I know lightening (we have this regularly in June and September) can be deadly for computers and modems connected to the Net. Telephone wires can sometimes act as lightening conductors, ruining one's equipment!
At homes, we routinely unplug computers and TV sets when there's any sign of lightening, which comes at the start and end of the monsoons here. But what does one when dealing with a tall mast, that could also act as a lightening conductor? Are there any precautions to be taken when lightening makes its presence felt? Thanks for any tech advice we could get here... just curious to know. Might save other's losses too. FN Frederick Noronha +91-9822122436 +91-832-2409490 On 23 September 2010 21:50, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote: > > What a tragedy! And what a cruel manner in which the holes in our pathetic > Community Radio policy are visited upon its promoters and pioneers: there is > absolutely no insurance available (and, sadly, from the business point of > view, rightly so: the permitted design of a station is as risky as James has > just borne witness to) at an affordable price for them. > > With about a hundred stations either broadcasting or getting ready to do so, > perhaps the Forum can look for practical ways to self-finance insurance for > this growing sector (say, via earmarked subscriptions), and not wait upon > more disasters to take place. > > Vickram > http://communicall.wordpress.com > http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > > From: periyapatna satheesh <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; James Madurai <[email protected]> > Cc: Sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 23 September, 2010 21:02:26 > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Sad News from PARD Community Radio > > This is extremely sad and painful James. Especially considering the fact that > you fought so hard for your radio this setback is heartbreaking. > > I hope you will soon get over the current shock and get back on your feet. I > am sure Vinod and sajan can suggest some ways in which CR India can offer > some help > > In solidarity > > satheesh > > --- On Thu, 23/9/10, James Madurai <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: James Madurai <[email protected]> > Subject: [cr-india] Sad News from PARD Community Radio > To: [email protected] > Cc: "Sajan venniyoor" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 23 September, 2010, 6:22 AM > > Dear friends, > > It is very sad to inform you all that the Lightening effect > yesterday(22.09.2010) night caused heavy damage to our Tower, Transmitter, > UPS and Batteries in the Community Radio Station Broadcasting and recording > sections. We could not rectify the problem within today and also we cannot > say whether we can rectify the problem as it involves with heavy financial > commitment. We were running the activities of our CRS with our own available > funds along with the support of UNESCO for the transmitter and training. > Though we made enough arrangements for the lightening prevention setup in the > Tower it was totally ruined and we are in a status of whether we can restart > our broadcasting. > > James Rajasekaran.E > > ________________________________ > Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:25:25 +0530 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [cr-india] Licensing fees for commercial radio stations > > Dear Aadi, > > > > I am glad you mentioned Aizawl (Mizoram), because not even a single private > FM channel has come up there. SFM happily pays Rs.2500 per month as license > fee for a non-existent FM channel because, as they say, it is cheaper than > operating a radio station in Aizawl. Most of the others simply surrendered > their NE licenses. > > > > Maybe you should pick up SFM's Aizawl license and run the FM channel for them! > > > > Thanks to the Ministry's short-sighted policies, dozens of FM licenses were > surrendered (or not bid for) in the North East, Andaman & Nicobar, > Lakshadweep and places like that which badly need radio. I'm told they are > keeping the North East out of the 15% cap on ownership in the next phase of > FM licensing, so hopefully we may see a few more radio stations coming up > there by 2011. > > > > Now that you have seen how ridiculously low the license fees are in some of > the Group 'C' and 'D' towns, maybe you should grab a few licenses yourself in > Phase III of FM licensing. Contrary to popular belief, there's nothing > stopping you from getting a 'commercial' FM license and running a meaningful, > community-based radio station, albeit one with lots of popular music. No > shortage of that in the North East. Now that music royalties have been pegged > at 2% revenue share, running a radio station is beginning to look like an > attractive business proposition. > > > > Sajan > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Aaditeshwar Seth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > MIB has put up information about the licensing fees paid by commercial radio > stations, mostly off FM phase II. It's interesting that stations in some > towns such as Aizawal and Itanagar have to pay only under Rs. 10K per > quarter, or Rs. 2.5K per month. I had been expecting something very high, and > found this to be quite surprising! > > Aaditeshwar > http://gramvaani.org > > > > S.No. Name of the City Name of the Highest Bidder Highest Bid Reserve OTEF > (25% of Highest Bid) Annual Fee > (10% of Reserve OTEF) Quarterly Fee > (1/4 of Annual Fee) > > > 23 Daman South Asia FM 12,00,000 3,00,000 30,000 > 7,500 > 5 Aizawal South Asia FM 12,07,000 3,01,750 > 30,175 7,544 > 34 Itanagar Positive Radio 13,03,000 3,25,750 > 32,575 8,144 > 54 Muzzaffarpur BAG Infotainment 15,10,000 3,77,500 > 37,750 9,438 > 1 Agartala Positive Radio 16,20,000 4,05,000 > 40,500 10,125 > 70 Shillong Positive Radio 18,07,000 4,51,750 > 45,175 11,294 > 68 Rourkela South Asia FM 26,55,000 6,63,750 > 66,375 16,594 > 7 Akola South Asia FM 29,59,000 7,39,750 73,975 > 18,494 > 57 Nanded South Asia FM 29,59,000 7,39,750 > 73,975 18,494 > 8 Aligarh South Asia FM 31,00,000 7,75,000 > 77,500 19,375 > 14 Bareily South Asia FM 31,00,000 7,75,000 > 77,500 19,375 > 17 Bikaner South Asia FM 31,00,000 7,75,000 > 77,500 19,375 > 26 Gangtok PCM Cements 31,00,000 7,75,000 > 77,500 19,375 > 27 Gorakhpur South Asia FM 31,00,000 7,75,000 > 77,500 19,375 > 41 Jhansi South Asia Fm 31,00,000 7,75,000 > 77,500 19,375 > 18 Bilaspur Synergy Media 32,15,000 8,03,750 > 80,375 20,094 > 38 Jalgaon South Asia FM 36,59,000 9,14,750 > 91,475 22,869 > 4 Ahmednagar BAG Infotainment 37,60,000 9,40,000 > 94,000 23,500 > 29 Guwahati Adlabs Films Ltd. 37,80,090 9,45,023 > 94,502 23,626 > 25 Dhule South Asia FM 46,59,000 11,64,750 1,16,475 > 29,119 > 69 Sangli South Asia FM 46,59,000 11,64,750 1,16,475 > 29,119 > 31 Hissar BAG Infotainment 61,10,000 15,27,500 > 1,52,750 38,188 > 74 Srinagar Adlabs Films Ltd. 61,20,090 15,30,023 > 1,53,002 38,251 > 67 Ranchi Neutral 64,10,000 16,02,500 1,60,250 > 40,063 > 73 Siliguri Chinar Circuits 65,00,501 16,25,125 > 1,62,513 40,628 > 72 Sholapur South Asia FM 66,59,000 16,64,750 > 1,66,475 41,619 > 6 Ajmer Kushal Global 76,00,000 19,00,000 1,90,000 > 47,500 > 16 Bhubneshwar Eastern Media 79,00,000 19,75,000 > 1,97,500 49,375 > 48 Kota Synergy Media 85,30,000 21,32,500 2,13,250 > 53,313 > 30 Gwalior Gwalior Farms 86,51,000 21,62,750 2,16,275 > 54,069 > 45 Karnal Shri Puran Multimedia 90,00,000 22,50,000 > 2,25,000 56,250 > 39 Jammu Adlabs Films Ltd. 1,01,07,090 25,26,773 > 2,52,677 63,169 > 82 Udaipur Adlabs Films Ltd. 1,01,07,090 25,26,773 > 2,52,677 63,169 > 60 Patiala Pan India 1,10,00,000 27,50,000 2,75,000 > 68,750 > 40 Jamshedpur Adlabs Films Ltd. 1,21,50,990 30,37,748 > 3,03,775 75,944 > 87 Warangal Kal Radio 1,25,25,000 31,31,250 3,13,125 > 78,281 > 71 Shimla Radio Today 1,26,00,000 31,50,000 3,15,000 > 78,750 > 78 Tirunelveli Malar Publications 1,26,00,000 31,50,000 > 3,15,000 78,750 > 42 Jodhpur Synergy Media 1,27,00,000 31,75,000 > 3,17,500 79,375 > 65 Rajahmundry Kal Radio 1,50,00,500 37,50,125 > 3,75,013 93,753 > 81 Tuticorin Kal Radio 1,50,00,500 37,50,125 3,75,013 > 93,753 > 28 Gulbarga Kal Radio 1,50,05,000 37,51,250 3,75,125 > 93,781 > 35 Jabalpur South Asia FM 1,51,59,000 37,89,750 > 3,78,975 94,744 > 59 Panaji ENIL 1,71,00,000 42,75,000 4,27,500 > 1,06,875 > 11 Asansol South Asia FM 1,94,05,000 48,51,250 > 4,85,125 1,21,281 > 9 Allahabad Pan India 2,10,00,000 52,50,000 5,25,000 > 1,31,250 > 84 Varanasi Pan India 2,10,00,000 52,50,000 5,25,000 > 1,31,250 > 64 Raipur Synergy Media 2,12,10,000 53,02,500 > 5,30,250 1,32,563 > 43 Kannur Kal Radio 2,50,20,000 62,55,000 6,25,500 > 1,56,375 > 2 Agra Shri Puran 2,56,00,050 64,00,013 6,40,001 > 1,60,000 > 37 Jalandher Adlabs Films Ltd. 2,61,00,090 65,25,023 > 6,52,502 1,63,126 > 52 Mangalore Kal Radio 2,75,10,000 68,77,500 6,87,750 > 1,71,938 > 12 Aurangabad ENIL 2,99,00,000 74,75,000 7,47,500 > 1,86,875 > 15 Bhopal ENIL 2,99,00,000 74,75,000 7,47,500 > 1,86,875 > 10 Amritsar Pan India Network 3,00,00,000 75,00,000 > 7,50,000 1,87,500 > 55 Mysore Adlabs Films Ltd. 3,21,30,990 80,32,748 > 8,03,275 2,00,819 > 77 Thrissur The Mathrubhumi 3,48,89,999 87,22,500 > 8,72,250 2,18,062 > 46 Kolhapur ENIL 3,51,00,000 87,75,000 8,77,500 > 2,19,375 > 58 Nasik ENIL 3,51,00,000 87,75,000 8,77,500 > 2,19,375 > 66 Rajkot ENIL 3,51,00,000 87,75,000 8,77,500 > 2,19,375 > 75 Surat ENIL 3,60,00,000 90,00,000 9,00,000 > 2,25,000 > 62 Pondicherry Kal Radio 4,01,00,000 1,00,25,000 10,02,500 > 2,50,625 > 79 Tirupathi Kal Radio 4,50,50,000 1,12,62,500 11,26,250 > 2,81,563 > 83 Vadodarara Adlabs Films Ltd. 4,51,00,890 1,12,75,223 > 11,27,522 2,81,881 > 86 Vishakhapatnam MBPL 4,66,00,000 1,16,50,000 11,65,000 > 2,91,250 > 76 Thiruvananthapuram Kal Radio 5,00,00,500 1,25,00,125 > 12,50,013 3,12,503 > 80 Tituchy Kal Radio 5,00,00,500 1,25,00,125 12,50,013 > 3,12,503 > 56 Nagpur ENIL 5,10,00,000 1,27,50,000 12,75,000 > 3,18,750 > 61 Patna ENIL 5,13,00,000 1,28,25,000 12,82,500 > 3,20,625 > 33 Indore Adlabs Films Ltd. 5,21,20,890 1,30,30,223 > 13,03,022 3,25,756 > 36 Jaipur Rajasthan Patrika 6,10,05,555 1,52,51,389 > 15,25,139 3,81,285 > 47 Kolkata Adlabs Films Ltd. 6,11,10,090 1,52,77,523 > 15,27,752 3,81,938 > 51 Madurai ENIL 6,30,00,000 1,57,50,000 15,75,000 > 3,93,750 > 22 Coimbatore MBPL 6,73,00,000 1,68,25,000 16,82,500 > 4,20,625 > 85 Vijayawada Kal Radio 7,00,20,000 1,75,05,000 17,50,500 > 4,37,625 > 49 Kozhikode Kal Radio 7,02,00,100 1,75,50,025 17,55,003 > 4,38,751 > 44 Kanpur South Asia FM 8,00,55,000 2,00,13,750 20,01,375 > 5,00,344 > 21 Cochin Adlabs Films Ltd. 10,11,69,990 2,52,92,498 > 25,29,250 6,32,312 > 3 Ahmadabad South Asia FM 12,00,55,000 3,00,13,750 > 30,01,375 7,50,344 > 20 Chennai Radio Mid-Day 12,27,00,000 3,06,75,000 > 30,67,500 7,66,875 > 50 Lucknow South Asia FM 14,00,55,000 3,50,13,750 > 35,01,375 8,75,344 > 63 Pune South Asia FM 14,00,55,000 3,50,13,750 35,01,375 > 8,75,344 > 19 Chandhigarh Adlabs Films Ltd. 15,61,00,590 3,90,25,148 > 39,02,515 9,75,629 > 32 Hyderabad ENIL 18,00,00,000 4,50,00,000 45,00,000 > 11,25,000 > 13 Bangalore ENIL 21,60,00,000 5,40,00,000 54,00,000 > 13,50,000 > 24 Delhi Radio Mid-Day 31,42,00,000 7,85,50,000 78,55,000 > 19,63,750 > 53 Mumbai HT Music 35,20,01,004 8,80,00,251 88,00,025 > 22,00,006 > > > > ** Annual Fee will be charge @ 4% of Gross Revenue or 10% of Reserve OTEF > for the concerned city which ever is Higher > > Join the Community Radio Forum. 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