JD,

Sounds Like "Good News" )

Maybe Low Power FM (LPFM) will be the DXing Challenge of the Future.

~ RHF
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ry_local_radio

"RHF" wrote in message
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JD,

Sounds Like "Good News" )

Maybe Low Power FM (LPFM) will be the DXing Challenge of the Future.

~ RHF
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Like the college and high school stations used to be. Around here,
there used to be alot of schools with 10 watt FM transmitters. They
rarely kept to a strict schedule, especially around holidays. Sometimes
10 watts of pure mono FM could be heard miles away.

Then the FCC mandated all those transmitters had to be upgraded to
100watts. Many of the stations didn't bother, they just went dark.
Some of the rest decided to take themselves too seriously, and start
acting like minor league network stations. Actually, the one college
broadcaster I can think of who made it big, Carl Amare of old time radio
fame, started here at a 10 watter. I heard him play the old time radio
shows many times!

Frank Dresser

"Frank Dresser" wrote in message ...
"RHF" wrote in message
om...
JD,

Sounds Like "Good News" )

Maybe Low Power FM (LPFM) will be the DXing Challenge of the Future.

~ RHF
.
.
Like the college and high school stations used to be. Around here,
there used to be alot of schools with 10 watt FM transmitters. They
rarely kept to a strict schedule, especially around holidays. Sometimes
10 watts of pure mono FM could be heard miles away.

Then the FCC mandated all those transmitters had to be upgraded to
100watts. Many of the stations didn't bother, they just went dark.
Some of the rest decided to take themselves too seriously, and start
acting like minor league network stations. Actually, the one college
broadcaster I can think of who made it big, Carl Amare of old time radio
fame, started here at a 10 watter. I heard him play the old time radio
shows many times!

Frank Dresser


FD,

Before College Low Power FM Stations became so popular.
I remember back in the day when Pacific Union College in Angwin CA
had a Low Power AM Radio Station and it was quite a catch back then.

~ RHF

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Ithinktheyshould have opened up a new radio band exclusively for lpfm
broadcasting.

Then the full-power broadcasters wouldn't be able to use the excuse they're
using now.

Of course then, they would have used some other excuse.

"Waterperson77" wrote in message
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Ithinktheyshould have opened up a new radio band exclusively for lpfm
broadcasting.

Then the full-power broadcasters wouldn't be able to use the excuse
they're
using now.

Of course then, they would have used some other excuse.


They would have had to tell the truth.... that they were afraid that
something fresh, new and local would erode their listener base, and therefor
their profits..

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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"Waterperson77" wrote in message
...
Ithinktheyshould have opened up a new radio band exclusively for lpfm
broadcasting.

Then the full-power broadcasters wouldn't be able to use the excuse
they're
using now.

Of course then, they would have used some other excuse.


They would have had to tell the truth.... that they were afraid that
something fresh, new and local would erode their listener base, and
therefor
their profits..


Of course the licenses the FCC did issue, for the most part, are a total
waste of spectrum space. Who really listens to garbage like TIS and garbage
dump hours, or more religeous stations (seems to me there are plenty of
those already on the air, including about a thousand satelators for a couple
large Christian stations).

It's too bad the NAB doesn't get their members to back off on the modulation,
so that the signal is cleaner and interferes less with adjacent NAB members. I
can't hardly use the stereo lock and AFC features on my receiver anymore. I
have to detune slightly to keep an undesired station from grabbing control.

As for uBC, here's the URL for a new Microbroadcasters Association (It's still
mostly under construction):

http://www.microbroadcasting.us

For the new ones in this group, take a look at the uBC equipment available at:

http://www.ramseykits.com

http://www.rockymountainreliable.us

73,
Bill, K5BY