So why in the name of Malloy do the Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity radio

[izzybeans]

shows keep cutting into my air america? Seriously, the signal keeps getting crossed with a fundie station in Ft. Wayne Indiana and I'm sitting in Central Jersey (on the border of the signal range of WLIB no less, but why in the Fcuk am I getting better reception from Ft. Wayne? And why must it be the most ironic crossfeed- "hate radio"?) I was starting to think Sean hannity had eaten Janeane Garafalo and Sam Seder or something?

It used to happen just on the weekends now it happens every night.

[lisa58]

1. I live in Jersey and...

I get lousy reception to Air America in my house. I ended up getting xm satellite, but I've never had any cross channeling - just alot of static.

[izzybeans]

2. It only happens in my car. I've got sirius at home.

But I sat there listening to Hannity half my trip home tonight thinking it would eventually fade out. I had to change clothes and I sat in the shower crying because my ears had been raped by this idiot's flacid politics.

[napi21]

3. I suspect, because AAR is relatively new, they are aired over

lower power transmitters. Those high power boys can interfere with a lot of things. You might contact your station and ask that question. They may have something they can do to fine tune, but if they don't know it's a problem, they can't fix it.

[izzybeans]

4. I'm still perplexed by how an am station 1000 miles away can get

better reception then a station 35 miles away.

[napi21]

9. I can only tell you about the station power. I used to live in Pgh.

We moved to Greenville SC. I was able to get reception from KDKA out of Pgh. and I know they broadcast at the highest wattage permitted by the FCC. When we lived in Pgh, I would get the KDKA feed over the telephone while on a call.

I'm not a technician so I don't know exactly. All I can tell you is my experiences.

[izzybeans]

10. No apologies please. I was just venting.

After a year of it I had to let it out a little bit. This won't change anytime soon.

[PST]

5. reception stinks here in Stamford, CT too

its the 21st century for fux sake, my dishwasher sounds better than that sorry excuse for a signal. meanwhile scumbags like Savage come trough loud and clear, pisses me off.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Reception is bad on AM1310 here in Detroit as well. But, they say

they are working on getting a stronger signal. :hi:

[n2mark]

7. I don't usually have a problem in Phoenix

if I do, I just turn my radio around. I don't have a problem on the internet.

[morgan2]

8. ive noticed the same thing here on long island

Hearing 770 wabc(nys hannity/limbaugh/etc station) cutting into 1190 (air america radio).

[izzybeans]

11. That one is understandable to me.

I originally thought that was the feed I was getting but it wasn't. Commercials for agribussinesses and hardees sort of tipped me off and then came the station call. Ft. Wayne, IN.

[riverwalker]

12. AM antenna

happened to me too, but I got a round AM antenna with a little dial on it for the specific channel. Not a cure all, but it helped and is inexpensive. Our AAR signal gets weak at night, just when Malloy is on, I had to do somthing or DIE without Malloy.

[paineinthearse]

13. I presume you are listening to AM radio?

I am not a broadcast engineer, but I understand the AM (amplitude modulation) beams its signal into the ionosphere. If multiple stations broad cast at the same frequency (1310, for example), your set could receive multiple signals as they bounce back to earth. This happens primarily at night. The strongest signal will drown out the weaker.

FM (frequency modulation) is line-of-sight (straigt from the tower to your set). That's why it fades when you have a mountain between the tower and your set.

[izzybeans]

14. Thanks that makes sense of it!

I thought I had shaken Indiana Am radio when I left that place. Damn you Ionosphere! Damn you to Hannity Hell!

[MrSandman]

15. Not only will you get the skip effect...

But a typical "skip" IIRC is about 1300 mi. From line of sight to that range, AM broadcast frequencies are not so terribly effective.

Basically, skip reception from a distant station can often be more powerful than what you would consider a local station.

It is a function of frequency(Mh/Kh), not mode(FM/AM).

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