Carl Blare

When I first dabbled with listening to computer radio stations I happened upon a talk show coming from Pahrump, Nevada, call letters KPAH. The style of the talk was very home-spun with regular people talking about town business.

Then I got to know other funny original KPAH programs, like “The I Can’t Sleep Show” and “Missy Love Lorn’s Advice Program.”

I was soon to learn that the antenna on a 60-foot tower was a part 15 station, sharing space with amateur radio equipment, but run with all the style and town involvement of a full station, their big foot in the door being their stream at Live-365.

Now the station is trying something new. Their radio stream is on the audio portion of a UStream channel, so they in essence have a combination radio-tv station.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pahrump-radio

The Low Power Hour is produced free for affiliate part 15 radio stations and special radio friends, the download key is available by merely requesting from [email protected].

The Low Power Hour is produced free for affiliate part 15 radio stations and special radio friends, the download key is available by merely requesting from [email protected].

In LPH No. 31 we describe participation by KDX in Jazz Fest 2012 from WWOZ New Orleans;

Free Talk Live, the Nationally syndicated talk show mentions the part 15 topic;

Again Keith Perron from PCJ Media has plenty to share with his Ballad of Rupert Murdock, a Media Network Plus interview with the author of several books on shortwave and an update on Keith’s own 20kW SW transmitter;

Progressive Radio reports that land lines may become a thing of the past;

Media Minutes, the weekly news program, is pulling the plug after 250 episodes;

Flash Frisbone lives on.

Many stories waiting to be covered, stay tuned for LPH No. 32.

Low Power Hour No. 30 is available, now in higher sound quality, at 128kbps, at the suggestion of RFB.

The program is openly available at

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

Low Power Hour No. 30 is available, now in higher sound quality, at 128kbps, at the suggestion of RFB.

The program is openly available at

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

For affiliate and radio friend access to all the programs contact [email protected] for your Secret Key Address.

This episode follows some fun activities of Keith Perron from PCJ Media and deals with the question of programming objectionable material. Of course Flash Frisbone makes an appearance.

No sooner having produced No. 28, he blew smoke from the gun and out shoots Program No. 29 in the Low Power Series.

No sooner having produced No. 28, he blew smoke from the gun and out shoots Program No. 29 in the Low Power Series.

These are actually companion programs, the topics flowing from one to the other, and that’s not the end of it.

Program No. 30 is already coming around the bend and there will be a light coming down the track right away.

These two programs mark an upgrade in sound quality, at the recommendation of member RFB, going up from 56kbps all the way to 128kbps.

Both shows are publicly posted at

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

The experimental RSS feed is at

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

which works for some but fails for others. The problem is under study.

Now back to regular low power business.

Low Power Hour No. 28 is now posted on the new upload page, available to affiliate stations and special radio friends.

Low Power Hour No. 28 is now posted on the new upload page, available to affiliate stations and special radio friends.

There is a change and this is the formal announcement, so you will understand.

The Low Power Hour is no longer openly available to the world public, but is intended for low power radio stations and those seriously interested in low power radio.

Some of the affiliated stations already know, but I am only a staff of one and haven’t contacted everybody.

To request access to the programs write an e-mail to
[email protected]

I will send the private link for downloading the program to qualifying applicants (low power stations and select others). I reserve the right to deny access to parties not clearly attached to the low power interest.

The Low Power Hour web pages that include pictures and related links remain posted at kdxradio.com

Program No. 28 was assembled on the night of Friday, April 13, during a thunderstorm, and was so full of features that it will be continued in No. 29, which will go into production right away.

Topics include long wave, induction, and the title is “RF Programs”, bringing your attention to free radio programs on RF (radio frequency) subjects.

The program reflects the same values as part15.us, and seeks to promote interest in part 15 broadcasting.

I have always thought it would be neat to be an old time railroad switchman living on a salary way out in the country, with the job of switching the track at 5 PM so the evening express train can zoom by, then come back later and switch back to the regular traffic pattern. I could do that.

But not really. If it was me doing that job, there would be stacks of train wrecks all over the area, two or three a week.

Here I am admiring my new carrier current station with the belief that all the other stations are doing fine. But backing out of the driveway I could not get 1680 AM, the AMT5000 being fed audio from a Panasonic Tuner.

What I discovered is that this morning at sign on it sounded like the carrier for FM 107.1 wasn’t tuned in properly, listening to 1680, no audio was running. I tweaked what I thought was the FM carrier, and walked away.

I was re-broadcasting between-station FM junk, which masked very well as AM radio junk at 1680.

There were train cars piled everywhere, metaphorically speaking.

If you have a nursery full of babies, don’t pay attention only to the currently popular one. The other ones might escape.