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The Mind Boggles

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robertsez

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It's that time, and true to my prediction, a number of LPFM Construction Permits are facing cancellation as a result of failure to construct. It is entirely baffling why someone would go to the trouble and expense to apply for a license, and in many cases compete against other applicants for an available frequency, only to lose the opportunity a couple of years later.
 
Lost opportunities, eh Robert?

No worries, though. There's still plenty of money to be made in hauling translators in to Harris County. These low powers are small bugs that would've gotten squashed, anyway. It's likely better they lost what they have now, as opposed to how much they would've lost in 5 years when they would've closed up shop and surrendered the license, anyhow.
 
purpledevil said:
Lost opportunities, eh Robert?

There's still plenty of money to be made in hauling translators in to Harris County. These low powers are small bugs that would've gotten squashed, anyway.

:cool:Purple, Not necessarily , In some cases the Translator kings pay the low power stations to just go away, or drop their opposition, so they can move in another translator, the low power boys CRY all the way to the BANK. and some do in fact survive, a friend of mine in North Texas has had low power on for over twenty years before they were even called LPFM, I don't know the class of license they were issued back then. The sad part is many of the non constructed CPs were MXed with other applicants who they beat out on points, which in many documented cases they won due to inaccurate, "FALSE" information, and some of these other applicants may well have built out and survived, but no Second chances, Nice guys finish last ?
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First Fone 65 said:
purpledevil said:
Lost opportunities, eh Robert?

There's still plenty of money to be made in hauling translators in to Harris County. These low powers are small bugs that would've gotten squashed, anyway.

:cool:Purple, Not necessarily , In some cases the Translator kings pay the low power stations to just go away
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I certainly hope that particular play isn't in your own book, there at KTTF-LP Tomball.
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purpledevil said:
First Fone 65 said:
I certainly hope that particular play isn't in your own book, there at KTTF-LP Tomball.
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:cool:No That play is not in the book, KTTF Is in the game for the long haul, What we need now is a Station manager, and team to fine tune the operations, three high schools and LSC are coming on board in the fall with each having a block of time for their own programing and productions and local ball games, some of KYBY magnolia programs may be carried as well, a work in progress, The motto is "build it and they will come" but its a very slow process.
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Mrtejano said:
I think it's a glitch in the system. It has done it to many many times
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:cool:Thanks, I think there is a little more to it than that, now it has reappeared but the "tacky" one that followed mine has not.
 
It's not a glitch in the system. I do not want this thread to revert to name calling as other Houston threads have done.
 
And now back to our regularly-scheduled program...

With LPFM CPs facing deletion due to non-construction, what is the possibility of saving them before they vanish into oblivion? Joe, this was what I mentioned to you a long, long time ago in a land far, far away regarding a "second bite of the apple." Remember that conversation?
 
JoeFM said:
Problem with that scenario is that I don't hold the purse strings. Board of D's is not going to spend money on other out of area stations, and is not going to pay thousands on more transmitters or to lease a spot on somebody else's tower. In 2014, we spent a large amount of money on a 1 KW VHF low band transmitter (Channel 5) and a 200 watt UHF midrange transmitter (Channel 25). We have a tower on our property that was donated to us for these LPTV stations. Those licenses were surrendered.
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SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!

Wait, wait, don't tell me! I think I know how this episode ends. I even know the punch line.
 
JoeFM said:
Robert, you made a reference to second bite at the apple, and I responded why that's not possible.
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Then I give up, Joe. I've told you of the opportunity, I've hinted on how it can be done, but I refuse to hold you by the hand and tell you exactly how to do it. It's quite obvious that you're not a broadcaster, and have only marginal knowledge of the governing regulations. If you did, you would already be well on your way to operating your own licensed LPFM station, as opposed to doing things your own way, which was anything but.

Good luck.
 
Not to change the subject....BUT...speaking of "steam??"
Do radio engineers on the FM side use Dehydrators in
the transmission chain?
 
Night Hawk said:
Not to change the subject....BUT...speaking of "steam??"
Do radio engineers on the FM side use Dehydrators in
the transmission chain?
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Dehydrators are used to remove moisture / pressurize transmission like to preserve and maintain its dialectric characteristics. Some systems use pressurized gas, others use dissecant to dehumidify air.
 
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