Carl Blare

The hosting company providing the website for KDX Radio has not allowed me to post new Low Power Hours ever since Storm Sandy, so naturally I’ve supposed that the storm messed up some servers. But it may be something different.

Today I finally gave the provider a call and they report an ongoing problem with DDOS attacks, some kind of hacker intrusion that causes “denial of service”.

I am pleased that my provider is the one who is trying to repair the problem, which is better than me having to solve some difficulty at my end.

What kind of people would spend their time messing with legitimate websites? I’ll start a list, then maybe you have some suggestions….

People Who Would Cause DDOS Attacks
– disgruntled former employees;
– inside saboteurs;
– angry former customers;
– competitors;
– the cyber attack division of homesick security;
– beer drinkers in dorm rooms;

Any other thoughts?

Those of us away from the giant path of the major storm now unfolding across the eastern seaboard are very concerned about all part 15 families and everyone in the storm region.

Those of us away from the giant path of the major storm now unfolding across the eastern seaboard are very concerned about all part 15 families and everyone in the storm region.

We very much wish you the most safety and good luck throughout the ordeal.

Let us know when things are back to more normal conditions.

Get the radio station working well, then forget about it. Right?

Never!

True radio broadcasters are always looking for a new tweak that can add a twinkle or a spark to station image.

Get the radio station working well, then forget about it. Right?

Never!

True radio broadcasters are always looking for a new tweak that can add a twinkle or a spark to station image.

This morning at 5 AM I ran tests with a DSP plugin for Winamp, Kbi’s Freeverb Port, free software from the Winamp site.

Tinkering with the controls, I got our AM station to sound like all the speech is happening in the Taj Mahal, famous for its very lengthy and agreeable reverberation. The flutist Paul Horn got rare permission to make an Epic album recording inside the Taj Mahal, and now my station sounds like that album.

Reverb is the closest thing to stereo in mono. There are other real life examples that put the thought in the back of the mind…

There is a local guy that owns 3 AM stations and clearly has good engineering. They all have reverb which makes them sound more “present” than the stations that don’t.

There are two Christian stations with a lot of sermons from church pulpits, and the church-reverb adds an authoritative sound, which is only lost by the speaker’s lacking vocal skill.

Of course the ultimate reverberation are the strings of the Boston Symphony Orchestra heard in FM stereo from Symphony Hall in Boston. But there are reasons we don’t transmit in stereo.

Our FM station, operating at part 15 nano-power, just barely gets a mono signal across 30-feet to the AM transmitter relay, and mono FM is more reliable on its outer signal fringe than stereo.

And although AM stereo is a tremendous technology, and RFB caused us to pause and review our position owing to his dedication to the method, I stuck with our original premise.

My stations are based on talk programming, and the human voice is a monophonic instrument which converts best to the acoustic realm in well focused monaural sound.

The sprinkling of reverberation adds fake 3D.

Now we are caught up with bringing the recent Fri. Oct. 21 Meeting of ALPB, with this concluding segment.

Also, Carl starts to read from The Communications Act of 1934.

Now we are caught up with bringing the recent Fri. Oct. 21 Meeting of ALPB, with this concluding segment.

Also, Carl starts to read from The Communications Act of 1934.

Plans are considered for a part 15 FM transmitter event, possibly an air show or water skies.

Episode 9 Funny Side of Bonnie & Clyde.

In the continuing press to present all of the Fri. Oct. 19 Meeting of ALPB LPH#60 brings Part 4 of the Meeting.

In the continuing press to present all of the Fri. Oct. 19 Meeting of ALPB LPH#60 brings Part 4 of the Meeting.

Also on this one is Low Power In the News, bringing the story of Radio Boy Alan of Tallahassee, excerpted.

Carl Blare contemplates a friendly take over of affiliate radio stations.

http://www.kdxradio.com/lph.html

Just noticed a product that could be very handy to maybe save that harmonic infested FM transmitter you purchased on line. It’s an FM Low Pass Filter that blocks unwanted harmonics:

Just noticed a product that could be very handy to maybe save that harmonic infested FM transmitter you purchased on line. It’s an FM Low Pass Filter that blocks unwanted harmonics:

http://www.ramseyelectronics.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action&key=FMLP1

Also of interest is the place we learned about the FM filter:

http://lrn.fm/broadcast/station/

Wear your seat belt, signal before turns and watch the speed limit.