MStep
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At this time (0031 EDT), New York City's KWO-35 on 162.55 is running an announcement that they are "off the air". At the height at the city's heat wave, no less! They must have had a meltdown. LOL
NOAA KWO35 OFF THE AIR
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tvengr
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If they are off the air, how are you hearing the announcement?
n2nov
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KWO35 is broadcasting a looped message that they are off the air and to tune to another frequency. Obviously, the transmitter is working fine, but the feed from Upton is having a problem.
Hmmm, perhaps they have a silence sensor on the feed from Upton, and if that trips, it activates a source at the transmitter site to say it's off the air. Back in the day when I was servicing these beasts (the old Scientific Radio 1.2KW capable things) there was a silence sensor to shut off the TX if the feed disappeared. Almost trivially easy these days to do that & trigger a looping audio source.
wtp
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ummm, i do.
note the Florida thing.<-
note the Florida thing.<-
DOH!!! I do...
note the north central TX thing😃!
note the north central TX thing😃!
Ahhh, me. I keep a bank of all WXradio channels, and if I don't use them for gathering local forecast, they're also great to know about propagation!
Ain't that the truth! When I hear distant NOAA stations start to break squelch, the 2 meter rig goes to simplex!!!!
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I thought everybody had at least one.
I also have a few. One is running on an external antenna and only has text alerts turned on so it stays silent. I use it like someone else mentioned, more as a VHF propagation indicator. They work great for that. I also use one along with a lightning detector to alert me that I may want to disconnect antennas.
Then another has audible alerts enabled and is set for my county and the counties surrounding my county. It's actually used as a possible life saving device like it was designed to do.
We have a lot of electrical storms and tornado's so NOAA Weather Radios are almost a must have around here.
tvengr
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If they are off the air, how are you hearing the announcement?
I was just being facetious. I remember a time that our TV transmitter was off the air and the director called the transmitter site asking the tech to put up a trouble graphic.
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MStep
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LOL. Their words, not mine. But I saw that coming, which is why I put "off the air" in quotation marks. Most people got it. Akin to the lights being on, but no one being home.
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I do because it's pretty much the only credible report out there. Weathermen are clueless compared.
tvengr
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The weathermen should say there's a 90% chance of rain and a 5% chance I'm right. The weathermen I worked with didn't appreciate the comment.
MStep
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Amazingly, during this evenings heavy rains and severe weather warnings, the 162.55 NWS radio is once again announcing that listeners should tune to an alternate weather station for updates. They just can't seem to maintain operations during bad weather!
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