Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1710 WQFG689 NJ TIS

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nothing at all on 1710 here with a barefoot 2010. I have heard a couple of TIS stations from Northern NJ here in the daytimes in winter some years back but not at the top of the band.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Wed, 2/15/12, Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] 1710 WQFG689 NJ TIS
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, am@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 8:06 PM
> On Wednesday 15 February 2012
> 19:05:08 Chernos Saul wrote:
> > WQFG689 Hudson Valley NJ, and listed in new IRCA
> TIS-HAR logbook. Huge
> >  here at Burnt Rive
> 
> I tuned to 1710 and only heard a lot of noise plus a weak
> pirate playing 
> music (R. Celestial).  I thought Saul was exaggerating
> about the TIS being 
> huge, when, lo and behold, a signal rose up out of the noise
> with talk about 
> amber alerts, various PSAs, and WQFG689 ID - and they really
> were huge for a 
> few minutes.  Thanks for the tip!
> 
> BTW, I measured the TIS carrier frequency to be 1710.0032.
> 
> Barry
> 
> -- 
> Barry McLarnon VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
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