Thanks for the link Dennis and the original post, Bruce. Interesting. It sounds like the only thing that he did wrong, if I'm reading it right, is that he grounded the transmitter to the tower via an unshielded cable which must have made the entire tower a radiator(?). Is that right? His website does mention 100 mw of power, which in itself is legal. Based upon the figures in the FCC report, could those figures really come from a 100mw transmitter?
I'm not sure if any of you are NASCAR fans but (AT LEAST TO ME) the FCC seems to use similar tactics. Coddle the big boys and hassle the small time operators. It really sounds (again to me) as if he just was in error and not intentionally trying to be a pirate / break the law. He even advertised his station in his town's paper! Yes, he would have been better with LPFM but even then he'd probably have to pay big bucks to get it engineered correctly. Getting a station on the air is not a cheap or easy proposition! I'll have to keep an eye on this. 73, Dave in Indy - glad that he doesn't have a 100 mw radio station, the FCC might visit! :) ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:25:31 +0000 (UTC) From: vroom...@comcast.net To: IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KENC 1620 Message-ID: <1394969222.8237961259645131744.javamail.r...@sz0172a.emeryville.ca.mail .comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Below is a link to the report filed by the FCC Portland field office. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-294572A1.html _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com