[KYHAM] Morse on AM broadcast band

[Dave]

Leonard Burton wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I hope everyone is well.
>
>I have a friend that called me this morning and played 530 AM and it
>was sending "FEO" repeatedly.  He is in Lexington and said that he had
>his antenna pointed toward Frankfort.
>
>Does anyone know why this what this means?
>
>  
>
>Thanks and 73s,
>

Well, firstly, I'd like to know anyone who has a rotatable directional 
antenna
for 530 KHz; that thing would be beyond huge!

I did a quick search of the FCC's AM broadcast station database

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html

and there are no AM broadcast stations in the United States licensed for
530 KHz.  While there are a couple of Canadian stations, these are fairly
low power stations quite a distance away from Lexington, and are unlikely
to have been heard during the daytime.

Given that, then it's very possible that what your friend heard was a person
operating under Part 15 of the FCC rules:

http://home.att.net/~weatheradio/part15.htm

Note that a LOT of these stations aren't listed in this database (nor, 
for that
matter, anywhere).  It used to be pretty easy to get a "wireless 
broadcaster"
which would allow anyone to radiate a Part 15 signal on the AM broadcast
band.

Dave
WA4QAL