Howdy! New with a question.

[w5cjm]

First off, first post, hope to be here more frequently. I've recently gotten into scanning the bands(but have been a ham for several years). So, earlier, I was scanning around on my old Alinco dual band and somewhere around 142.900, I picked up an AM weather station. I got some of the weather(kind of like area), but I couldn't make out the area due to it being scratchy, though I'd have sworn I heard "Hayes County" out of it. Only identifier I could get was, "Radio Information Juliet." Am I to presume it's possibly a military station or something else.

 

[jaspence]

142.9

Google is your friend Hays County is in Texas.

 

[kb5udf]

ATIS

I suspect what you are receiving is an IF image of airport ATIS(air traffic information service).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheterodyne_receiver

^^ you can read about image frequency in the above article.

So essentially I believe you are hearing an AM air station at an airport bleeding through your radio which is
receiving it in the "wrong" place.

Regards

JB

 

[wtp]

any way to check out this ?

120.82500 SM AWOS-WX San Marcos AWOS-WX

 

[w5cjm]

Google is your friend Hays County is in Texas.

Yes, I know, I've been there a few times.

I suspect what you are receiving is an IF image of airport ATIS(air traffic information service).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheterodyne_receiver

^^ you can read about image frequency in the above article.

So essentially I believe you are hearing an AM air station at an airport bleeding through your radio which is
receiving it in the "wrong" place.

Regards

JB

Ah, OK, that might explain it. Thanks. Just seemed a bit odd hearing it.

 

[w5cjm]

120.82500 SM AWOS-WX San Marcos AWOS-WX

I just checked. For some reason I can't pick it up down here, though why I can pick one up and not the other is beyond me. Guess the ducting ain't on my side.