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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2018 23:10:03 GMT
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Post by Boomer on May 31, 2018 1:21:13 GMT
I know from a buddy in Montreal that there was a college station using it there, but I don't know if they still do.
It's located in Saint-Leonard at Laurier Macdonald High School, at the frequency of 560 AM.
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Post by thelegacy on May 31, 2018 22:48:50 GMT
How big is the campus just curious how far the carrier current station went?
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Post by Boomer on Jun 1, 2018 1:50:16 GMT
I haven't found out about the range so far, and don't know the campus size. I originally found the station with a friend when we were wondering if there were carrier current stations in Montreal. He's a radio buddy who has been on the air at CKUT with a group broadcast, but has been looking to do his own show on some station, so were looking for opportunities and found Laurier's station.
There are a couple of references to the station on line that we found, a alumni's page and something on Wikipedia.
Lots of school carrier current stations were set up to serve the campus and its buildings, especially dorms where students would be listening at night, without much thought of the community around the school, even though carrier current can incidentally carry off campus.
A few schools tried more, like students setting up a station to feed a main power line coming in, and a school in Richmond that's an urban college, so automatically they're right in the city blocks, so their signal went out to other places where students would gather in the area, and the station courted that listening.
That station seemed to have good range, I went to a map and looked up some of the streets that were mentioned and where people would drive and listen.
Carrier current range stories are fun to read to see what might be possible, but what you'll get from carrier current is even more unpredictable when it comes to coverage than a 3 meter antenna station.
I look at it that there are two types of home carrier current broadcasting, and both options should be available to those who want it.
1. A simple system for someone who just wants to broadcast to radios around the house. It would be patterned along the lines of old wireless intercoms that used carrier current, plug the set in, set frequency, and connect audio, and the RF goes back down the power cord to the house wiring. I've never seen an AM broadcaster product built like this.
2. More professional for those who aspire to community broadcasting. This would have more power and a tuner for the line to get maximum coupling.
Boomer
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