Took me a few tries to find it again, but last year you made some comments which might be something...
https://www.part15.org/community/transmitter-talk/the-best-am-transmitter/paged/2/#post-57812
.. Gerry from Procaster.. ..He told me that when he went to the lab which is here just west of Toronto to certify the Talking Sign the lab at the time told him you are allowed 100mW and did the testing at the output. He just accepted that and went along with it. It was certified as per RSS-210 issue 4 and that issue I can't find that far back so I don't know what the actual rule said but the FCC certification would have been done like that and I think the FCC always had it 100mW into final. If that is the case then yes the question is....is the Talking Sign a valid certification?
And I was worried about using a Procaster with a 104" wire but does the Procaster certification prohibit me from using it indoors if I can't use the antenna it comes with and substitute a legal length wire instead? After all the rigid 3 section rod is the same as the same length wire is it not? According to Gerry it is.
I agree with you 100% Rich. I am right now using a Talking Sign that has a questionable certification. Not questionable, wrongly certified!
So if that's the case, why am I worried about using a Procaster that was certified correctly by power into the final amp and worried that a wire antenna is voiding certification. Even though it was intended for outside use can I not use it inside? It is still a legal product certified correctly. I have to think about this one! And I am aware that it(Talking Sign) was certified wrong! Now you raised this I am asking myself why can't I get a Procaster that would do nearly as good powering with a grounded power supply to get ground, no external ground lead and a 104" wire, shorter than it specifies in the rule? And have the better audio quality.
Thanks for this! I have to make a decision. Big question...am I not allowed to use a Procaster indoors? Must it be used outside
I hesitate to say, but I light of the above, could the "something missing" causing all this confusion be that the Procaster AM should not have ever been certified RSS-210 to begin with?
@mark I'd been suspecting that for a bit now, I just didn't want to come out and say it.