Re: [IRCA] WABV, WHPY and WCSL PSSA/PSRA INFORMATION

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

All three stations, WABV 1590 Abbeville, SC...WHPY 1590 Clayton, NC and WCSL
1590 Cherryville, NC have a 500 Watt PSRA year aroud at 6am.

WCSL has a PSSA of anywhere between 17w and 63w depending on the month and
time. WCSL has a night authorization of 42w.
WHPY has a PSSA of anywhere between 24w and 158w depending on the month and
time. WHPY has a night authorization of 25w.
WABV has a PSSA of anywhere between 10w and 50w depending on the month and
time. WABV has a night authorization of 27w

WCSL and WABV are non directional in all modes, WHPY is directional to the
N/E mostly in all time frames.

When a stations night authorization (25w to 42w) in these three cases are
MORE then their PSSA, the stations are allowed to revert to their NIGHT
authorization.

However, on a crowded channel... if a station was using 63w compared to
42w..... 25w compared to 158w or 27w to 50w. no one outside of the local
area would notice a difference.

Suffice to say, iuf you hear them clearly enug outside the immediate
Cherryville or Clayton area, they are ASSUMABLY running more then their
PSSA/Night authorizaiton. (Notice I didn't make a claim they actually were
operating out of parameters, like some DX'ers would do. .it's just a
possibility.

I hope this clears some things up

Paul "Esther Blodgett" Walker
Operations Manager/Program Director/Assistant Engineer/Secretary/Sales
Director/Cleaning Person/Chief Cook n Bottlewasher/Toilet Fixer-upper
WABV-Am 1590 Abbeville, South Caorlina
www.wabv1590.com
www.walkerbroadcasting.com

On 4/23/07, Charles A Taylor <MWDXer@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 02:00 PM 4/23/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >*** The PSSA powers were mostly not documented in FCC public records,
> >and so therefore wouldn't appear in the NRC Log unless someone had
> >firsthand knowledge of the info or those rare instances where the info
> >was in the database.
> >
> >I am usually inclined to presume that a station heard within an hour
> >after LSS ( up to two hours in Dec/Jan ) is likely operating on a PSSA,
> >the maximum power of which would be 500 watts, simply because of the
> >lack of documentation.
> >
> >Russ Edmunds
>
> Russ,
>
> So you're saying that WCSL and WYSR may have PSSAs for 500 watts?
>
> If that's true, then WABV probably should have a PSSA, because their
> situation vis-à-vis fulltimers on 1590 is about the same as WCSL,
> WYSR and WHPY. But Paul Esther Blodgett Walker shore woulda told us
> if he had a one-a them there 500-W PSSAs.
>
> How did this undocumented PSSA thing come about?
>
> Charles
>
>
> Charles A Taylor, WD4INP
> Greenville, North Carolina
>
>
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