Martin,

I always thought the commercial AM broadcast band started at 530KHz.  I 
think most receivers are speced that way.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 14:29
Subject: Re: what am I hearing?


> Howard Kaufman writes:
>> On 530 kHz, I get two stations, in the evening Spanish with something
>> under
>> it.  In the morning at least now at 11/15 Z, Something called "the
>> Vietnamese Canada hour.  Under it I hear a beacon sending "lyq""  The
>> Canadian station is a solid s7 on the ts480, which seems to be a very
>> scotch
>> meter.
>
> The Spanish language station is in Mexico and appears to
> be a religious station. I've also heard the beacon and, one
> evening last year, that beacon was really strong in Oklahoma. It
> just happened to also be running a continuous voice loop stating
> that it was in Tennessee and that the runway lights were
> temporarily out of service. A pilot I know said that this was
> probably to let people know that landing conditions were not
> safe for that night so they could find an alternative site and
> to also let pilots know not to expect to see the airport as they
> flew in the area. It might cause somebody to get lost if they
> were expecting to see them and they weren't there.
>
> The official AM broadcast band starts at 540 KHZ but, as
> you can tell, there are folks who like to make a little more
> room.
>
> You'll also find AM stations sandwiched between some of the US
> channels. I remember hearing Radio San Salvador 15 or so years
> ago on one of those splits. Programming was in Spanish and
> featured Top 40 music as well as commercials for San Salvador
> businesses such as a unisex hair salon.
>
> I am drifting off topic, so again, the beacon is in
> Tennessee.
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
> Systems Engineer
> OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group
>