On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:35:34 EDT, Rick T wrote:

There are a huge number of
translators in northwest Arizona.....at a cost of over
$3,000 each to convert the translators times about 50, plus
the LPTV stuff in the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas.

I have very little sympathy for the LPTV folks in that regard. They
wanted to play with the "big dogs" by running a TV station but don't
want to do what the "big dogs" have to do to stay on the air. Don't
even get me started on LPFM......

I wish that the ham community had as much clout with The Congress and
the FCC as the LPTV people have - maybe we'd get the legislation that
we need to solve important problems, like pre-emption of CC&Rs for
antenna towers and better protection from interlopers, be they primary
users or not (my two hot buttons).
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net