I think something's gone very wrong at the B

[CAwasinNJ]

Up at the listening post near Ogden I'm picking up B98.7 on three additional frequencies; 97.5, 98.1 and 99.9 Anyone else hearing this?

[dxstuboy]

Yes, I have heard this too. Very annoying.

That station I mentioned on the previous board had to flip frequencies and is now on 107.1 from the same location.

Damn B 98.7, need to get their act together.

[Guest Also For Now]

Dxtuboy:

Why don't you call up Citadel and inform them that they are causing interference to the other station that had to flip frequency?

BTW, what station was that, that had to move to 107.1?

[dxstuboy]

I haven't been able to find out what that station on 107.1 is. All I know is they broadcast a low power signal around the University of Utah, specifically the near hospital. I work up in the area so I tune to it every time I get up there. It must be extremely low power since it goes out completely in spots but others its fine.

[dxstuboy]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, I tried calling Citadel, specially the radio station in question, but all I got was a busy signal. I then tried calling their sister station (101.9 the end) but didn't get an answer. I don't know if they have fixed the problem yet. I'll see in a second. If they are still bleeding over to those other frequencies, I'll give them a call today.

[Guest for now]

DX Stu Boy, call Citadel Communications between 8 am and 6 pm to their main line for the SLC campus 801-485-6700 on Bearcat. Request lines are not going to be able to help you, if the jock on duty even cares.

Ask for the engineering department and report your troubles. You will likely receive someone with a little technical knowledge, unless, like Bonneville their IT and engineering departments are the same thing. LOL

[henry]

"I think something's gone very wrong at the B"

Of course there is. They picked up the Ryan Seacrest show.

[dxstuboy]

Can anyone confirm or deny if this is still happening? I wasn't able to check today and I can't hear it on my in home radio. If it is, I will call tomorrow.

[guest also for now]

Look's like they have corrected the problem. I don't hear the spurious signals anymore.

All transmitters develop problems. It's just a matter of time. Heat does reduce MTBF. Unfortunately, spurious signals on the band are some of the worst, when they are causing interference to others.

It was a Holiday weekend, and I suspect they would have got on this much more quickly if they had known.

But also, I think you must be talking about some Part 15 low power transmitter, that doesnot have FCC protection at all.

And also, Hi-power class C FM's do not jump to another frequency as a matter of convience or in-convience.

Good listening............

Maybe you can hear them again, now that the problem seems to have been corrected.

[guest for now also]

Woops!

I meant to say that HEAT INCREASES MTBF!

[dxstuboy]

I am going to run out to my car, or rather hobble, to see if I can hear it anymore. As for that part 15 low power station, I won't know until tomorrow whether they are back on 99.9 or not.

[CAwasinNJ]

The problem spurs disappeared sometime this afternoon. Everything seems fine now. Thank you Citadel.

These things do happen. We understand. And being a holiday weekend made it worse, I'm sure. It seems like around here there's always a power failure on a holiday. Twice in the last 10 years it's happened on the 4th of July. This year it was extra kind and decided to show up on the 5th instead to give everyone a break. That's not to mention the 18 hour long outage on Christmas Day 10 years back. But I digress.

At least as far as we know there wasn't a spur up in the aircraft or public safety bands. Somebody would have been dragged out of bed for that one.