Hey,
Hey,
I am the current station manager at WCCR (formely WBCR AM/FM) and I have been a long time enthusiast of LPAM, and have been convincing the school to make this move. Our campus is small enough to have one transmitter cover its area, so the LPAM (25-300 Watts) is well beyond useless to us, and the LPAM-100mw reach is what we are shooting for.
What I Ask of this community, which has so dearly helped me with forms, questions, and answers, is that a Local Station Operator, preferablly one with an engineering background, offer some sort of consulting for the school. It would be a paid position for the help.
We are located in Camden, NJ (not the deadly part) just outside of philadelphia. Our plan is take advantage of the FCC Part 15, 5 Transmitter allowance to increase our spread to the corners of campus.
As, I frequent this site from my personal home computer, I encourage any interested to email me at sgottfri at camden dot rutgers dot edu
I regret that I cannot offer any on site help but maybe a few more details from you about the school would prompt some comments here which would guide you. Describe the campus, how big, how many buildings, etc.
My experience in a campus setting was with carrier current AM where we used multiple transmitters around campus (this was at the Univ. of Cincinnati...big place, lots of buildings and lots of listeners). Carrier current may work better than over the air given the interference that plagues the AM band these days but details would help predict this.
I think the best you will get from this board is advice on what may or may not work and how to proceed. It would be great if someone here could respond to your on site request, but lacking that some here may be able to offer suggestions and help.
Neil
I think the 5-transmitter limit specifies how many transmitters a single individual may construct, as differentiated from a manufacturer who would obviously make more than 5. But I believe there is no limit on the number of certified pre-built transmitters one may own.
This is likely a moot point because you probably won't need 5 transmitters in any case.
You might contact WLOY, which covers a small campus in Baltimore, plus the surrounding neighborhoods, with five synchronized Rangemasters. The station manager there should be able to give you technical advice.