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@AE4WX @flockofnazguls @th Ah, I didn't realize the receiver for the signal from the studio was on top of the Hancock. I know Chicago geography, but hadn't thought about where the TV transmitters were. I come from rural Florida, where getting line-of-sight to a tower was never very hard.
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@roadriverrail @flockofnazguls @th the problem with a van in downtown Chicago is all the buildings block line of sight. @roadriverrail @flockofnazguls @th I should add- it hasn't been possible to do this again for years. |
@roadriverrail @flockofnazguls @th So what happened was, back in those analog days, WGN and WTTW transmitted a link to their main transmitters on top of the Hancock Building and Sears Tower (I forget which was which). The hijacker basically sent a stronger signal than the station link, and because of FM capture, voilà- the hijackers signal wins.