[BC] This is Part 15 Radio :)

[Keith Hammond]

Dennis Switzer wrote:

> Ok, now I read the story on the Georgia station the other day, and my
> wheels
> are spinning.
> 
> I lose an important community west of here when I power down at night.
> Could
> I drop in a Part 15 there on my same frequency and rebroadcast my
regular
> signal? Could I drop in the Part 15 on the same freq & do localized
> programming? Could a directional put a part 15 in it's null to hit a
lost
> community at night? Could Willie put in a couple of Part 15's on 1500
&
> get
> night service?
> 
> Basic question is, can I use a Part 15 as an AM translator? How many
of
> these could be daisy-chained, and to cover how big of an area?
 



  Honestly, I cannot see why not but, I'll put it in the same words as
the response I got from an inspector to whom I had posed the very same
question:
 
  "It depends on whether or not anyone complains and how much
complaining is done. I can promise you that, after receiving enough
complaints, someone will become determined to find a violation and it
will happen. When that happens, will you really want to have the
programming of your commercial station on the part-15 transmitter so
that your commercial license could be lost as well?"

  Taken in THAT light, I decided to be happy with what I had... (I had
been considering a single part-15 in the center of several surrounding
cities - with NO local service - that would be programmed via 67khz.
SCA. These would've been "super-local signals" with such fair as
"Swap-Shop", etc.)


Keith Hammond
KBKH-FM
Shamrock, Texas