[IRCA] IBOC, D.C. 1500 propagation

["Lee Reynolds" <kd1sq@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

IBOC - I acquired a refurbished Accurian HD radio from Radio Shack - I was
curious about IBOC even though I'm none to fond of the racket it generates.
It works beautifully on FM IBOC with the local NPR outlet some ten air miles
or so from my home. On AM it has been unable to decode any station using the
RS passive AM loop I have hooked it up to. Of course, NH isn't exactly a
hotbed of IBOC but I would have liked to have had a shot at the AM in Keene,
under 26 miles from where I live. Once I get the LF inverted Vee back up
I'll give it a shot on AM with that, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Thus far AM IBOC has proven to be nonexistent as a listening mode here.

D.C. 1500 - can't speak as to the daytime, but I spend a lot of time on
third shift in a turck listening to AM radio as I drive in endless circles.
1500 out of D.C. comes in very nicely all night long - I particularly enjoy
listening to the couple of hours of The Twilight Zone they put out on
Sundays from 000-0200.

Side note: Listen on 1700 (or is it 1701?) kHz CW for the NHVT Medfer beacon
in Charlestown, NH. Let's see who can hear it and where.

Lee
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