{"id":62311,"date":"2025-03-09T07:16:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T11:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62311"},"modified":"2025-03-09T07:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T11:16:03","slug":"radio-world-nrsc-studies-rf-noise-on-various-roadway-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/radio-world-nrsc-studies-rf-noise-on-various-roadway-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio World: NRSC Studies RF Noise on Various Roadway Types"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dennis Dure, who shares the following item from Radio World:<\/strong><\/p>\n

NRSC Studies RF Noise on Various Roadway Types (Radio World)<\/a><\/h1>\n

Radio World asked Cris Alexander to read the report and comment<\/p>\n

The National Radio Systems Committee recently published the results of a study on AM band noise.<\/p>\n

The report, principally authored by John Kean, is titled NRSC-R102, \u201cMeasurement of AM Band RF Noise Levels and Station Signal Attenuation.\u201d It was released in January.<\/p>\n

The study consisted of several measurement series conducted along roadways both in urban and rural areas, measuring the signal strength of three different Baltimore\/Washington 50 kW AM stations as well as the RF noise on three different unoccupied AM band frequencies.<\/p>\n

Measurements were made across five environments: rural, rural-suburban, suburban, urban and dense urban. The results were mostly as one would expect, but there were a few surprises. [Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Click here to download the NRSC PDF report.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dure, who shares the following item from Radio World: NRSC Studies RF Noise on Various Roadway Types (Radio World) Radio World asked Cris Alexander to read the report and comment The National Radio Systems Committee recently published the results of a study on AM band noise. The report, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,196],"tags":[5875,10727,634,453],"class_list":["post-62311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-qrm","tag-dennis-dura","tag-nrsc","tag-radio-world","tag-rfi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gd1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61984,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/am-band-rf-noise-study\/","url_meta":{"origin":62311,"position":0},"title":"AM Band RF Noise Study","author":"Thomas","date":"February 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following article from Radio World: NRSC Releases Details of AM Band RF Noise Study (Radio World) Noise levels remained consistent throughout different environments, even in downtown Baltimore The National Radio Systems Committee\u2019s AM Improvement Working Group has published\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Truck-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Truck-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Truck-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Truck-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Truck-Car-Radio-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19251,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/guest-post-my-evolving-morphing-sw-listening-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":62311,"position":1},"title":"Guest Post: My Evolving, Morphing, SW Listening Station","author":"Thomas","date":"June 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, TomL, for the following guest post: My Evolving, Morphing, SW Listening Station by\u00a0TomL, May 26, 2016 My interest in radio listening has been rekindled after a long hiatus in parallel to my dwindling interest in Mainstream Media.\u00a0 It is now about 8 years without\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sony-2010","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sony-2010-1024x632.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sony-2010-1024x632.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sony-2010-1024x632.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13481,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/the-panasonic-rf-2200-an-early-birthday-gift\/","url_meta":{"origin":62311,"position":2},"title":"The Panasonic RF-2200: an early birthday gift","author":"Thomas","date":"June 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This week, I purchased a radio that I have lusted after for years: the Panasonic RF-2200. 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