--- Begin Message ---
WTIC 1080 night pattern doesn't look particularly restrictive southwest towards
Dallas.
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WTIC&service=AM&h=N
I had no problem getting it in Fort Mill, SC (south of Charlotte, NC) on a
family trip about 6 years ago.
Certainly they're putting enough juice northwest towards Jim Renfrew's QTH
(upstate NY) to be pesty there.
IBOC is mostly spread 11-16 kHz from the carrier on each side.
A station on 1090 is going to take most of its WTIC IBOC on the upper side,
e.g. 1091-1096. Of course here in the east TA's get into the act so the lower
side of 1090 gets hit solidly by 1089 (TalkSport UK, one of the stronger ones
coming across the "pond").
Typically if I hear anything besides WBAL on 1090 after local WILD goes off,
it's either Colombia or Venezuela. I suspect that's what would have been there
if I had been listening during the WBAL outage - at least if the combo of 1089
UK and WTIC IBOC didn't render the channel something like a mosh-pit.
In the case of 1070 (going down the dial from WTIC), the WTIC IBOC hash hits
mostly on the low side (1064-1069). Unlike 1090's WBAL, there is no dominant
big-signal 1070 station here into MA. Some of the action consists of two
Colombians, a Cuban, WNCT-NC, WPLB-NY, CHOK-ON, and WMIA-PR. Nothing big
though. As WTIC IBOC hits 1070's lower side, the 1070 upper sideband gets hit
(slightly) by 1071 which contains several Middle East stations with Iran
typically leading the pack.
So 1070 and 1090 are both "mucked with" by IBOC one side and a 1 kHz displaced
TA on the other.
To cloud up the matter further, KYW 1060's IBOC can hit 1070 on the upper side
as WTIC IBOC ruins the LSB. Simply put, 1070 is not an easy frequency around
here. The only time it gets interesting is during heavy aurora with domestic
and TA interference reduced and the tropics enhanced.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
<<
They stopped doing that sometime in the early 1990s, I think. I have a logging
of WTIC from Iowa City on 11/25/1990, and it's a late-afternoon one from just
before Dallas sunset time.
73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha EN21af
________________________________
From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Todd S
<amdxing1...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2019 5:47:37 AM
To: IRCA Mailing list for the Inte
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1090 UNID
I forget, when did WTIC stop switching to night pattern at Dallas sunset?
Todd Skaine
ICOM 7300 wth a Superloop
2 Modified 2010s barefoot
Toyota car radio
On Thu, Mar 7, 2019, 12:13 AM Mark Connelly via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com>
wrote:
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mark Connelly <markwa1...@aol.com>
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 06:12:54 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1090 UNID
> Most likely the "pile of noise" on the high side of 1090 is IBOC from WTIC
> 1080.
>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
>
> <<
> Yes, sounded like "SB Nation", so that's gotta be it. A relog. Thanks,
> gents. I was trying to parallel Seattle and Tijuana to no avail. A huge
> pile of noise on 1090, such that 1090 was better in LSB than USB, though
> that left an ear piercing het from 1089. Talk Sport 1089 was better than
> the signal on 1090. WBAL returned before 0300 EST. Jim Renfrew
>
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 10:30 Neil Kazaross <neilka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes I'd expect WCAR which comes in here in IL sometimes. 73 KAZ
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:18 AM Forrester S <amradio1...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Doing a Google search reveals WCAR with SBN ex Yahoo sports. I be
> willing
> > > to bet this is it.
> > >
> > > Todd Skaine
> > > ICOM 7300 wth a Superloop
> > > 2 Modified 2010s barefoot
> > > Toyota car radio
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 12:10 AM James Renfrew <jim.renf...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 0105 EST
> > > > 1090
> > > >
> > > > Something that sounds like a sports station, ID sounds something like
> > > "???
> > > > Nation Radio", and around 0055 "Gold Standard Radio". Any ideas?
> > There
> > > > are not many domestics at night on 1090.
> > > >
> > > > Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
>
>>
--- End Message ---
_______________________________________________
IRCA mailing list
IRCA@hard-core-dx.com
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original
contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its
editors, publishing staff, or officers
For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org
To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
