650 AM All Digital

[Jeff Lehmann]

On a SDR receiver it doesn’t appear to be doing much damage to WFAN, but in my work van this morning on the expressway, WFAN was getting wiped out by hash from 650. The hash was nowhere near as loud as on 650 itself, but it was enough to cover up FAN. In comparison, 710 WOR and 880 WCBS were listenable.

I suspect the radio in the van (stock radio in a 2021 Ford Transit Connect) must receive pretty wide, and was picking it up because of that.

Jeff Lehmann

> On Dec 2, 2021, at 4:00 PM, John Andrews <w1tag@charter.net> wrote:
> 
> No HD receiver here, but by ear on a car radio near Worcester, it is nicely respecting WFAN on 660. A look with an SDR at 650 doesn't provide much of a signal, but the BW is pretty much confined to +/- 5 kHz. That's a lot prettier than the "old" IBOC signals.
> 
> John Andrews
> 
>> On 12/2/2021 2:25 PM, aerie.ma@comcast.net wrote:
>> I was listening in the Andover/Salem NH area on 93 and 495. I had only heard
>> static from WSRO in the past. In HD, it sounds great. A few drop outs when
>> hills get in the way, but definitely listenable. Very nice music too.
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Supersport 106.1
>> Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 12:33 PM
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>> Subject: 650 AM All Digital
>> They are spotty in some areas within the Portsmouth, NH/Kittery, ME area as
>> I drive around.  When they do lock in, they sound clean and stereo.
>> John