[KYHAM] Morse on AM broadcast band

[Joe A. Taylor]

A typical HF beam for 530kHz would be a monster
but a directional MW antenna does not have to
be large at all.   For years I've built MW loops ants
which tune sharply and cost almost nothing.  You've
seen these sold as  SUPERTENNAS in various mail
order mailings and often claim to be used in Alaska
on the North Slope to receive lower 48 stations.
They work well     but many may not know that
moving a second tuned loop  away from your
receiver in the direction of an offending station
will, at some 5 - 10 feet away virtually kill that
station leaving the one you want to hear clear.
It's amazing to play with.

I have to wonder if the Morse signal were from
an airport - the F might be Fayette rather than
Frankfort... Lexington is in Fayette county, KY.
In my area 150 miles SW of Lexington our little
airport at Glasgow sends BVQ   the  BV is for
a little creek that runs near the airport and is
called Beaver Creek..  the  Q  is a mystery and
the signal is on 262 kHz.  I bet I can find it on
the MW radio -probably in the neighborhood
of 525 if I'm in close proximity of the airport
transmitter.



>>Joe <<   n4nas1 at hotmail.com





>From: Dave <wa4qal at ix.netcom.com>
>To: Leonard Burton <leonardburton at gmail.com>
>CC: kyham at mailman.qth.net, BARS at lsv.uky.edu
>Subject: Re: [KYHAM] Morse on AM broadcast band
>Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 00:33:49 -0500
>
>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
>
>
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