[grc] moving TX site outside the 5.6km radius

[Philip Tymon]

Just confirming that Al is right. The usual FM rule that higher is better
often does not apply to LPFM's --- in many situations if you move higher
you have to reduce your power so much your signal becomes untenable.

Philip Tymon

On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 10:06 PM, al davis via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 17:20:17 -0700
> Keeeth via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
> > However, we are wondering how doable it is to move our TX site say, 8 or
> > 10km-- would attempting to justify such a move to the FCC involve
> > consulting and/or hiring a lawyer and/or an engineer?
>
> You need to make a good case for it.
>
> 6.5 km is easy.  More than that is doable if you can show public
> benefit.
>
> Looking you up ....  I don't know why you would want to do that.  A
> move to a mountain top would give you worse coverage because you would
> need to reduce power so much.  Be sure to get a Longley-Rice coverage
> map before you make any decisions about this.
>
> I think the best possible site for you is Illinois River Forks State
> Park.  The water tower at Stage Stop Drive is also a decent site.
>
> Call me .. 518-947-6407 .. if you want to talk about it.
>
>
> al.
> _______________________________________________
> grc mailing list
> grc at maillist.peak.org
> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc
>