[IRCA] WBAL and IBOC hiss from WTAM

[midcapemarc@xxxxxxxxxxx (Marc DeLorenzo)]

I think this is the most flagrant example of iBOC jamming yet.   Tens of thousands of people in the Baltimore area depend on WBAL for news, weather, traffic and sports information.  What right does WTAM have to jam WBAL?      What right do US AM stations have to jam Mexican and Canadian AM stations?   What right does iBiquity Corp and the FCC have to force the entire US population to but new (HD) radios?   FCC -Wake up and smell the coffee!   IBOC (aka AM HD) must go!

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Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, MA
http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Bill Harms <philcobill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Last night, I noticed that at times, WTAM was bothering WBAL again. So I 
> decided to look at my Drake R8's s-meter. I realize that this is not 
> very exact, but it gives a rough idea of what is going on. WTIC was not 
> a factor in this test because their signal was much weaker.
> 
> As a base line, I tuned WBAL to the strongest signal strength with was 
> about s9+35/s9+40 and it was still getting hissed about 1/4 of the time. 
> I quickly went back and forth between 1090 and 1100 to see what WTAM's 
> signal strength was relative to WBAL when I heard hiss on 1090. WTAM's 
> signal varied from about s9 to s9+25/s9+30. As one would expect (perhaps 
> even axiomatically), when WTAM's signal was above S9+20, the hiss was 
> easily noticeable on WBAL. When it was less than s9+15, the hiss was not 
> as noticeable.
> 
> For reference, WTIC never made it above s9+10 and as I noted above, did 
> not appear to be a factor.
> 
> Remember I am within WBAL's NIF contour, and should not be hearing IBOC 
> hiss from WTAM at all.
> 
> -- 
> Bill Harms
> Elkridge, Maryland
> 

> 

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