Main Studio equipment requirement

[rdalton]

The FCC says a main studio is required to be outfitted with "type accepted" equipment.

What equipment does the FCC require to be type accepted?

I didn't realize until reading that phrase that the audio chain prior to the transmission had type accepted requirements. I had thought it was just the transmission part.<P ID="signature">______________
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[zachm]

> The FCC says a main studio is required to be outfitted with
> "type accepted" equipment.
>
What!? We can't build a studio with a radio shack mixer and cassette player?<P ID="signature">______________
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[Andy_Brown]

> The FCC says a main studio is required to be outfitted with
> "type accepted" equipment.
>
> What equipment does the FCC require to be type accepted?
>
> I didn't realize until reading that phrase that the audio
> chain prior to the transmission had type accepted
> requirements. I had thought it was just the transmission
> part.
>


http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/filing/ead/geninfo.html

Test Site List http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/database/testsite/
Equipment Authorization Database https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm
Part 15 Interpretations http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/database/letters/
Public Notice http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/ then link to "Public Notices"
Orders http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/ then link to "Orders"
Bulletins http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/documents/bulletins/
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[Kyle_Hojem]

> What!? We can't build a studio with a radio shack mixer and
> cassette player?

I'm still a bit confused on what this requirement requires.
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[Ed_Walker]

audio equipment is not subject to type-acceptance. Your STL and
transmitter need type acceptance and EAS gear...but thats it.

Try to find a type-acceptance sticker on a audio console. Not
there.

Yes, you can go the Radio Shack route if you are.

 

[SamBuca]

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[zachm]

> audio equipment is not subject to type-acceptance. Your STL
> and
> transmitter need type acceptance and EAS gear...but thats
> it.
>
> Try to find a type-acceptance sticker on a audio console.
> Not
> there.
>
> Yes, you can go the Radio Shack route if you are.
>

It was a bad attempt at a joke..<P ID="signature">______________
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[tpt]

My one FM is a Starguide, computer and Mackie. But we can and do switch production studio on line for live programing.

 

[tpt]

Some people are too touchy.

1. The studio must be capable of originating programing;
2. It must be possible to control the transmitter from this location (a moot point, with dial-up remotes);
3. The studio must be capable of receiving and relaying (consistent with EAS rules) tests (RWT/RMT) and EAN's. Here's the type-accpted part--a type accepted EAS unit must be in place to do this, and it must be monitoring at least two sources, consistent with the "state plan."
4. It would be nice if there is an STL that it be licensed and the license actually corresponded with actual operation.

More important is the management/staff presence rules and the requirements for a public file to be available during normal business hours, which have been defined as at least 8 hours between 8 and 6duirng the week. Hours should be posted if the custom for staff in your area is to come in at 7:30 then all head off to the "wagon wheel" for supper at 10:30. Just so that you don't have a p'od "compliance officer waiting for you when you get back at a little before noon.

P.S. Years ago Radio Shack had a nice portable stereo mixer. Used it at WSPD for remotes<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by tpt on 04/02/06 06:07 PM.</FONT></P>