[BC] AM on translator becomes new FM station...

[Gary Peterson]

I was aware that an independent program feed to a
translator was permitted.  I am feeding a
(AM-on-FM) translator with a 950 STL.  

"Independent audio feeding of the FM translator is
permitted. How do you 
think a Class D station would operate the
translator at night."

The station that I described has an existing,
licensed 950 STL to its AM transmitter.  That has
been turned off, in favor of retransmitting the
translator.  The utility power at the translator
site is not all that reliable.  Now, if the
translator goes off, the AM is also dead in the
water.  I would have opted for the already
existing redundancy.

Gary
  
"I also see nothing wrong with using the FM
translator as a STL to the 
AM.  While I would not want to process the AM much
more than already 
being done on the FM, I don't know of a reason
which prohibits such.
MM"

On 12/25/2011 9:04 AM, Gary Peterson wrote:
> I am aware of an AM station that is doing
exactly
> that.  Their (AM on FM) translator is being fed,
> directly from the studio, with a 950 STL.  A
> consumer-grade receiver at the AM transmitter
site
> is feeding the demodulated translator audio into
> the AM rig.  I have nothing to do with this
> operation.