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

[Cowboy]

On Monday 26 December 2011 01:39:09 pm Kyle Magrill wrote:
>  FM translators, used as FM station 
> fill-ins, have been fed by STLs for decades and, in a very few cases, the 
> primary FM stations have retransmitted the translators due to difficult STL 
> paths, etc.  I don't see this as being different just because it involves an 
> AM station. 

 Oh, don't misunderstand.....
 I'm not saying I wouldn't do it myself........
 Creative "cowboy" engineering, *within* the rules, whatever
 those rules might be.
 I don't write 'em, ( usually ) I just play by 'em.

 This kind of situation is a good example of why I'm generally opposed
 to declaratory rulings to "clarify" the intent of any rule.
 "Clarifying" a rule generally means a removal of options.


-- 
Cowboy