ID help please
1343 khz I think. I picked this up just after 21.00 tonight from Cambridgeshire UK and haven't been able to ID it. My favourite Mediumwave reference online is now being shielded as unsafe via Firefox on my iPad so can't be accessed? It was coming through quite well at times although patchy. I think I found it on my new R-108 at 1343khz but not as good a signal. I'm not suggesting this is a good catch, it's just that I don't know what it is. The voice sounds American I think, and the subject religious. I'm going to attempt to attach a short iPhone clip.
Drifter
Thanks for that Peter, I'll have a look.
https://www.anymp4.com/player/mov-player-for-android.html
Drifter
Premier Christian Radio broadcasts on MW 1305, 1332, 1413 and 1566 across Greater London and Surrey. The transmitters are: 1305 from Chingford (north) and Ewell (south), 1413 from Heathrow (west) and Dartford (east), 1332 from Bow (central London) and 1566 from Guildford.
So 1332 from Bow seems likely
Wow, thanks for that detailed info. This is very interesting because it means I was receiving two distinct stations both transmitting on 1332. I normally get Cambridgeshire Gold on 1332 which is so local and powerful from my position that I'm amazed it allowed Premier through! But I was receiving both of them quite separately on the dial (Roberts 925 Sports analogue version). I did check against my R-108 and that's how I arrived at 1343, although it was too poor a signal to be 100%. All of this tends to tell me that my particular Roberts is exceptionally good at this part of the band, am I right?
Drifter
Having just spent a bit of time experimenting with both these radios I think you're right. Because I was tuning in single kHz steps on the R-108 I wasn't going as far as I thought on the frequency scale, I'll have to make a habit of using the 9kHz step tuning on AM. Lesson learnt. This begs the question how do you find stations like 1010 which isn't on the 9kHz stepping? Do you switch to 10kHz stepping or are you actively seeking a particular station please?
Drifter
Syncronous fine tuning of my uhdx sony 2010x serves as a frequency searcher and confirmer.
Some digital receivers allow switching between 9 and 10kHz and bandwidth selection. Joy!
Must needs revive my crysal set with a whopper frame or beverage aerial (oops: antenna...).
Michael - next westwards stop : Cape Cod :-)
Having just spent a bit of time experimenting with both these radios I think you're right. Because I was tuning in single kHz steps on the R-108 I wasn't going as far as I thought on the frequency scale, I'll have to make a habit of using the 9kHz step tuning on AM. Lesson learnt. This begs the question how do you find stations like 1010 which isn't on the 9kHz stepping? Do you switch to 10kHz stepping or are you actively seeking a particular station please?
Drifter
Okay, I've finally found the answer, it Panjab Radio transmitting from somewhere in Middlesex I think. PLUS more good news, I've found that it's my VPN that's in effect been blocking my access to mwlist.org so all I have to do is turn off my VPN when I need to access it, a shame but doable.
Drifter
And useful to know more vagaries of VPN, which I plan to cautiously investigate one day...
Michael
Okay, I've finally found the answer, it Panjab Radio transmitting from somewhere in Middlesex I think
PLUS more good news, I've found that it's my VPN that's in effect been...
https://youtu.be/ZKLyrYGlz7Y
Peter
Drifter