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WYLF in Penn Yan, NY
Well last night I decided to fool around on MW just for the heck of it.
I was tuning around and found a station on 850, weak but definitely listenable. Eventually I heard an ID: it was WYLF out of Penn Yan, NY. Penn Yan is on the other (i.e., the western) side of NY State, not far from Lake Ontario. Not exactly DX, but I looked this station up in the FCC database and its nighttime power is a humble 0.045 KW. During the day they get to crank it up to 1 KW. Steve |
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WYLF in Penn Yan, NY
Steve wrote: Well last night I decided to fool around on MW just for the heck of it. I was tuning around and found a station on 850, weak but definitely listenable. Eventually I heard an ID: it was WYLF out of Penn Yan, NY. Penn Yan is on the other (i.e., the western) side of NY State, not far from Lake Ontario. Not exactly DX, but I looked this station up in the FCC database and its nighttime power is a humble 0.045 KW. During the day they get to crank it up to 1 KW. Perhaps they forgot to cut the power. I've read some things of late that indicate that some of those stations fail to cut their power at night for whatever reason, sometimes apparently if they have some local sports games on they will keep the power up to keep the local populace happy. The FCC apparently turns a blind eye. At any rate an interesting catch, and an interesting town name as well, almost has an Asian sound to it. dxAce Michigan USA |
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WYLF in Penn Yan, NY
dxAce wrote:
Perhaps they forgot to cut the power. I've read some things of late that indicate that some of those stations fail to cut their power at night for whatever reason, sometimes apparently if they have some local sports games on they will keep the power up to keep the local populace happy. The FCC apparently turns a blind eye. Indeed, WYLF was fined $11,000 in 2005 for violations including excessive power. (not only was it running excessive power at night, but it was also running too much during the day! - nighttime power violations are common but daytime violations are quite rare) http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2005/DA-05-680A1.html The owner of a daytime-only station recently sent a message to several AM DX mailing lists indicating that there is in fact a FCC "blind eye" towards stations that stay on daytime facilities to carry Friday-night high-school football games. I would be very surprised if anyone at the Commission would acknowledge such a policy, but I'm coming to believe such a policy does exist - as the FCC would have very little trouble finding night power violations on any given Friday night! -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
[...] I would be very surprised if anyone at the Commission would acknowledge such a policy, but I'm coming to believe such a policy does exist [...] That would be admitting to either negligence or being complicit in a crime or otherwise expose themselves to liability -- in other words, it ain't gonna happen. -- Eric F. Richards "Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass, often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940 |
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WYLF in Penn Yan, NY
Hello,Penn Yan.Ever heard of Painted Post before? I am busy watching an
old,old Shirley Temple movie on tv and doggy is buried down between my knees,as usual. cuhulin |
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Hello,Penn Yan.Ever heard of Painted Post before? I am busy watching an old,old Shirley Temple movie on tv and doggy is buried down between my knees,as usual. cuhulin Nothing new there, you sick pervert. Get help. http://snipurl.com/w380 mike -- No, Mr. Chavez---Bush isn’t the devil. I’ve seen the devil’s work. He’s competent. Shakespeare's Sister September 20, 2006 |
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WYLF in Penn Yan, NY
www.thinkprogress.org www.devilfinder.com USS Cole Pascagoula
Mississippi klintoon is angry because he got caught with Monica Lewinsky's blue dress.klintoon is angry because he was IMPEACHED! klintoon is angry because the World found out about his hiv prison blood scandal,Arkansas and Arizona hiv prison blood.(about the same time,that PIG,elizabeth dole [[PIG of what's his name Viagara dog fornicator,dole POS! Viagara]] resigned from the American red cross,[Eff her!!!!] klintoon is angry because he knows the World Hates his and hitlery Bitch!!! klintoon's guts! klintoons are angry because they Know they are a sad bunch of Jerk Offs!!!!! Hey,klintoons,,, Get Angry WIth ME!!!!!!!!! cuhulin |
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WYLF in Penn Yan, NY
Doug Smith W9WI wrote in
: Indeed, WYLF was fined $11,000 in 2005 for violations including excessive power. (not only was it running excessive power at night, but it was also running too much during the day! - nighttime power violations are common but daytime violations are quite rare) http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2005/DA-05-680A1.html I live in the area. Yes, WYLF was fined for excessive power, and also because the fence around their tower was in bad shape and not secured. The excessive power citation came after at least two previous warnings, so it's not like the FCC blasted them with a big fine for a single instance of accidentally (or deliberately) "forgetting" to reduce power at night. The violation fell into the "willful and deliberate" category since it was at least the third time they had been caught doing it. About four years ago, WWLZ (820) in Elmira was cited for the opposite problem... being on their nighttime directional pattern (and *reduced* power) during the middle of the day. 700 watts instead of their authorized daytime power of 5 KW. That came to light during a surprise station inspection by an FCC field engineer. No fines were levied - just a warning - as it was determined the mistake was due mainly to inadequately trained staff at the station. The automatic time-of-day-based power/pattern switching function in the transmitter remote control was either inop, or mis-programmed. The board ops were dutifully and accurately entering the transmitter readings in the log as required, but apparently no one had any clue as to what the numbers actually signified. I wonder if they had noticed that their electric bills had gone down? It's what happens when stations have no engineering staff. Most smaller operations use contract engineers who only get called in when something is seriously amiss (like being completely off the air.) Jim Barrett |
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WYLF in Penn Yan, NY
I have heard WEE(?) during Spanish broadcasts on 770kHz out of the St.Louis
area taking over flame-thrower WABC at night. Really ****ed me off when the John Batchelor Show was on. "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... dxAce wrote: Perhaps they forgot to cut the power. I've read some things of late that indicate that some of those stations fail to cut their power at night for whatever reason, sometimes apparently if they have some local sports games on they will keep the power up to keep the local populace happy. The FCC apparently turns a blind eye. Indeed, WYLF was fined $11,000 in 2005 for violations including excessive power. (not only was it running excessive power at night, but it was also running too much during the day! - nighttime power violations are common but daytime violations are quite rare) http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2005/DA-05-680A1.html The owner of a daytime-only station recently sent a message to several AM DX mailing lists indicating that there is in fact a FCC "blind eye" towards stations that stay on daytime facilities to carry Friday-night high-school football games. I would be very surprised if anyone at the Commission would acknowledge such a policy, but I'm coming to believe such a policy does exist - as the FCC would have very little trouble finding night power violations on any given Friday night! -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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WYLF in Penn Yan, NY
Oh. Of course, what this means is that Friday evenings between local
sunset and whenever the football games end (say, 8-9pm local time at the station?) can be a VERY productive time to put some smaller AM stations in your log. Especially as they're likely to be running lots of local advertising and mentioning the names of the schools frequently. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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