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Post by thelegacy on May 24, 2019 22:54:03 GMT
Here is Proof that The Legacy 1640 Khz AM Deltaville, VA is receivable at the Deltaville Market at 1 1/4 miles from the Transmitter when received with the Terk AM advantage loop ($52 New on Ebay).
The loop can be used as a magnetic loop if you don't have an AM antenna jack on your Radio by placing your Radio next to it. Many Radio's or good Stereo systems have an AM antenna input or jack.
Our station also could be heard at the Deltaville Shores, The camp ground but Stingray Point was barely receivable for some reason. In some spots we can be heard 3.9 miles away with the Loop. If you don't live in a metal house you should receive The Legacy nicely on days where there is no approaching Lightning or you don't have florescent lighting near by. Listeners should place this antenna as close to a window as possible and tune the capacitor till you hear the loudest signal. don't be afraid to move the antenna around a bit.
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Post by w9lwa on May 24, 2019 23:02:03 GMT
Wow. Great signal. Was it usable at all without the loop?
John
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Post by thelegacy on May 25, 2019 1:03:35 GMT
It was a little over barely readable on a radio like that one. However on a good car radio you could hear it about 2.5 miles out. The point is you can get your listeners to purchase the loop antenna you just have to really get your station known in the little villages where you live. A bigger city you might have a harder time because most people might not even care.
I sure hope this proves to those who want to be happy broadcaster's and yet maintain an audience that you don't have to break FCC rules and play around with FM at Powers greater than part 15. If you do this you will be very happy with the results.
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Post by w9lwa on May 25, 2019 2:54:29 GMT
You know, it was hard for me to believe but around here for me to get a decent share of the home radio audience, I wouldn't just need people to get one of those loops, I'd need most of them to buy a radio. In addition to my broadcast law practice, my firm also has several offices here in Indiana where we practice bankruptcy law. (www.seeslaw.com) When people file bankruptcy, they are required to list all of their property. One of the catagories of property listed is household electronics. In preparing the paperwork, we always ask, among other things, if they have any radios, clock radios, stereos or portable radios. It looks to me like we're only getting about a 20% positive response to any of those. Twenty percent! I thought everyone would have at least one. I must have at least a dozen.
I suppose that means around here almost the entire potential radio audience is when people are in their cars. I'm not surprised that's where most of the audience is, but I just didn't think the potential home audience would be so small. I knew the market was changing. I guess I didn't realize it had changed so much that radio now seems to play such a small part in people's lives...
John
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Post by Boomer on May 25, 2019 8:18:14 GMT
Looks good, Legacy! Yes, that's the same Terk loop that I have, and I'm glad they're still out there, because I got mine some years ago, and we all know how fast electronics products tend to change.
One loop that must have been a big seller was the Select-A-Tenna, it seemed to be advertised in every radio-electronics magazine out there for a long time. They came in several sizes as I remember, and the bigger one would have extra pulling power. All of the loops I know about were based on the same principle, parallel coil and capacitor, because it's so simple and effective.
I've heard of people having fewer radios now, pushed aside for newer gadgets that people want to live with, like phones and smart speakers. Smart speakers bring back what people lost when they went to phones, a device that's plugged in to wall power and sits in one place, and importantly, has good sound, at least better than the tiny speaker in a phone. People had to take a phone with them from the bedroom to kitchen, now the speaker can be in those places, like the clock radio and kitchen radio of the past.
There's nothing like the simplicity of a radio though, with just a volume control and tuner knob. There are other single purpose technologies that have come back, like vinyl records and tape to an extent, and I hope radio surges back again. People are also supposed to have a battery radio for emergency preparedness.
Well, it's time for Memorial Day preparedness here, and there are a few more posts I could reply to, like Sparepart's and another one, but those will have to keep until later!
Boomer
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Post by thelegacy on May 25, 2019 19:31:00 GMT
w9lwa: The broadcasters asked for what they got when they were unwilling to listen to what the adults wanted. They instead spent too much time on the teens and folks under 35 so it meant the same repetition of music and talent less dribble playing artists that never actually played a musical instrument in their life and probably don't know the difference between an A sharp and an A flat. All they know how to do is re sample someone's work and run that mouth. I could make a record of a repeated mores code ID like ._ ._.. ._ _. and then yell I' lunatic and I know it. Boom Boom and repeat the same thing and get a million dollars on talentless dribble with one piano note.
Killing Album Rock (True Album Rock) killed Rock music in the USA. This is who The Legacy was created because it was in retaliation and determination to show the world that Hobby Broadcasting should be embraced not rejected because we are the ones who can save AM, and possibly save Radio.
Hard work and drive is what its gonna take. Advertise in your town's Facebook page. Let the people know that there is now diversity because The Legacy solved a problem and Hobby Broadcasters can get their listeners to buy the loop and use it. It means leg work and social meetings.
I go to where the people are and tell them. I get looks as I ride through Deltaville with the loop but I tell people what it is and my frequency and how to tune me in. The Legacy is planning on educating Hobby Broadcasters they don't need to abuse FM with these evil spurious and harmonic cheap boxes sold illegally to USA users. We can use what the FCC gave us AM and make lemons into lemon aid.
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Post by mark on May 25, 2019 22:10:10 GMT
Thelegacy said...quote:
w9lwa: The broadcasters asked for what they got when they were unwilling to listen to what the adults wanted. They instead spent too much time on the teens and folks under 35 so it meant the same repetition of music and talent less dribble playing artists that never actually played a musical instrument in their life and probably don't know the difference between an A sharp and an A flat. All they know how to do is re sample someone's work and run that mouth. I could make a record of a repeated mores code ID like ._ ._.. ._ _. and then yell I' lunatic and I know it. Boom Boom and repeat the same thing and get a million dollars on talentless dribble with one piano note.
THAT IS THE BEST THING YOU HAVE POSTED EVER SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN ON THESE FORUMS! Where were you when I was going on a rant about Rap on part15.org a while back? But sadly adults listen to this synthesized pop and rap also. Justin Beber doesn't know what real instruments are let alone what a major or minor chord is.
@w91wa.....How come so many are going bankrupt? I also realize that many people don't even have a radio in their house but that's where the part 15 audience is, same as BETS-1 in Canada as a moving car goes in and out of the signal fast unless you can get to a mall parking lot. Part 15 is good for listening in a stationary location.
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