Calm Seas
Posted on September 3, 2012
Brought to alert by recent warnings that there is some kind of a big crack down, from a few members who took to the hills of non participation, I first looked out the window.
Brought to alert by recent warnings that there is some kind of a big crack down, from a few members who took to the hills of non participation, I first looked out the window.
A guy was walking two tiny designer dogs for his girlfriend, nice of him. No surveillance by triangulation.
In any case, I reviewed my stations for compliance. 101.9 and 107.1 were so weak I can hardly get them only a few feet away, coming from certified Mickey Mouse transmitters.
AM 970, the carrier current station, was last set as low as it will go, 1/4-Watt, and then turned off anyway, since there’s more to be done regarding feild measurement to assure compliance.
AM 1550, the AMT3000, has recently been upgraded with a triangular loading coil and two-pole baseboard ground radial driving the Wintenna (window frame as antenna), and has its resonant signal which falls off rapidly at the public sidewalk.
AM1680, the AMT5000, another Wintenna installation, happens to reach a block or two, so I considered my frequent statement that “I am not trying to reach an audience”, and shut it down.
Looking at the wider world a visit was paid to the FCC Enforcement database and noticed that NOUO (Notice of Unauthorized Operation)letters between June and the end of August included about 5 FM stations in various states measured at field strengths well above the part 15 limit.
No trouble on AM, except for a few licensed stations who had discrepancies.
The big crack down has yet to arrive.
