Re: [IRCA] Alliance Urges FCC to Reconsider Protection Proposals

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not so fast. The FCC's path over the past several decades has been one of
more, more more signals, ignoring the interference issue. Whether it was
putting the GY's up to 1000 watts at night, the breakdown of the clears,
the proliferation of added night operations, PSA's, PSRA's what have you.

While the only way we will achieve a reduction in the number of AM signals
is by means of economic factors, adding still more signals isn't going to
help anybody. Removing interference protections or greatly reducing them
will by definition increase interference, which decreases coverage and
audience.

That's not revitalization, it's just more of the same old failed ideas.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
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<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>

AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip


On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Mark Durenberger <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> WHAT A HOOT!  "Fix AM...OH...but don't go QUITE that far in fixing it"  <g>
>
> Now that the FCC is considering "revitalizing AM" by adding the sacred
> cows to the mix (the 1-As), the entrenched interests are up in arms.
>
> "Fix things...but Not In My Back Yard."
>
> Old-timers are reminded of the fierce lobbying of the "Clear-Channel
> Broadcasting Service" in the 60's; even the arguments are the same: "Don't
> kill Clear-Channel Broadcasting; we need it for National Defense, weather
> alerts" etc. etc.  I doubt there are more than a half-dozen 50-kilowatt
> 1-As who try to service their entire protected-coverage areas.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mark Durenberger
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Gibson
>
>
> http://www.radioworld.com/article/alliance-urges-fcc-to-reconsider-protection-proposals/278493
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