said:
Why didn't Joe Gentile keep the 1700 watt signal and tranmitter that the FCC allowed? Seems it would be a no brainer to double your signal, especially if the engineering work and FCC approval was done. Can this still be accomplished? Great line up with Mancow, Savage and Dahl, but no one can hear them.
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I don't know what the other issues were. But the effect of the higher power was minimal. It didn't double the signal. At best there was a slight improvement to the east and northeast. Emphasis on the word "slight:. Certainly not enough to attract the attention of listeners or advertisers.
 
I don't believe they actually did do a test - their current transmitter is only capable of 1100w carrier which would have made it impossible. I haven't found any actual proof that any sort of testing ever occurred, so it's possible that all the talk about testing was based on rumors. I do remember hearing from someone involved that after the commission approved it, they ran the numbers again and decided to do the smaller increase with the current antenna system. However this is all guesses and cloudy memories for me, so (other than the transmitter info and lack of documentation) most of what I'm offering is opinion.

Someone else mentioned better coverage, the 1700w would make a bit of difference but probably not enough to justify the expense, which is why I think it was never completed. I have recommended that they clear out the vegetation on the site, make sure the ground system is still OK, and possibly replace the transmitter. I think that would create more "bang for the buck" than the proposed upgrade.
 
I was listening one morning, and Joe was talking about being on their new higher power. Joe was talking about how the station was really getting out. Prior to that, I had heard him promoting the fact that the higher power was coming. At the time, I was in the car on Northwest Highway between Barrington and Fox River Grove. I personally didn't notice any difference in signal then....or subsequently.

So who knows.

To be clear, I'm not here to bash Joe, WJJG, the new programming or anyone/anything else. I love it when David takes on Goliath....and always am inclined root for the underdog. But that said, I also try to be objective and realistic in my observations.
 
Dr Wayne said:
Not sure if you knew that Joe passed away a month ago.
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I knew that, and believe I posted on that thread. Joe had his detractors. I don't consider myself among them. For whatever his faults may have been, he also did a lot of good. RIP, Joe.
 
cyberdad said:
I was listening one morning, and Joe was talking about being on their new higher power. Joe was talking about how the station was really getting out. Prior to that, I had heard him promoting the fact that the higher power was coming. At the time, I was in the car on Northwest Highway between Barrington and Fox River Grove. I personally didn't notice any difference in signal then....or subsequently.

So who knows.

To be clear, I'm not here to bash Joe, WJJG, the new programming or anyone/anything else. I love it when David takes on Goliath....and always am inclined root for the underdog. But that said, I also try to be objective and realistic in my observations.
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Are you sure he was talking about that or the 760w upgrade? I'm certainly not saying it didn't happen, I just can't find any proof that is actually did.
 
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