Engineering periodicals(ads)... heck ebay might have some! Also, noticed when WCRS was on today, their signal was getting hammered by winf.
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You might mention to WCRS that LPFMS cannot use translators like 98.3. Also, You cannot use a translator to extend the reach of any class radio station. They are used to plug holes in the predicted coverage conturs of full power radio stations only. I do not know who they are getting away with this one. I do not know how a translator even got licenmsed on 98.3 in Granview since they are second channel ajacent to WNCI which is another FCC no no. Its in the LPFM / Translator rules....Look it up!! You also have minimum monthly broadcast hours even in a shared enviorment. I do not believe either party is living up to the Minimum since when I tune in most of the time there is carrier with no audio yet another FCC no no. No Audio No Carrier....
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mikenci said:
You might, but you'd be wrong. LPFMs can be relayed on translators, and WCRS-LP is far from the only one doing so.
Also, you can absolutely use a translator to extend the reach of a radio station, so long as the translator is owned by a different party. That's what the service was originally established for, after all. "Fill-in" translators came much later.
And when you do, you'll find that the translator rules (in Part 74) do indeed allow for second-adjacent operation, so long as specific rules regarding desired/undesired (D/U) signal ratios are followed, and so long as there's no population within the interference area determined by those D/U ratios.
Each party is living up to the share-time agreement initially established among the multiple winners of the 102.1 channel, and those share-time agreements trump the minimum operating-hours rules.
Scott Fybush said:
Actually, there is another interesting situation here, Only one station is being translated, WCRS, WCRX, the other timeshare partner is not being translated, as the FCC saids that only one channel can be translated..
In this case, the FCC says that the channel is not the 102.1 frequency, odd since the FCC "channel" is normally the frequency, but the individual licensee.. stating
(e) An FM translator shall not deliberately retransmit the signals of
any station other than the station it is authorized to retransmit.
Precautions shall be taken to avoid unintentional retransmission of
such other signals.
odd, since the stations use the exact same transmitter and antenna, and the stations have been doing this for years. Most people see this rule as not inadvertently translating out of town signals, but not the folks in the Audio Bureau This policy is against the wishes of the translator owner, a complaint was filed, based on a "listener" who didn't like one of the two stations. But on a grander scale, this means that if there is any other instance nationwide, that multiple licensees are using a translator, they are in violation of the FCC rules...
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