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Old 26th Jan 2023, 9:23 pm   #102
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Default Re: Absolute Radio to end AM transmissions on 23/01/23

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Originally Posted by Rich Woods View Post
While we are discussing 247m (1215khz), back in the early 1990’s I had a wireless with LW that was more biased towards MW than normal. I used to receive a strong Virgin Radio signal from Droitwich on 832m (360khz). I could never make my mind up if this was a fault with my set or a harmonic signal from Droitwich, who would ever know, as this is outside normal broadcast range. Any ideas anyone?
Poor image rejection within the set. Subtract 2x the IF from the Virgin frequency of the time and there's your answer. I remember servicing an HMV transistor portable with this very problem, except it was Radio 1 in those days.
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