Tennessee Region and us (Central Kentucky) have been using very low power FM
transmission for over a year. Very similar to low powered two ways, our
broadcast distance coverd is all of about 1500 feet totally, no licenses are
required for as far as I know and yes, you can get one built for you. If
interested , contact me, I can put you in touch with the son of one our members
here in CKR (his son is in Tennessee), he supplied ours, and built theirs.
Works great, my only reluctance to purchase at the time was, since I was RE of
our region, the radio cannot be of benefit to all entrants. Consider your mod
folks and anybody without a radio in the car and you get my point.
Regards,
Mike Dickerson
> > The FCC started a program for "low powered stations." As of a year ago,
> > they had yet to approve any, and it takes a lot of paperwork, from what I
> > heard. So getting permission is unlikely.
>
> The program is very new so I am not surprised that no stations were licensed
> a year ago. I looked at the program on the FCC site when I first saw
> information about it.
>
> It is for fixed location transmitters. If you have several event sites, you
> need to license each one separately.
>
> The paperwork required is to show that you have checked for other stations
> that the low powered station can interfere with. The stations have a range
> of a number of miles, so interference is quite possible. If I remember
> right, the transmitter requirements are pretty stringent for the same
> reason. You can't just build a kit.
>
> Just doesn't look feasible for occasional use.
>
> /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try
> /// http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
> /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo
> /// Partial archives at http://www.team.net/archive
> /// Send list postings to autox@autox.team.net
/// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try
/// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo
/// Partial archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|