Hey everyone. let me introduce myself. my name is Jesse, and I live in Oregon. stayton has once had a part 15 am radio station. I remember listening to online. Unfortenely, their offline now. they aren't streaming online, even. Luckily enough, the wayback machine is good, well, sometimes. http://web.archive.org/web/20090622080104/http://www.kencradio.com/
anyway, I was wondering...I have always wanted to start a AM or FM station, either one, so, I decide to check the FCC's website for Class A AM or FM. Unfortenly, it says, "due to heavy demand with many radio stations already on this band, a FCC am/fm license, cannot be granted for your area." This is why I hate people who usually try to do something without notice. Portland listeners, just lost their only progressive blue talk.
There has to be a NEW voice, here in Oregon. Many people are just silenicing other stations.
Does anyone have any advice?
Hey Zoruafan170,
You can start a Part 15 as it does not require a license nor permission from the FCC. Get a FCC certified transmitter, follow the rules as best you can abd start it up. String a few transmitters together and stream to the internet and there ya go! Its what I am doin, and I am a noob to lol 🙂 Ofcourse its not that simple, but there are some brainy mugs around here that can help yas get the right direction ! Btw, whats progressive blue, never heard of that term before 🙂
Good luck m8 !
Groo
In case you were curious about the Stayton station: http://www.part15.us/forum/part15-forums/general-discussion/can-someone-summarize-ken-cartwright-outcome-me
No comment. KCKX is now Coyboy Country, and I do not know where he is now. Which gives good mile range? AM or FM? Either one will work. I have already heard Wide Awake on the AM band.
AM is your friend for legal broadcast at the range you are looking for.
My oh so humble opinion is:
*) Build one - sstran amt-5000 is nearly impossible to beat on the kit end. Frickin awesome is how I would describe it.
*) Buy one - if you want to eventually cover a HUGE area by linking and synchronizing, go Hamilton AM 1000 with the PLL
- if you want awesome sound, no need for additional processing, great range, and don't need to cover more than 1-4 miles, the Procaster by ChezRadio is your transmitter.
All threee have fantastic support, great guys running the biz, and super cool results.
I also think that it's important to point out that the radio on the receiving end is perhaps the most important factor for good range.
Car radios are far more sensitive than ordinary consumer radios, and have the advantage that their antennas are out in the open - that's the kind of equipment that will get a mile + range.
If you're dealing with Sony boomboxes and the like, located inside a house, you'll be lucky to get 500 feet.
My town is about 4.811 square miles, so, I'm guessing 6 miles, will work for me. We already have a station broadcasting over 200 miles, but, 6 miles, serves a better community, than 370,000 people. ~From AllAccess.
There's no legal way for a Part 15 AM station to get 6 miles range, even to a car radio (again, you'll get maybe a mile or a bit more in ideal conditions).
The only way to cover 6 miles is to have multiple transmitters. Either on different frequencies (east) or on the same frequency but synchronized (difficult).
Yeah? But is that illegal?
If each transmitter conforms to Part 15 rules, then in the U.S., it is legal to have more than one transmitter. Synchronized or otherwise.
If you are in another country, that may not be the case. In Canada, for instance (where I am located), it is not legal to have more than one unlicensed transmitter broadcasting the same material at the same time - hence, you can't synchronize. You can, however, have 2 transmitters broadcasting different material.
In Canada, for instance (where I am located), it is not legal to have more than one unlicensed transmitter broadcasting the same material at the same time - hence, you can't synchronize. You can, however, have 2 transmitters broadcasting different material.
That makes no sense.
WHAT IF a Canadien unlicensed low power pair broadcast the same program AT TWO DIFFERENT LATENCIES?
That would give them "the different edge."