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Re: [IRCA] PART 15 QUESTION
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] PART 15 QUESTION
- From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 18:58:47 -0400
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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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