[BC] LPFM vs. AM on FM Translators

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In a message dated 07/21/2006 10:16:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
SBailey at nespower.com writes:

>    It must be so congested up there, that you are trying to tell me you
>  can't use one of the Class C's at night?  You would go Omni Directional
>  at night, at 1 KW, and can't you cover your community of license on a
>  Class C, let's exclude 1490!

1230, Station in Waterbury. Audible here.
1240,1340,1400,1450, or 1490.


>     OR....if the X-Band is reorganized, you can't do 1 KW, omni at night
>  on one of those channels?
>     On Class C channels, as the FCC has pointed out on their web site,
>  these channels are subject to massive interference at night, as every
>  station on the channel is at 1 KW. There are very few exceptions. To me,
>  just to cover COL, a Class IV channel should give you a good hole of 5-8
>  miles. Let's take IBUZ out of the whole picture on this now!
>     I wanted to do this, go to 1400 during the experimental period, 12 AM
>  to 5 AM, change frequency from 1560 to 1400, drive around at 1 AM and
>  just see what my coverage was at 250 watts, and see if it would cover my
>  COL. This would be a good experiment for me!  Now remember, what's in
>  our computer databases and on paper vs. reality is two different things.