Analogrules
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Although I hardly listen to NOAA (weather channel app is much more accurate), I just noticed that 162.550 is off the air for the NYC area. Does anyone know why? Just curious.
Although I hardly listen to NOAA (weather channel app is much more accurate), I just noticed that 162.550 is off the air for the NYC area. Does anyone know why? Just curious.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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NOUS41 KOKX 180309
PNSOKX
CTZ009-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-176>179-280500-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1008 PM EST TUE FEB 17 2015
...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...
...NEW YORK CITY TRANSMITTER...KWO-35 IS OUT OF SERVICE...
THE NEW YORK CITY NOAA WEATHER/ALL HAZARDS RADIO...FREQUENCY
162.550...IS OFF THE AIR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO AN OUTAGE OF
THE AUDIO FEED TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON, NY AND THE TRANSMITTER IN TIMES SQUARE.
PHONE COMPANY TECHNICIANS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO RESOLVE THIS
PROBLEM.
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That's not what's happening. Midian has a good writeup here. It might get a little deep, but just follow along because it explains it pretty well. I also put some technical stuff at the bottom of the page in case anyone wants to learn more about the phenomenon.I know they are using higher output, but we have two amateur transmitters, one on 146.92 and the other 146.96 that do not interfere with each other. I also know of another situation on 147.00 and 147.04 that works fine. Perhaps they need to check radiation patterns, both transmit and receive, as a possible solution.