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Flagstaff: "Fox Sports 1650" unlicensed station contacted by FCC
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Do they post that on the door or something?
U
upnorth
Guest
OK, here we go...AGAIN!
Yes, we had a visit from the Feds in May. Very interesting, very informative and the agents were very cool! Nice guys, believe it or not! It seems we've made a bunch of waves with our professional FOX SPORTS, JIM ROME programming and growing advertising revenue in the past few months.
We went on the air in November 2004. We are, and have been, 100% compliant with ALL FCC rules and regs.
We have hired and retained the very best professionals in all of radio to do this project. It has been going on for almost two years now! And, we have a nice "stable" of FCC lawyers on retainer to defend our position if these "undocumented" reports continue. We know who is causing the "waves."
Our next step will be to file libel and slander lawsuits against our misguided accusers. These ridiculous claims are without any basis or warrant. It is simply a case of "small town radio folk" not wanting any further competition. That's it. End of story.
We filed our authorized FCC response last week. A small technicality that we addressed immeadiately. It is amazing to us the "stir" our little "pea-shooter" low power AM radio station has caused in this market!
Let's debunk this thread right now. Please call me directly with any questions or comments on our project! This is getting silly.
LASTLY...thank you for the overwhelming response thus far! AMAZING!
BILL HAGEN 928 607-3800
Bill Hagen
Overdrive Media
Overdrive Direct Mail
Overdrive Broadcasting
Out The Window Advertising
Click here for our ad agency website: OVERDRIVE MEDIA
Click here for our direct mail website: OVERDRIVE DIRECT MAIL
Click here for our radio station website: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1650 FLAGSTAFF!
Click here for our cable TV channel: FOX SPORTS RADIO CABLE TV CHANNEL 99
Yes, we had a visit from the Feds in May. Very interesting, very informative and the agents were very cool! Nice guys, believe it or not! It seems we've made a bunch of waves with our professional FOX SPORTS, JIM ROME programming and growing advertising revenue in the past few months.
We went on the air in November 2004. We are, and have been, 100% compliant with ALL FCC rules and regs.
We have hired and retained the very best professionals in all of radio to do this project. It has been going on for almost two years now! And, we have a nice "stable" of FCC lawyers on retainer to defend our position if these "undocumented" reports continue. We know who is causing the "waves."
Our next step will be to file libel and slander lawsuits against our misguided accusers. These ridiculous claims are without any basis or warrant. It is simply a case of "small town radio folk" not wanting any further competition. That's it. End of story.
We filed our authorized FCC response last week. A small technicality that we addressed immeadiately. It is amazing to us the "stir" our little "pea-shooter" low power AM radio station has caused in this market!
Let's debunk this thread right now. Please call me directly with any questions or comments on our project! This is getting silly.
LASTLY...thank you for the overwhelming response thus far! AMAZING!
BILL HAGEN 928 607-3800
Bill Hagen
Overdrive Media
Overdrive Direct Mail
Overdrive Broadcasting
Out The Window Advertising
Click here for our ad agency website: OVERDRIVE MEDIA
Click here for our direct mail website: OVERDRIVE DIRECT MAIL
Click here for our radio station website: FOX SPORTS RADIO 1650 FLAGSTAFF!
Click here for our cable TV channel: FOX SPORTS RADIO CABLE TV CHANNEL 99
> OK, here we go...AGAIN!
>
> Yes, we had a visit from the Feds in May. Very interesting,
> very informative and the agents were very cool! Nice guys,
> believe it or not! It seems we've made a bunch of waves with
> our professional FOX SPORTS, JIM ROME programming and
> growing advertising revenue in the past few months.
>
It's nice to hear about a successful Part 15. We report on the information on the Enforcement Bureau. Sounds like you got your ducks in a row here. Good luck with the station.
ec
>
> Yes, we had a visit from the Feds in May. Very interesting,
> very informative and the agents were very cool! Nice guys,
> believe it or not! It seems we've made a bunch of waves with
> our professional FOX SPORTS, JIM ROME programming and
> growing advertising revenue in the past few months.
>
It's nice to hear about a successful Part 15. We report on the information on the Enforcement Bureau. Sounds like you got your ducks in a row here. Good luck with the station.
ec
Z
zumahans1
Guest
You didn't address the point.
> We filed our authorized FCC response last week. A small
> technicality that we addressed immeadiately.
OK, Bill. Let's see your FCC response.
What technicality?
Were you running too hot?
> We filed our authorized FCC response last week. A small
> technicality that we addressed immeadiately.
OK, Bill. Let's see your FCC response.
What technicality?
Were you running too hot?
> http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-260037A1.html
Here's the (somewhat hard-to-find) text of CFR 15.209:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
PART 15_RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES--Table of Contents
Subpart C_Intentional Radiators
Sec. 15.209 Radiated emission limits; general requirements.
(a) Except as provided elsewhere in this subpart, the emissions from
an intentional radiator shall not exceed the field strength levels
specified in the following table:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Measurement
Frequency (MHz) Field strength distance
(microvolts/meter) (meters)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.009-0.490...................... 2400/F(kHz) 300
0.490-1.705...................... 24000/F(kHz) 30
1.705-30.0....................... 30 30
30-88............................ 100 ** 3
88-216........................... 150 ** 3
216-960.......................... 200 ** 3
Above 960........................ 500 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------
** Except as provided in paragraph (g), fundamental emissions from
intentional radiators operating under this section shall not be
located in the frequency bands 54-72 MHz, 76-88 MHz, 174-216 MHz or
470-806 MHz. However, operation within these frequency bands is
permItted under other sections of this part, e.g., Sec. Sec. 15.231
and 15.241.
(b) In the emission table above, the tighter limit applies at the
band edges.
(c) The level of any unwanted emissions from an intentional radiator
operating under these general provisions shall not exceed the level of
the fundamental emission. For intentional radiators which operate under
the provisions of other sections within this part and which are required
to reduce their unwanted emissions to the limits specified in this
table, the limits in this table are based on the frequency of the
[[Page 809]]
unwanted emission and not the fundamental frequency. However, the level
of any unwanted emissions shall not exceed the level of the fundamental
frequency.
(d) The emission limits shown in the above table are based on
measurements employing a CISPR quasi-peak detector except for the
frequency bands 9-90 kHz, 110-490 kHz and above 1000 MHz. Radiated
emission limits in these three bands are based on measurements employing
an average detector.
(e) The provisions in Sec. Sec. 15.31, 15.33, and 15.35 for
measuring emissions at distances other than the distances specified in
the above table, determining the frequency range over which radiated
emissions are to be measured, and limiting peak emissions apply to all
devices operated under this part.
(f) In accordance with Sec. 15.33(a), in some cases the emissions
from an intentional radiator must be measured to beyond the tenth
harmonic of the highest fundamental frequency designed to be emitted by
the intentional radiator because of the incorporation of a digital
device. If measurements above the tenth harmonic are so required, the
radiated emissions above the tenth harmonic shall comply with the
general radiated emission limits applicable to the incorporated digital
device, as shown in Sec. 15.109 and as based on the frequency of the
emission being measured, or, except for emissions contained in the
restricted frequency bands shown in Sec. 15.205, the limit on spurious
emissions specified for the intentional radiator, whichever is the
higher limit. Emissions which must be measured above the tenth harmonic
of the highest fundamental frequency designed to be emitted by the
intentional radiator and which fall within the restricted bands shall
comply with the general radiated emission limits in Sec. 15.109 that
are applicable to the incorporated digital device.
(g) Perimeter protection systems may operate in the 54-72 MHz and
76-88 MHz bands under the provisions of this section. The use of such
perimeter protection systems is limited to industrial, business and
commercial applications.
[54 FR 17714, Apr. 25, 1989; 54 FR 32339, Aug. 7, 1989; 55 FR 18340, May
2, 1990; 62 FR 58658, Oct. 30, 1997]
----------------------------------
Source: http://frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov/cg...docID=492379278500+68+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
Here's the (somewhat hard-to-find) text of CFR 15.209:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
PART 15_RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES--Table of Contents
Subpart C_Intentional Radiators
Sec. 15.209 Radiated emission limits; general requirements.
(a) Except as provided elsewhere in this subpart, the emissions from
an intentional radiator shall not exceed the field strength levels
specified in the following table:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Measurement
Frequency (MHz) Field strength distance
(microvolts/meter) (meters)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.009-0.490...................... 2400/F(kHz) 300
0.490-1.705...................... 24000/F(kHz) 30
1.705-30.0....................... 30 30
30-88............................ 100 ** 3
88-216........................... 150 ** 3
216-960.......................... 200 ** 3
Above 960........................ 500 3
------------------------------------------------------------------------
** Except as provided in paragraph (g), fundamental emissions from
intentional radiators operating under this section shall not be
located in the frequency bands 54-72 MHz, 76-88 MHz, 174-216 MHz or
470-806 MHz. However, operation within these frequency bands is
permItted under other sections of this part, e.g., Sec. Sec. 15.231
and 15.241.
(b) In the emission table above, the tighter limit applies at the
band edges.
(c) The level of any unwanted emissions from an intentional radiator
operating under these general provisions shall not exceed the level of
the fundamental emission. For intentional radiators which operate under
the provisions of other sections within this part and which are required
to reduce their unwanted emissions to the limits specified in this
table, the limits in this table are based on the frequency of the
[[Page 809]]
unwanted emission and not the fundamental frequency. However, the level
of any unwanted emissions shall not exceed the level of the fundamental
frequency.
(d) The emission limits shown in the above table are based on
measurements employing a CISPR quasi-peak detector except for the
frequency bands 9-90 kHz, 110-490 kHz and above 1000 MHz. Radiated
emission limits in these three bands are based on measurements employing
an average detector.
(e) The provisions in Sec. Sec. 15.31, 15.33, and 15.35 for
measuring emissions at distances other than the distances specified in
the above table, determining the frequency range over which radiated
emissions are to be measured, and limiting peak emissions apply to all
devices operated under this part.
(f) In accordance with Sec. 15.33(a), in some cases the emissions
from an intentional radiator must be measured to beyond the tenth
harmonic of the highest fundamental frequency designed to be emitted by
the intentional radiator because of the incorporation of a digital
device. If measurements above the tenth harmonic are so required, the
radiated emissions above the tenth harmonic shall comply with the
general radiated emission limits applicable to the incorporated digital
device, as shown in Sec. 15.109 and as based on the frequency of the
emission being measured, or, except for emissions contained in the
restricted frequency bands shown in Sec. 15.205, the limit on spurious
emissions specified for the intentional radiator, whichever is the
higher limit. Emissions which must be measured above the tenth harmonic
of the highest fundamental frequency designed to be emitted by the
intentional radiator and which fall within the restricted bands shall
comply with the general radiated emission limits in Sec. 15.109 that
are applicable to the incorporated digital device.
(g) Perimeter protection systems may operate in the 54-72 MHz and
76-88 MHz bands under the provisions of this section. The use of such
perimeter protection systems is limited to industrial, business and
commercial applications.
[54 FR 17714, Apr. 25, 1989; 54 FR 32339, Aug. 7, 1989; 55 FR 18340, May
2, 1990; 62 FR 58658, Oct. 30, 1997]
----------------------------------
Source: http://frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov/cg...docID=492379278500+68+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
U
upnorth
Guest
Re: You didn't address the point.
Our ground was not the way it should be per Part 15 rules and regs. We got our engineer up here less than 24 from the notice and sent a Fed Ex package to the FCC with all documentation. I, personally, have been assured by the District director in a phone call last week that we are now 100% OK.
Bill Hagen
Our ground was not the way it should be per Part 15 rules and regs. We got our engineer up here less than 24 from the notice and sent a Fed Ex package to the FCC with all documentation. I, personally, have been assured by the District director in a phone call last week that we are now 100% OK.
Bill Hagen
Re: You didn't address the point.
> Our ground was not the way it should be per Part 15 rules
> and regs. We got our engineer up here less than 24 from the
> notice and sent a Fed Ex package to the FCC with all
> documentation. I, personally, have been assured by the
> District director in a phone call last week that we are now
> 100% OK.
>
> Bill Hagen
Fascinating. It seems there may be two ways of looking at this, either by the strict radiation limit given in the CFR 15.209 chart I posted above, or through this alternate language:
"(a) Except as provided elsewhere in this subpart, the emissions from
an intentional radiator shall not exceed the field strength levels
specified in the following table:"
So then we have an alternate scenario: a properly installed Part 15 transmitter, with particular attention paid to the installation method given in the Rules apparently qualifies, regardless of the field strength. Note: a particular brand of transmitter is FCC Certified and can go a long way, when installed according to Part 15.
> Our ground was not the way it should be per Part 15 rules
> and regs. We got our engineer up here less than 24 from the
> notice and sent a Fed Ex package to the FCC with all
> documentation. I, personally, have been assured by the
> District director in a phone call last week that we are now
> 100% OK.
>
> Bill Hagen
Fascinating. It seems there may be two ways of looking at this, either by the strict radiation limit given in the CFR 15.209 chart I posted above, or through this alternate language:
"(a) Except as provided elsewhere in this subpart, the emissions from
an intentional radiator shall not exceed the field strength levels
specified in the following table:"
So then we have an alternate scenario: a properly installed Part 15 transmitter, with particular attention paid to the installation method given in the Rules apparently qualifies, regardless of the field strength. Note: a particular brand of transmitter is FCC Certified and can go a long way, when installed according to Part 15.
Well I'll be...
http://www.jimrome.com/home/apr/affiliate_list.html
Premiere even sent you a Starguide?
http://www.jimrome.com/home/apr/affiliate_list.html
Premiere even sent you a Starguide?
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