Thanks for posting the transmitter reading, now are you going to post the transmitter logs?
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Nielsen figured out one of the fake translators: KFNC-F2
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Why would there be 50 watts of forward power, and 24 watts of reflected power. Sounds like a quality escape in the engineering department. If it is beyond the Assistant Diector of Technology's field of expertise, he could always call in a contractor to handle this problem.
I think this *is* the contractor! 🤡
you have no right to demand, and barely a right to ask that.
I really wouldnt post them if i were him.. He owes you nothing
I just went back and looked at the picture..
If the transmitter was running 50 FWD and 24W RFL, SWR should shut that down.. i have worked with transmtiters that shut down on way less then 50 percent reflected.
If not, someones defeated the SWR shut down protection and will burn up that transmitter shortly
OR... theyve somehow muted the RF from going out but have momentarily changed the settings to something lower
Somethign is fishy here
The picture is bogus.
I think thats a stretch, insomuch as.. the transmitter operated that way for some moments in time... but 50W FWD and 24W RFL....... so lets say that bumped up to 500, 1kw, 2 whatever.
... when ive had SWR issues on my transmtiters.. i have one that requires 180W TPO and when RFL got above 10 percent of FWD, the sucker would shut down.. but when id start low and crank it up TPO wise, the SWR would obviously increase to the same percentage at higher powers.
So, i wanna know.. is this transmtiter running into a poor dummy load? they made an effport to show its a current pic...that newspaper
Or if they turned it down for the pic.... can you imagine if its running 1kw or whatever,m how much the RFL must be and how they havent fried the transmitter yet?
That looks like an old 1990s era 100 watt Elettronika FM. The displays were notoriously inaccurate.
can we see the 104.5 transmitter lol I mean it's in the next room.
So wouldn’t posting the transmitter logs back up what the picture says? That’s why I asked about them being posted. I wasn’t demanding they be posted.
We have to wait til tomorrow’s paper comes out
I’m curious about the actual output of 94.1 and 105.3. Their coverage shouldn’t be comparable with KAMA
The FCC inspector needs to barge into the Wells Fargo building and look at every single transmitter up there. Without telling anyone. Have another inspector a mile away continuously record the field strengths of every translator in case the owner remotely turns down the power upon seeing the inspector on camera.
And have the police there in case someone shows up during the inspection and threatens to throw him off the roof.
And have the police there in case someone shows up during the inspection and threatens to throw him off the roof.
This is a false accusation and our legal team is going to pursue action against anyone who causes harm to these stations. I reiterate that every single station I represent, including K223CW-FM is in compliance with all FCC rules.
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Personally, I believe the picture posted of the transmitter reading earlier in this thread is real.
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Well guys it was nice discussing radio with y'all. @HoustonLife got me locked up for life. I didn't know K223CW-FM's originating station was really KAMA HD7. And when I thought I heard the translator in Baytown I was really in Montrose. Don't make the same mistakes I did.
OK, sure. So what's the originating station? It is a matter of record that K223CW carries Sugar Land baseball (it's a great ballpark, btw!)
If you say "KFNC-FM" is the originating station, well, Sugar Land baseball is not on KFNC-FM. There's no FCC rule that allows a translator to break away from its originating station for a three-hour baseball game. And there's no KFNC-HD2.
I'll remind your "legal team" that truth is an absolute defense against a libel charge. Govern yourself accordingly, as the lawyers say...
In that case, my recommendation is that the Federal Communications Commission call out a special strike team, and raid this rogue baseball team, just as they did with Houston Radio Platinum not too long ago. It doesn't matter if they aren't the licensee of the translator, and it doesn't matter if no citations are issued or no boxes of allegedly-classified materials are seized. The point is harasment, not enforcement.
I understand the A Team is available next week. They should call Hannibal Smith, Faceman Peck, Howling Mad Murdock, and B.A. Baracus, and send them in through the back door of the dugout. That will make that politically-correct translator go silent for awhile.
I love it when a plan comes together!
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