Any 15.221 Operators Around?

radiobob · 2010-07-10T01:35:57Z

Anybody on this board have any experience with a 15.221 campus station? I would be interested to hear any first hand information about such operations. The campus at which I teach seems almost ideally laid out--it's more or less a big square with the Student Life Center (complete with a sort-of bell tower) almost in the middle, and the perimeter consists of parking lots/ball fields on two sides, and multi-story buildings on the other two; keeping things to ~ 15µV @ 30M shouldn't be tough. And, please, not to sound snippy, but I'm looking for real experience and not minutiae about field strength measurements; I have access to "big kids' toys" for doing measurements. It seems to me that where 15.221 affords the campus broadcaster a little bit of leeway isn't so much in the possibility of increased power, but in the opportunity for using a more efficient antenna. Even 100 mW with a decent radiator should perform reasonably well in our setting. FWIW, we're looking at mounting a station possibly on 1620 kHz--the only "extended band" channel really in the clear due to an absolute plethora of weird special use TIS stations in the area, and at least one full-power broadcaster within range. When and if we get this puppy going, we plan to 'net stream as well as radiate a little RF. I'm not sure how the students will feel about AM operations, but frankly I'm not sure that FM's "spitting distance" field strength is worth it. Thoughts, recipes, suggestions eagerly welcomed.

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