[BC] Daylight Savings Time changes?

[Jerry Mathis]

I know in advance it's POINTLESS to say this, but I can't stop thinking:

ALL of these problems could be eliminated or prevented, if they would have 
just created a new band for AM to migrate to and to go digital on.

NO adjacent channel interference due to digital broadcasting.
NO Day-to-Night power changes
NO skywave issues
NO one's signal plopping in on yours, just because it's sunset.
NO problem of not being on the air early in the morning because the sun's 
not up yet.

And...

NO sense of "Let's do what's right for the industry" from the National Assn. 
of Boneheads
NO common sense or technical understanding from the Funky Candy Company.

There. Now I've got it out of my system.





Jerry Mathis




>From: DANA PUOPOLO <dpuopolo at usa.net>
>Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Daylight Savings Time changes?
>Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:51:07 -0700
>
>If I recall, back in the 1970's (tyhe last time they did this) The FCC gave
>out HUNDREDS of 'special' PSSA's and PSRA's to daytimers as STA's.
>This time they will have to!
>
>I  especially feel for the poor daytimers located west of adjacent channels
>running IBAC. They're gonna get CREAMED!
>
>-D
>
>------ Original Message ------
>Received: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:08:22 AM PDT
>From: "Phil Alexander" <dynotherm at earthlink.net>
>To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Daylight Savings Time changes?
>
>On 21 Jul 2005 at 4:33, Mike McCarthy wrote:
>
> > Probably so.  WIllie, see if your counsel can convince the FCC to give 
>you
> > PSRA of something at 6AM.  I'm sure there are number of stations in the
> > same boat.
>
>Mike,
>
>With their pattern, short towers and being caught by both WTOP and KSTP,
>I doubt that would be approved, but I suppose it never hurts to ask.
>If they did get a PSRA, I doubt the power level would cover very much.
>It looks like they have about 9 mv/m/kW at 1 km toward WTOP and about
>100 mv/m/kW at 1 km toward KSTP with their pattern. Even if they went
>DA2 at night, what ever they did to decrease one limit would increase
>the other. There is usually a very strong reason why a Class D has no
>nighttime authorization even if it's only 5 or 6 watts. Methinks this
>one should have been moved to the X-band, if possible.
>
>
>Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
>Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology
>(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation)
>Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037
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