[bars] WRKO RFI on 14.280 MHz

[Christopher Lennon]

Ah, I see.  I am not an AM radio listener.  They share programming.  When I
turned in I heard a station ID of WBZ.

Chris

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:36 PM Craig Davidson <cwdavidson1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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,
>
> Craig, K1CWD
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