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Radio Sandy Springs

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An interesting article came through my e-mail about a part-15 station in Sandy Springs, GA.

Here is their website: http://www.radiosandysprings.com/

They use multiple AM TXs to cover their town and just do community affairs programming complete with local advertising.

I thought this quote at the end of the article was of particular interest:

"Moxley, when asked, said he couldn't afford to buy a
regular, licensed station and that his station does for the community what
higher-power Atlanta stations can't. If this is allowed to stand, a whole
new crop of AMs-equivalent to a 500-watt licensed AM coverage-may
proliferate across the nation, super-serving communities. Also, the FCC's
failure to rapidly process and grant licenses leaves holes for service that
needs to be provided. So people are just setting up shop to what needs to be
done for their communities. It's not always about X-rated Rap lyrics and
on-air cussing-this time it's established citizens interfacing with the
local government and community as a real licensed station would operate."

You can quibble all you want about legal output power and run all the numbers to prove a point, but at the end of the day this is what it's really all about.

db
 
> An interesting article came through my e-mail about a
> part-15 station in Sandy Springs, GA.
>
> Here is their website: http://www.radiosandysprings.com/
>
> They use multiple AM TXs to cover their town and just do
> community affairs programming complete with local
> advertising.
>
> I thought this quote at the end of the article was of
> particular interest:
>
> "Moxley, when asked, said he couldn't afford to buy a
> regular, licensed station and that his station does for the
> community what
> higher-power Atlanta stations can't. If this is allowed to
> stand, a whole
> new crop of AMs-equivalent to a 500-watt licensed AM
> coverage-may
> proliferate across the nation, super-serving communities.
> Also, the FCC's
> failure to rapidly process and grant licenses leaves holes
> for service that
> needs to be provided. So people are just setting up shop to
> what needs to be
> done for their communities. It's not always about X-rated
> Rap lyrics and
> on-air cussing-this time it's established citizens
> interfacing with the
> local government and community as a real licensed station
> would operate."
>
> You can quibble all you want about legal output power and
> run all the numbers to prove a point, but at the end of the
> day this is what it's really all about.
>
> db
>

Here is the article in its entirety, if anyone's interested.

http://www.rbr.com/epaper/pages/january06/06-20_news1.html

db
 
> > An interesting article came through my e-mail about a
> > part-15 station in Sandy Springs, GA.
> >
> > Here is their website: http://www.radiosandysprings.com/
>
> >
> > They use multiple AM TXs to cover their town and just do
> > community affairs programming complete with local
> > advertising.
> >
> > I thought this quote at the end of the article was of
> > particular interest:
> >
> > "Moxley, when asked, said he couldn't afford to buy a
> > regular, licensed station and that his station does for
> the
> > community what
> > higher-power Atlanta stations can't. If this is allowed to
>
> > stand, a whole
> > new crop of AMs-equivalent to a 500-watt licensed AM
> > coverage-may
> > proliferate across the nation, super-serving communities.
> > Also, the FCC's
> > failure to rapidly process and grant licenses leaves holes
>
> > for service that
> > needs to be provided. So people are just setting up shop
> to
> > what needs to be
> > done for their communities. It's not always about X-rated
> > Rap lyrics and
> > on-air cussing-this time it's established citizens
> > interfacing with the
> > local government and community as a real licensed station
> > would operate."
> >
> > You can quibble all you want about legal output power and
> > run all the numbers to prove a point, but at the end of
> the
> > day this is what it's really all about.
> >
> > db
> >
>
> Here is the article in its entirety, if anyone's interested.
>
>
> http://www.rbr.com/epaper/pages/january06/06-20_news1.html
>
> db
>
But I'm wondering how they get the station out to all of the transmitters. <P ID="signature">______________
Tim</P>
 
Radio Sandy Springs is running 9-12? RangeMasters, I was down there a couple months ago helping them solve a couple problem installations. They distribute the audio with telco 8K links. They have a great programming schedule, I listen over the Internet sometimes.
 
> An interesting article came through my e-mail about a
> part-15 station in Sandy Springs, GA.
>
> Here is their website: http://www.radiosandysprings.com/
>
> They use multiple AM TXs to cover their town and just do
> community affairs programming complete with local
> advertising.
>
> I thought this quote at the end of the article was of
> particular interest:
>
> "Moxley, when asked, said he couldn't afford to buy a
> regular, licensed station and that his station does for the
> community what
> higher-power Atlanta stations can't. If this is allowed to
> stand, a whole
> new crop of AMs-equivalent to a 500-watt licensed AM
> coverage-may
> proliferate across the nation, super-serving communities.
> Also, the FCC's
> failure to rapidly process and grant licenses leaves holes
> for service that
> needs to be provided. So people are just setting up shop to
> what needs to be
> done for their communities. It's not always about X-rated
> Rap lyrics and
> on-air cussing-this time it's established citizens
> interfacing with the
> local government and community as a real licensed station
> would operate."
>
> You can quibble all you want about legal output power and
> run all the numbers to prove a point, but at the end of the
> day this is what it's really all about.
>
> db
>
 
> Radio Sandy Springs is running 9-12? RangeMasters, I was
> down there a couple months ago helping them solve a couple
> problem installations. They distribute the audio with telco
> 8K links. They have a great programming schedule, I listen
> over the Internet sometimes.
>

For me, this raises the question of how many transmitters are allowed under Part-15 rules.

I was under the impression that 5 was the max.

db
 
5 is the max for homebrew transmitters, for certified transmitters there is no limit.
 
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