Hi guys, USA and Canada got this nice freedom of unlicenced AM stations. My question is, why not in europe and the rest of the world. A little more power , like 500mW or even 1000mW can be possible. Next step can be an easy and simple licenced stations of 25 watts course with a whip antenna like the 3 m LP 15 aviable on the market wich can handle 25 watts carrier. Everything can be done, but lobbyists here in europe will switch of am fm broadcastings and force us to go DAB.
Any great ideas to do this by the help of f x european Parliament??
Roy In sweden
I think this not the right place to discus about a fight for a kind of Part 15 in Europe.
So I send you a mail.
Rob Veld
Actually; I think this is a great place to post. This is where you can get information about what the US and Canada are doing, and how its working, and even garner some support...
Let us help out 🙂
Mir is right on, and we are very much interested in all countries and their low power radio. Our membership group, the ALPB (Association for Low Power Briadcasters) is working to post links for international rules.
We already have New Zealand, Canada and something going on in the Netherlands.
I think I heard about some kind of arrangement in Great Britain where low power stations can get permission... We need to find a link for that.
We have a man in France who does Part 15 type shortwave, but I'm not sure of their rules.
Keep in touch.
If one simple country in EU allows Part 15 stations it will be legal in all other countris in Europe. same rules and regulations in all EU coutries. The x-band could be great to this. We got the full rigths to use all broadcasting bands according to EU laws. Pleny of space and places for 100mW's AM stations, even more powwer like 25 watts can be done with whip antennas. But 100mW's could be all over the world, supported by ITU.
In almost every country in Europe are Low Power Devices. But there is a difference between LPD and Part 15. Transmitting power of a few micro Watts or transmitting in a not public band is not comparable in my opinion. The only country with LPAM/LPFM in Europe is the UK (but it's not license free).
In Europe the Medium Wave suffers a lot. In the Netherlands three frequenty are not in use and no one is interested. In Belgium and Germany the same situation. I think there's room for a sort of Part 15 in Europe especialy on the Medium Wave. But it's a pure country political case. For now the only way is to fight for LPAM in your own country. I don''t see a chance for the ALPB to do something about that, other as giving advice. Ofcourse we can discuss about it, nothing wrong with that.
Rob Veld
It's true, EU allow AM broadcasting but some countries there's no difference, in terms of rules, between AM and FM. In Italy FM broadcasting is only "Licensed" and no official restriction for AM. Anyway if you transmit on the AM, even in LPAM, you "could" be prosecuted by law. It's a strange world!
By the way in June our authorities launched a survey to check how many people and organizations could be interestes in AM and SW broadcasting, and this encourages us to start test and... something more 😉 .
Finally, I'm learning a lot reading and writing in this forum. If is focused mainly on experiences in US anda Canada really doesn't matter.
Dario, you mean Italy doing this survey of interest of AM broadcasts?? If you contact them make a qoutation of how about licence free LPAM?? Most TX can be screwed up from 100mW's to 200-500mW's. ONE watt can be great, even 10 watts course TX and antennas to 10 watts aviable as 25 watts with a whipantenna aviable on the market. Best way is to lobby the EU parliarment in this issue.
Step ONE is to get a licence free AM from 100mW, 1 watt, 10 watts and 25 watts.
Everything can be done if rigth people with political contacts can help us out !!
I enjoyed reading about this.
I guess you learn a little bit
every day.
Bruce, DOGRADIO, Hartford, Connecticut
(Although currently off the air, until I figure
out where my family and I are actually
going to live. We have been waiting to
move for a while - circumstances aren't
quite right yet.)
Roy (and All),
In Italy AM band is now empty.
RAI, italian public broadcasting company, switched off almost it's transmitters and repeater and goes on transmitting only in FM.
In June AGCOM, the Authority in matter of communications, invited private people and organization interested in, to provide their opinion about the possibility to use the AM and SW bands (up to 30MHz) in which way and for what purposes.
Now all people and organizations that sent their point of view and declared to be interested in starting to broadcast (me and my no-profit association included) are waiting for a feedback and -hopefully- a "GO" at least for a start up.
That's in few words di state of the art in Italy