[BC] Re: AM Daytimers (Field Strength)

[Bailey, Scott]

I wished the FCC would revisit the Field Strength Requirements for Class
D's. Phil, Barry, Scott, and others....you might think I'm crazy saying
this, but lowering the required minimum field strength on Class D's from
282 mv/m to 241 mv/m, (like Class C's) might help the noise floor at
there during Critical Hours and PSRA/PSSA hours as well....plus making
the antenna requirements a slight lesser of a headache for the licensee,
as far using a shorter, vertical, radiator in areas of zoning problems.
I'm I (kind of) right at thinking this?

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Dan Strassberg
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 10:43 AM
To: Phil Alexander
Cc: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: AM Daytimers

Phil Alexander wrote:
"Nope. See 73.21(a)(3).  They can be most anything, but their nighttime
power cannot exceed 250 W."

Phil, looks as if you too have gotten caught in this semantic trap. What
you
should have written is "but their nighttime power MUST BE LESS THAN
250W."

As I pointed out in an earlier posting, the difference between "cannot
exceed" and "must be less than" probably results in erroneously
classifying
as many as 100 Class B and C AMs as Class Ds--in contradiction to their
official classifications. "Cannot exceed" classifies as Ds stations
whose
authorized night power is exactly 250W, but the FCC classifies all or
nearly
all such stations as Bs or Cs.

--
Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg at att.net
eFax 707-215-6367





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