[bars] WRKO RFI on 14.280 MHz

[Craig Davidson]

 Thanks for the report Chris!
I don't understand the relationship completely, but WBZ is one of 3 "iHeartRadio" stations in the Boston area that includes WRKO. Looking at online info, WRKO call themselves WRKO-680, and wikipedia states the transmitter is in Burlington. I think the two stations share programming, including news broadcasts. Again, not sure how it all ties together, but I do hear the 680 KHz station identifying as WRKO.
-Craig K1CWD
    On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 07:19:58 PM EST, Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I live in Bedford.  I hear 680kHz loud and clear, but that is WBEZ.
I only have an SDR receiver with a simple wire antenna set up at the moment.  I didn't hear anything on 14.280.
Chris W2BPL
On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:32 PM ARTHUR PIZER <apizer at comcast.net> wrote:

   Hi all I’ve been sending these replies from my iPhone voice to text feature from my cafeteria during lunch at work so I apologize for any typographical errors or that is to say transcription errors when I get home I will give a listen for my shack tonight 73 Art  
  On 02/10/2023 12:27 PM Craig Davidson via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:   
   
    
   Thanks for all the replies from everyone. I'm not sure if everyone sees the replies through the reflector, but wanted to add some additional info:   
   I have two rigs, an ANAN 7000 and an IC-7300. Both rigs see the AM signal at 14.280.   
   I can tell it's WRKO because I switch to the AM band and hear the same dialog on their station. Of course, their station is booming because I'm only a few miles away.   
   There is no overload condition on the front-ends of either receiver that I can tell. I can reduce the input attenuation and the signal is still there, although reduced somewhat with the attenuation, which is to be expected I think if it's actually interference being picked up by the antenna, as opposed to an RFI path after the front-end.   
   I have two wire antennas with two separate feedlines, and have the interference on both antenna's.    
   This just started recently, and can't correlate it to any change I made in my station.   
   Thanks,   
   Craig   
   
      On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 11:32:10 AM EST, Craig Davidson via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:   
   
       Good Morning,   
   Has anybody else noticed interference at 14.280 from the WRKO station broadcasting at 680 KHz?   
   This seems to have started a few days ago.   
   I'm pretty sure it's not receiver overload on my end, but actual out-of-band stuff generated by the station (granted that my QTH is very close to the transmitter in Burlington).   
   I tried calling the station numbers I had available but just get voicemail.   
   Anybody deal with this before, or have good contact info for the station engineer?   
   Thanks,   
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