[grc] FM translator displacing listeners

[UnderCurrents Radio]

Maybe you can buy him a streaming radio.

GM


On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 2:45 PM Michelle Bradley via grc <
grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:

> The first question that I have here is whether the complaining listener
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> is inside your translator's 60 dBu contour.
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> Under the rules and the FCC's interpretation of the policy, a translator
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> can not cause any "actual interference" to the direct reception by the
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> public of any [...] broadcast station. "Interference will be considered
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> to occur whenever reception of a regularly used signal is impaired by
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> the signals radiated by the FM translator [...] regardless of the
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> quality of such reception, the strength of the signal so used, or the
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> channel for which the protected signal is transmitted.  (§74.1203(a)(3)).
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> What I have seen is that the Commission will be more likely to take the
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> complaint seriously if the complainer is within your translator's 60 dBu
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> service contour.
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> If you want to private e-mail me the information about your LPFM, your
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> translator and the EMF Air-1 station, I can look a little further.
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> =m
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> On 1/27/2017 5:30 PM, Danny via grc wrote:
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> > Our LPFM is not on the air yet, but our 55 watt FM translator is as of 2
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> > weeks ago and just got licensed last Wednesday.  For now, we're
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> > rebroadcasting the local NPR station with express written permission.
> Today,
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> > we got our first complaint and he made a point he's complained to the FCC
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> > and the station he can no longer receive, which is a 2100 watt signal of
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> > contemporary Christian station Air 1 in a neighboring market, well
> outside
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> > their 60dBu contour.
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> > The FCC website says: "Interference caused.  A translator or booster may
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> > cause predicted or actual interference.  If any actual interference is
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> > created, the Commission requires the permittee or licensee to resolve all
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> > interference complaints by appropriate means.  If the interference
> cannot be
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> > resolved, the Commission will require the FM translator or booster
> station
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> > to discontinue operations.  See 47 CFR Section 74.1203.  A translator
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> > construction permit application will not be granted if an objecting party
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> > provides convincing evidence that the proposed translator station would
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> > likely interfere with off the air reception of a full service FM station,
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> > even if there is no predicted prohibited contour overlap."
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> > But what does this mean in real world experience? What are we obligated
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> > do for listeners like this that no longer hear their favorite station
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> > outside its protected contour because of our new FM translator?
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> > Thanks!
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> > Danny
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> > WSPJ-LP
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> > W228CS
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