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BCI stations on open carrier since yesterday

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FreddyE1977

I've noticed that all of the BCI stations here in town (620, 770, 810, 103.1 and all related translators) have been transmitting open carrier since yesterday. I presume that means the high winds on Sunday knocked out power to the studio.

Wouldn't it be wise to turn the transmitters off and save on the electric bill?
Or would that actually require an STA?
 
FreddyE1977 said:
I've noticed that all of the BCI stations here in town (620, 770, 810, 103.1 and all related translators) have been transmitting open carrier since yesterday. I presume that means the high winds on Sunday knocked out power to the studio.

Wouldn't it be wise to turn the transmitters off and save on the electric bill?
Or would that actually require an STA?
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Yes, power was knocked out at the studios.

No STA required. You dont have to notify the FCC till youve been silent 10 days, and then you request an STA at 30 days silence
 
I hear they are back on this morning.

Curious that the transmitters remained on for all that time though.
Is that something required for EBS?
 
Unless there is circuitry that detects carrier-only condition for a given amount of time (minutes/hours/days) internal to the transmitter, due to power loss at the studio, the transmitter simply stays on.

Engineering was possibly on stand-by for when the power came back on to make sure everything else came back to life.
 
Rules say if the studio is lost you gotta automatically drop carrier. Drop STL- signal gone. Translators same way with the AM TX loss.
 
gimmus said:
Rules say if the studio is lost you gotta automatically drop carrier. Drop STL- signal gone. Translators same way with the AM TX loss.
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Interesting as that almost never seems to happen.
Several years ago when the original WZUM had their studio padlocked over unpaid rent
the open carrier remained on for over a week.
 
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