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Hi Rich,

I know within the past five years, at least during the Obama and Trump Administration, the top Commissioners have been approached about it. They don’t know anything.

It would take a FCC Attorney with studies done to present to the Audio Division’s Engineering Staff. I have met one of them. I know Mark hates me to bring up “politics”,…[Read more]

Rich,

Let me ask you this a simple question, if we or another party filled for a modification or amendment to 15.219, allowing the ground lead to exceed 3 meters (not the antenna) would you oppose it?

Hi Rich,

In this drawing you posted, it appears this this Dipole is to be 10 meters above the ground (the soil). It hit me this morning, could we could this down to 5 meters, which breaks it down to 16.4 feet. Or perhaps you can run in your software in theroy, we could go down a bit more to 4 meters, that’s 13 feet, 1.48 inches. This clears the…[Read more]

On the situation with Ken Cartwright, seems from what I read the FCC Field Agent, Mr. Nguyen was willing to help Ken make his operation legal, in fact, in one location where Ken Cartwright had a Hamilton Rangemaster in use, I take it Ken was using a metal roof for a group lead or attached the ground lead of the Hamilton Rangemaster to the metal…[Read more]

Hi Rich, and for Mark in Toronto,

There is that human side of me saying “don’t give up” there is a way. I believe we all feel that way.

I agree 100 percent, the Ferrite Filter Choke is not a switch, it is a filter to minimize field strength. I believe that was what Mr. Hamilton designed it for.

I look back to a article written on Wednesday,…[Read more]

Hi Rich,

I think maybe you have misunderstood where I was asking where to put the Ferrite Filter Choke at. I didn’t get a chance to read your full reply post, but this is what I was thinking to make it simple.

Let me reverse what to you what I had in mind to you. Let’s take the Chez Procaster. On the bottom on the metal box, it has a lug there…[Read more]

Hi Rich,

You are very correct on the ground conductivity! I know you worked many years for Harris (now Gates Air). In 1997, me and my Dad traveled to Quincy, Illinois and bought a Harris (Gates One) Solid State Transmitter. My Dad saw me beating my brains out, spending money on trying to keep a Collins 20V-3 Transmitter running.

We had a coil up…[Read more]

Hi Rich,

I’ve seen this chart before, but I needed to study it a bit. I fully understand what you chart is tell us. There is a large increase in field strength with a longer ground wire, even if we attach that wire to a ground rod 5 to 8 feet deep. My Consultant Engineer look at it and agrees as well.

One fact I wanted to ask you, wouldn’t…[Read more]

To Mark, Tim, and All You Good Folks,

I want to thank you all so much for your input!

Yes, Signal strength is only half of the problem. As I mentioned, severe thunderstorms are very much more common in the southeastern part of the United States than the northern border of the country, just my opinion.

The problem is here in the U.S. and I’m…[Read more]

To Mark, Tim, and All You Good Folks,

I want to thank you all so much for your input! Signal strength is only half of the problem. As I mentioned, severe thunderstorms are very much more common in the southeastern part of the United States than the northern border of the country, just my opinion.

The problem is here in the U.S. and I’m sure in…[Read more]

Mark,

I spoke with Bill Baker of Information Station Specialist, the manufacturer who bought the rights to the Talking House. They are a United States owned corporation. Radio World has done some articles on them. They also manufacturer antennas and transmitters for TIS Stations in the U.S. and Canada as well as now Emergency Antennas for…[Read more]

Hi Mark,

I didn’t think about logging in until the last day of January. First month of the new year has been fine. Going to go get the booster vaccine shot this week.

My Procaster is doing good. I have it inside with a antenna like yours on 1620. Down here, the channel is very clear during the Daytime,  a little clutter at night, but I haven’t…[Read more]

Hi Mark & All,

Happy New Year to All, I hope you all had a Nice Holiday with Family and Friends.

I noticed some of you brought up “Hobby Broadcaster”. I got into a short debate with him on Twitter on why he didn’t allow new people to join his discussions forum on his webpage, which I feel it helps so much to talk to other Part 15 users. Many of…[Read more]

Hey Ya’ll, from the Southeastern part of America. I hope everybody is fine, your heath is good as we are going into Fall. Our night temperatures are falling into the 50s to almost the upper 40s! Some leaves are coming off the trees here!

I haven’t logged in for a while. I’ve sort of lost interest in my Chez Procaster AM Transmitter. Last week,…[Read more]

Hey Ya’ll, from the Southeastern part of America. I hope everybody is fine, your heath is good as we are going into Fall. Our night temperatures are falling into the 50s to almost the upper 40s! Some leaves are coming off the trees here!

I haven’t logged in for a while. I’ve sort of lost interest in my Chez Procaster AM Transmitter. Last week, a…[Read more]

Hi Mark,

Let’s for a moment remove the “Legal Rules” for a moment. Is the Spitfire Hurricane just as good as the Chez Procaster? We wouldn’t really know until it was tested. It would be a cheaper alternative to a Procaster or Rangemaster. A test doing the same set up as you doing with the Procaster and seeing the results would be…[Read more]

I saw that on Ebay a few weeks ago and thought it was very interesting. I’m thinking that in the United States, even if it meets FCC 15.219 specifications, the FCC must give it certification. The Chez Procaster and Hamilton Rangemaster have that. The FCC gave them certification numbers for their transmitters. These transmitter overseas (away from…[Read more]

Hi Mark

Seems like back in the 70s, as I was a kid and into my teen years, 1190 WOWO experimented with the Adult Contemporary Format of the day. This may sound strange, but this is very true, back in the 70s, WSM-AM in Nashville, Tennessee was Adult Contemporary during the Daytime Hours, then sometime around 6 or 7 PM Central Time, WSM switched…[Read more]