Bill Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
Not true Bill, Part 15's can get out more then a 1/4 mile if you have good ground conductivity, good processing and a good ground. Paul On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Bill Harms <philcobill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi Pete, given the coverage area that you describe, this sounds like an illegal operation which is violating Part 15. A Part 15 station should not get out much more than 1/4 of a mile. I operate a part 15 station out of my home (a talking house transmitter). It does not get out more than 200 or 300 feet from my house with a listenable signal. I use it for playing old time radio programs so I can listen to them on my old pre-WWII tube Philcos. Bill Harms http://philcobill.com Pete Taylor wrote:Several months ago, I picked up a Part 15 station, Browns Point Radio, on 1700kHz, and naturally, tracked it. I live in NE Tacoma; Browns Point is to my west and is home of the beloved KKMO-1360 transmitter. Coverage on 1700 was pretty spotty, and in fact, did not even include all of Browns Point. At night, from home, the station deferred to the XE near San Diego. Recently, they have jacked up the power significantly. I heard it in Wright Park in downtown Tacoma, along the Schuster Parkway and even on highway 509 where KHHO's harmonic used to dominate. Today the station did a 1pm ID and went in to an IRN newscast which over a five-minute period, contained two national advertiser commercials. I found this somewhat unique and just wondered if Part 15 stations could legally carry ads.
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