[BC] Regulations For AM Station DX Te sts

[Dennis Cope]

About once a year I have a 5Kw ND station that (when the owner switches the
transmitter to local control) stays 5kw all night long.  We get QSL requests
from all over the US.  I have told him he is the one that gets the fine.

Why he has to F*** with that switch I will never know...

Dennis
WESR, WCTG


On Friday 30 December 2005 03:52 pm, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>See http://sujan.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2006/73/72/ . You can only
>use authorized facilities unless you have an experimental authorization
>from the FCC.

 But you can run the daytime "authorized" facility in the experimental
 period for routine tests only, not for experimentation without specific
 authorization, and provided no interference is caused to any station.

>Further, such operation is only for "routine testing and
>maintenance of its transmitting system." I don't think a "DX test"
>qualifies.

 I know it does not !

 It isn't "spelled out" in the rules, but there are all sorts of conditions
 for other circumstances when daytime facilities at night might be required,
 such as in an officially declared disaster or emergency.
 Then, you can not run "regular programming" and heaven help you if you
 run a spot under such conditions.

 This is one where they'll nail you on the spirit and intent of the rule,
 not necessarily the letter.

>I also recall someone being fined for something like that. I'll
>see what I can dig up.

 I know the station, but not the former engineer
 who did such "DX testing."
 ( I'm not entirely certain that the fine wasn't a contributing factor to
 his being a "former" engineer )

 When an audio proof was required, you could run full day facilities
 during the experimental period for the duration of the proof, provided
 no interference was caused to any other station, and provided the
 station had not been told not to by the Commission.

 Most CP's for directionals specify adjusting the array in the experimental
 period, provided yada yada yada, but *I* wouldn't want to be on-site
 should a "DX test" be contemplated !

 If you really, really want to do this, you *might* get away with 5 or 10
 minutes, provided that no spots run during those minutes.
 Much more, and you'd be hard pressed to justify.

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Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man, but it
needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
		-- Kipling


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