Unwritten Rules
Posted on March 10, 2012
The Part 15 Rules as they are written are sketchy. As such, I believe the Rules therefore allow certain creative interpretation.
The Part 15 Rules as they are written are sketchy. As such, I believe the Rules therefore allow certain creative interpretation.
I believe 15.219, defining the conditions for AM broadcast, are in fact an “ideal situation sketch”, describing the circumstances at high sun during a day.
Because the FCC Rules are based in mathematical logic, we can therefore extrapolate what other meanings might be inferred based more on the poetics of living in a changing world, where night is significantly different than day.
It is my judgement, sitting upon the seat of transcendental oversight, that a Part 15 AM station is (by silent implication) allowed to boost power so as to always equal the signal coverage of that perfect mid-day model.
Next question is, what “input power to the final stage” will it take to replicate daytime performance?
