[BC] Busted! (WAS:AM Radio Kit)

[Rev. Robert P. Chrysafis]

it was a 100mw PLL unit from EDM Design. it had no FCC ID number. I ran it 
with a Comet 5/8 antenna. i was only getting out 3 blocks about 1/2 mile 
solid 1mi fringe on a car radio. I was not too famillair with FM rules. all 
i knew was 250uV/m at 3 meter from antenna which i'm not very good with 
advanced math so calculating this to RF power and antenna was beyond me. I 
just took a guess at it. figured i had to be close to legal as my range was 
in line with what Ramsey FAQ stated i should be getting as far as range 
under part 15 FM.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold at hallikainen.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Busted! (WAS:AM Radio Kit)


> Did you build or buy the transmitter? Is the transmitter certified under
> part 15? Was it a kit?
>
> Harold
>
>
>> it was a Unofficial visit. Basically the man showed up here with a FIM 
>> and
>> flashed a badge at my landlady and said i was operating an illegal radio
>> station. my landlady asked if he had a warrant. no. she told him to 
>> leave.
>> i
>> was out. he said he would wait for me to come home. i waited up he never
>> showed. it's been 2-1/2 weeks nothing on FCC website no letter. I thought
>> i
>> was operating part 15, but gues not. the rules for FM need to be more
>> clearer like the AM Rules. I emailed him and spoke on the phone to him. 
>> he
>> tried to discourage me from doing any broadcasting legal or otherwise. he
>> had a bad attitude and was not a nice guy. I think he was mad because the
>> voice of my Friend was on the station as voice tracks. my friend Was
>> definately running pirate(40watts) and got caught by this same person and
>> visited. same there no letter it's been 2 months for him. our engineer we
>> got all this equipment from brought us all Rangemasters and we are going
>> to
>> start the Oldies AM 1700 Radio network.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <WFIFeng at aol.com>
>> To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 10:42 PM
>> Subject: [BC] Busted! (WAS:AM Radio Kit)
>>
>>
>>> In a message dated 02/04/2006 10:40:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> kc8gpd at hotmail.com writes:
>>>
>>>> I had an FM 100mw, but got busted a few weeks
>>>>  ago.
>>>
>>> Can you elaborate? Busted, how, exactly? Did they confiscate anything?
>>> Do
>>> you
>>> have to pay a fine? Or did they simply say "Shut it down and don't do it
>>> again"?
>>>
>>> Willie...
>>>
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