Need to swap these ASAP want to get on AIR

both of these work great. problem is i am only 15 miles from FCC office with a cluster of studios from multiple corporate radio within a miler of here.

I need a certified set it and forget solution.

i don't want to D*ck around with input settings on the AM or an uncertified and/or cheapo certified FM.

these FCC guys here in Denver could cornh*le me out of existence and i want to give them very little opportunity for something they can use to do it with.
most of you either live a half days drive from an FCC office and multiple miles from manned studios, have a good working relationship with FCC or are engineers. i'm 0 for 4. don't have the luxury of any of that here.

this is the only reason for trading them.

Talk about paranoid!

no not paranoid. i just know how big government works and it's called doing it absolutely right and safe the first time. if i owned an SA and a Comm Service Monitor to do f/s reading with and check harmonics i would chance the modulator and antenna but i don't.

i rather be safe then have them show up here and be sorry both from my LL and my G/F and the Feds.

with being careful. If the wrong person hears you,
you could be off the air - even if you aren't doing
anything wrong.

When I was on the air all of the time, I only told my
friends in the neighborhood about my station.
It was sort of a "word of mouth" thing.

There is a guy about 400 feet away from me that
works for Clear Channel. He is across the street
and a few houses down on the right. I don't want
him to know about DOGGRADIO. He may very well
not understand what Part 15 is all about. Because
my signal might be strong at his house, he might
think my station is competing for his business. (He
doesn't even know that I exist. i just heard from
another neighbor that he was there.)

I have always operated a low key set-up. It has
been on the air for me, my family, and some friends
around the neighborhood.

And, until I get this CC thing going, it won't be
on the air at all anyway. The station is torn apart
because I'm working on it.

Best Wishes, and I hope this is useful information.

Bruce, DOGGRADIO STUDIO 2

I believe that a normal person is likely to experience a rise in paranoia when fatigued or in negative emotional state, but that it can be turned off by using reason.

The other person might be more paranoid than you are. Be careful what kind of a look you give him, he might flip out.

You know the old joke: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

No, Ermi Roos, some of the radio hosts say they are out to get everybody. They do not mean it as a joke, or maybe I'm a bad listener. I'll go double-check.

I am actually on medication for schizo affective disorder. it's characterized by depression, anxiety, and attributes of Obsessive compulsive disorder. it's not so much paranoia as it is anxiety and ocd. if i have everything certified (especially the FM) and setup correctly i won't lose sleep worrying. minor things that others brush off send me into a major panic attack.

just being able to turn it off with reason doesn't help. i will check the stove to make sure it is off multiple times and check the doors and windows multiple times.

i have even gotten out to street and felt compelled to come back into house and check stove, doors and windows.

my life isn't very easy and most of it is caused by my effed up brain chemistry and a even more dysfunctional childhood.

radio and my girlfriend are really the only enjoyments i have in life.

Dear kc8gpd:

Thank you for speaking so openly to us about your experience, and for not being offended by our talking about such things as we have said.

In my part I am not actually talking about you as I am about the general subjects that come up, but it could easily seem personal.

The emotions are not to be taken lightly or joked about and are very serious and very strong...

I am so delighted you have a good woman on your side and the fun of radio.

By the way, I also get very spooked when I think about what officials could do if they wanted to use radio as a way of coming after a hobbyist. Such things really do happen, I've witnessed it.

Cruelty is another strong human emotion and it seems to be in season around the world. Playing it safe can be a very good plan.

Having FCC certified equipment is worth the peace it will bring.

There is an engineering motto, "If you don't test it, it won't work." Checking and double-checking is a necessity in the technical world.

"If it looks good, it'l fly good." This one must be from aviation engineers. The bad grammar is also typical of engineers. I try to build pretty breadboards, which really annoyed one of my former bosses who insisted on airboards, which are built quickly.

I am not quite sure how well looks correlate with performance, but it seems to me that a nice-looking piece of equipment also performs better.

Rev. Robert:

I am very impressed by your courage
with your condition and your incredible
technical engineering expertise.

You are also a really good guy.

I can completely understand what you are
doing.

You see, I also have OCD, anxiety, depression,
and post traumatic stress syndrome. And
I believe about 20 percent of the human
population has some part or all of these
conditions. And I am being treated for it as
well.

You show a lot of courage in sharing your
situation with us.

Again, you are not alone.

One day at a time, my friend.

Very Best Wishes,
Bruce, DOGGRADIO STUDIO 2

Ermi Roos you have tapped a nerve that I was exploring only yesterday, the question of whether "superstition" exists in the part 15 world.

Just collecting a few examples of superstition in general daily life, the guy who just finished repairing my wall said he'd been having "a run of bad luck all week." Back on the show I did with Tha Dood, he said a ghost moved near his antenna and caused it to multipath out at some distance away. I might have written about this already in a thread, I don't remember.

Although I am mostly a non-believer in a general way, I have always believed that no matter what I look for it is always missing. Yesterday I spent several hours looking for rack screws. In my mind, they were missing because I was looking for them. Today something else will be missing and I'll spend hours looking for it.

Now Ermi Roos has revealed another superstition that I also have.... I strongly feel that a well designed and very neatly built circuit works better than one that is tacked together.

I think someone should keep a note book listing part 15 superstitions.

I don't think that either of those maxims are superstitions--just practical observations.