[BC] STA Engineering

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In a message dated 2/16/2006 1:31:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, wpio at gate.net 
writes:
WLVF FM, (NCE owned by Landmark Baptist Church) Haines City, 
FL, has moved their transmitter from a "cell tower" couple 
of miles out of town to the top of a 12 story building downtown.

They have two bays at the elevator shaft on some Rohn 45.

Curiously, there is no engineering showing for this location 
on the FCC's CDBS FM database.  I realize the CDBS is not 
absolutely official and this may be an example of that, 
however with Channel Six interference issues, as well as 
ANSI issues (the bldg is a college now) and, as a co-channel 
neighbor, (WEJF, Palm Bay), I'd like to know what's going 
on.  So would a Catholic owned station in Tampa on 90.5 
which has tried to purchase WLVF FM just to shut them off air.

1) STA's (i.e. do to loss of tower site) don't get their 
engineering filed in the same manner as regular Form 340's

2) They have made the move without authority, scary as that 
sounds.

Counsel told me to pay a visit to the proverbial public 
file.  Look and inquire about the authority.

Ok, but I wondered if the forum readers have experienced a 
situation with STA and noticed the engineering was treated 
differently: as in, not made public.

Randy Henry

Randy:

Although it doesn't include any details, the CDBS does indicate that WLVF-FM 
was granted an STA, apparently to remain silent, on June 3, 2005.  A request 
to extend this STA was filed on Novemeber 23, but has not yet been acted on by 
the FCC.  A separate STA, possibly for these non-licensed operating facilities 
(which would moot the need for FCC action on the extension request), was 
granted by the FCC on December 7, 2005 and expires on June 7, 2006.  Since radio 
STA requests are still paper filings, more detailed information is not 
available through the CDBS.  It is still available to the public the old fashioned 
way, however, by having a research or copy sevice (or your attorney) retrieve a 
copy from the FCC files.

Roy Stype
Carl E. Smith Consulting EWngineers