[BC]a question for the CFR experts

[Robert Meuser]

Testing should be done for a valid reason and only as needed.  The 
theory is that there are very few listeners late at night.  Even in a 
city like New York where there is a reasonable audience, the likely 
interference you could cause to a station would not affect those 
listeners because they are covered by too strong a signal.  You might 
wipe out their secondary coverage where no one is listening at that time.

R




JYRussell at academicplanet.com wrote:

> So, why wouldn't that work the other way around -
> Meaning, if your station is suddenly "plopping down" right in the 
> middle of somebody else's signal, isn't that also interference?
>
> Unintentionally done, sure, but if you find a way to do it and make it 
> happen again and again on purpose, wouldn't it become fineable?
>
> Jason
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>> Absolutely not. If your manager feels that way you should have decent 
>> QSL cards.  The only limits any station has is its protected contours 
>> and that pertains to where another station can legally interfere with 
>> you.
>>
>> R
>>
>>
>>
>> JYRussell at academicplanet.com wrote:
>>
>>> Isn't it spec'd in the CFR that it is indeed patently illegal to 
>>> intentionally attempt to communicate by commercial radio 
>>> communication with parties beyond your licensed contour..? (Or some 
>>> fancy language version of that...)
>>>
>>>   which part...section etc....?
>>>
>>>  It always gives me fits when a listener sends in a letter to the 
>>> station with accurate reception reports... usually a ham person, or 
>>> late-night radio afficianado, which is fine and dandy... BUT...  
>>> when the GM presses me to answer them because he's "proud of his 
>>> little station", I always try to make it plain in the letter that it 
>>> was never our intent nor did we ever expect to send a signal so 
>>> far.   I bring up ducting when it's the FM, explain the AM a bit if 
>>> it's the AM... thank them politely, send them a bumper sticker and 
>>> warn them to keep their card (which, sure, I send back!) but I 
>>> remind them it's not likely they'll hear us again...
>>>
>>>   Too far in the CYA department... not enough...?
>>> Jason
>>> Jason
>>>
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