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sirius 14 heard on 96.1

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formerjock

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Strangest thing last night. 150-200 mile opening from KY in E Tn. Lexington, Somerset, Bowling Green FM's coming in loud and clear. While dialing around, came across 96.1 coming in like a local playing classic rock. When the song ended heard the ID "Classic Vinyl, Sirius 14". Checked my Sirius receiver and it matched what was on 96.1. This was received about 40 to 50 miles south of Knoxville. Anyone else hear this or have any clues? By the way, this was between 11p and 12a.
 
I pick up snippets of Sirius and XM while scanning the FM dial all the time. Most likely someone is using one
of those mini-FM transmitters to relay the signal to their car radio or a receiver in their home. I would bet
that they are no more than 200 yds. away.
 
Lately I have been picking up Muzak's "Expressions" programme (DiSH Network #925) in my new apartment on 102.5 (if I remember right, also an active Air One frequency in downtown PDX.) Turns out one of my neighbours across the parking lot from me has one of those little Belkin transmitters connected to the line out of his DN receiver.

That's probably what's happening to you on 96.1, someone's probably got an FM transmitter connected to their Sirius box.

(Meanwhile, I am definitely enjoying hearing smooth jazz over the air for the first time in several years, in all its 80 kpbs monophonic glory. ;o)
 
Sometimes I have my Wireless FM Transmitter hooked up eather to my PC for Music or on Direc TV on the 80's Channel on 87.7..

Mine for an odd reason goes futher then 200 feet..

One time I was at my bros house with my FM Transmitter on my laptop playing my Music list..He had to get gas & I kept it on..

We heard it in the truck for like 0.32 miles, & it faded out
 
I have had cases where I was in traffic listening to someone's XM feed on an FM frequency for miles.
Since that person was a couple of car lengths ahead of me and we were both moving with the traffic,
it was like having a local station. Only when they made a turn did it quickly fade away.

Also a few years ago someone near the building where I worked was running a low-power FM
pirate, rebroadcasting Howard Stern. Someone who resented having to pay for it apparently.
 
Someone was running Sirius Left which I caught on my receiver at 87.9 last year. Also every now and then, someone would be running Howard Stern on a low power xmtr on FM too.

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I don't think this was someones low power sirius fm transmitter. I picked this signal up crystal clear for a distance of 8 to 10 miles. In a rural area, no other traffic around at the time.
 
I heard Sirius Classic Vinyl, weak signal on 95.3 for a couple days. I thought a new station signed on!

-crainbebo
 
Formerjock--

I am not familiar with the geology around Tennessee. Is it flat with a lot of prairie land (like the Upper Midwest) or mountainous like it is out here?

Some of the personal FM transmitters, particularly older models, can actually throw out a rather impressive signal for the type of devices they are. When I was still living in the building in downtown Portland, seven storeys up, I used to use a Belkin FM transmitter (forget which model, but it was white and had a digital readout and push-buttons on its tuner.) It was connected to my VCR which was tuned to the SAP on channel 10 (OPB), and I could throw out the Golden Hours radio reading service from it for at least a good mile in any direction, more or less. I could certainly hear it clearly at my then-workplace, about three blocks west.

This was downtown in a major city (lots of buildings all around), in an area that's quite hilly and in the foothills of the Cascades yet. If your area's flat such a signal could propagate even further.

That's just my hypothesis, anyways.
 
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