Two stations on the same frequency?

[RedPenguin]

How do you fix the issue, with a radio, say it's on 93.3 FM and it picks up one station picked up with the station up near the ceiling and the other down towards the floor. How can you make the radio go with only one station instead of eventually colliding all of the time or can't this be fixed?

 

[n4voxgill]

what kind of antenna are you using on the radio? you may be able to use the antenna to be more directive thus increasing signal strength for one station and nulling the other station.

 

[RedPenguin]

Telescopic

I am using the telescopic whip antenna with a random wire attached at times on my Sony ICF-7600GR.

 

[rescuecomm]

Do you have this problem with any of your other FM broadcast radios? Also, try to verify that the station you are hearing is actually supposed to be on that frequency. Sometimes a close by station on a different freq can overload the receiver and show up somewhere else on the dial.

Bob

 

[mciupa]

How about using a rotor and aiming at your favorite station ?

 

[n4voxgill]

disconnect the long wire, and try tilting the antenna to an angle and then turn it and seeif you can reach a point that the station you want to hear overpowers the other station.

If the two stations are so far away that you need the wire antenna, then your probably out of luck.

 

[w8jjr]

directional antenna unless (dout it) the stations are in the same line of sight from you.

 

[N4JNW]

Wow.. That's odd... First of all, WHY are two stations on the SAME frequency so close to each other? Don't the FCC regulate spacing and frequency usage of radio stations?

 

[Viper43]

FM broadcast stations shouldn't be that close. There are areas where two stations may overlap some but those are few and far between. I know of one such situation and the only thing that can be done there is to move the antenna to where it gets the best reception of the channel you want to hear.
The down side is that your luck is like mine, you want the farther, weaker station and they are pretty much in line with each other Then it's hit or miss, and as the hours change so can the signal.

V

 

[N4JNW]

If they're off to your sides, i.e. one "over here" and the other "over yonder", a highly directional antenna would work. It would need massive front to back ratio, to block out the station you don't want. A multi-element yagi antenna would work for this..

 

[Lauri-CoyoteFrostbite]

There are ways to filter out one MW station to hear another. What your thinking of are phased antennas to null out the offender. Here is a site that *claims* a commercial product, and the theory behind it.... I make no endorsements...
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Antenna phasing makes a difference -- antenna lab on hard-core-dx.com
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And what's this? Mexican stations don't respect the FCC ??... Ahhh--maybe becuz they are MEXICAN stations.........
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Lauri

 

[Lauri-CoyoteFrostbite]

That above post was placed in his group by accident- but since I can't edit to take it out --- there it stands--- sorry guys...