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- Subject: Re: Look for hurricane emergency AM operations
- From: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:48:43 +0000 (UTC)
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Is an STA necessary for an emergency situation like this? I don't think so. Filing and waiting for the authority to be granted takes time that may not exist. The FCC doesn't act on STA filings right away. They still have to go through channels. Sometimes things happen on weekends when it's more or less closed.
I can't imagine the FCC having a problem with a station using facilities other than those licensed during and especially after an emergency without an STA. Public safety has to come first. Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, CA, IRCA via DXLD) Good point (gh)
STA would not be necessary to operate the daytime facility at night.
73.1250(f) allows such operation in emergency situations. This is
supposed to only be allowed if regular unlimited-time service is not
serving the public need. I doubt the FCC would try to second-guess a
station that was actually broadcasting emergency information (if they
stayed on to carry a football game, on the other hand... oops:) ).
As I read it, STA would be required to run the nighttime facility in
non-directional mode. That STA would be easily obtainable in an emergency such as this. Indeed, the Commission today released a list of contacts & phone numbers for such requests (and yes, you can get an STA over the phone). == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, NRC-AM via DXLD)
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On Fri, 10/7/16, Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Subject: Look for hurricane emergency AM operations
To: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: am@xxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, abdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, October 7, 2016, 12:03 AM
Hello Glenn: With the arrival of
Hurricane Matthew on Florida's east coast, it will be
interesting to see if WOKV 690 gets an STA for overnight
operation of the 50 kW ND daytime facility at Orange Park
along the St. Johns River. If so, this will be a good DX
catch. As a former resident of Jacksonville who has been to
the site, I know that the daytime antenna base is close to
sea and river level, which allows for excellent grounding of
the copper radials. At high tide with storm surge affecting
river height, the tower tuning unit could be affected.
I'm therefore wondering if the nighttime facility on higher
ground west at Baldwin could be configured temporarily with
STA authorization to feed tower one only for ND nighttime
operation with the 25 kW transmitter. Another DX catch if
such operation develops. I'll be listening here in North
Carolina where I've heard the signal from the 50 kW
transmitter once before years ago during a similar weather
event. Best regards, (Richard Howard, Burnsville, Yancey
county, NC, NRD-545, 80' longwire at 45' height, Oct 5,
WORLD OF RADIO 1846, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And of course many other MW stations could go onto emergency
facilities, day powers/patterns at night, enhancing local
and DX coverage (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
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