Got curious who was the ffc cheif engineer to have replaced John Reed, it appeatse no one held the title for a time, but as of present day, the Cheif Engineer of the Technical Rules Branch is Bahman Badipour.
In case anyone else was curious
Who was this "Sean" here that was best friends with John Reed and an associate of Decade transmitters? Excerpts from his 2010 post https://www.part15.org/community/temp/acc100-fm-transmitter-question/
.... I am a Electronic Engineer and I designed alot of transmitters in my time for the military,and keep up professional AM and FM Broadcast Stations. Believe me the FCC knows who I am. I am also license in Amateur Radio,and many other services....
... Ok my Best friend John Reed who was ahead of the part 15 transmitters,but he retired now.
Anyway here the deal most the companies that produced like the AC100 had to reduce it power to meet Part 15 it was originally designed to be a 1 watt transmitter,so do't be shocked it sucks.Now Decade designed theirs to be the very best Part 15 transmitter ever. I know the people at decade... Antways if you are sitting this up to be a Church Station they will sell it to you for $385.00 that is way below regular price. .....
...... I use to live two blocks from the FCC in Virginia and with the right tower,and setup I manage to get out 2 miles to cars.. I was completey legal,and the FCC had no problem with it.
You will not do better than a Decade transmitter. Yes you want the Mono FM.
Well I hope this helps out some
Retired Senior field Engineer for Raytheon/Advance Technologies and Research/NASA
Sean