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Re: [IRCA] TIS anomalies
I know some TIs stations that are run very well.
WPII600, at 1570Khz in Glastonbury is a very well run 10 Watt AM TIS.. it
has mii studios, with regularly updated information and can go live in
emergnecy situations.
You can easily spot the Civil Preparedness Officer around town(he operates
WPII600).. he's got an "Emergency Info & Weather 1570am": sticker plasterd
on the back of his green Ford truck.
Paul
On 7/2/07, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW <AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I doubt that the FCC pays much attention to TIS stations, especially
> considering that most of them are operated by government entities. In
> Denver the Colorado DOT 40 watt ERP 'super TIS' on 530 has been out of
> service for a number of weeks (actually months) due to the loss of it's
> wire line control link. The State "temporarily" moved it's audio over to
> the City and County of Denver TIS on 890, located at Coors Field,
> pending replacement of the control link with a planned fiber optic link.
> The 890 station is about 10 miles from the 530 station. For weeks the
> State has just been running a continuos voice loop on the 890 station
> announcing the call letters and transmitter location for the 530
> station. In the mean time, baseball season is well under way and the TIS
> for Coors Field has carried no information for that venue so far. So how
> does Denver justify the need and expense for this station when they
> aren't even using it? Even more ironic, the 890 station is located on a
> paved parking lot at a low elevation behind Coors Field and has a poor
> signal outside of the immediate area. I doubt if it can even be heard at
> the 530 site. So both stations are totally useless and the 890 station
> has been intentionally announcing the incorrect call letters for weeks.
> I wonder if these two agencies sought FCC approval for this maneuver?
>
> Patrick Griffith
> on assignment in Frederick MD
>
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