Dear Mr Miller: Would you please identify the source (location, licensee and any other available info) of the continuous tone tests which were running on 1610 kHz last week, and then on 1020 kHz Saturday? Numerous listeners have heard them, and they seem to come from somewhere along the eastern seaboard, perhaps in the Washington DC vicinity. In the case of 1020 they were interfering with KDKA Pittsburgh and other stations. Thanks, (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, World of Radio, to Norm Miller, FCC, via DXLD)
This matter is being handled by the Enforcement Bureau, so I must respectfully decline to comment on an ongoing investigation (Charles N. "Norm" Miller, Electronics Engineer, Media Bureau, Audio Division Federal Communications Commission, Dec 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Look at https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/cf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=initial&application_seq=30515&RequestTimeout=1000 This is the application BAE filed in July, 2005, for operation at Ft. A. P. Hill for 10 kW on 590, 1020, and 1600. It was denied/dismissed shortly thereafter, on 10/19/2005. BAE then reapplied for an authorization thru the Media Bureau, not Office of Engineering & Technology (OET), on 10/19/2005, for various powers/frequencies: 760/200 W, 1180/2 kW, 1410/500 W, 1630/10 kW. This was granted on Oct. 24, 2005 and expired on April 24, 2006. But has it been renewed? On 1610 all we find as previously reported is LBA's WC2XKX, also on 530 and 1040 for 400 watts within 24 km of Pactolus, NC. https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=67551&x= So questions remain. Some excerpts from the OET page referenced above: ``Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary: Required to complete full scale transmitter and associated equipment testing.`` ``Please explain the purpose of operation: Company is a govt contractor which is developing mobile broadcasting units which can be deployed worldwide in order to satisfy customers immediate military requirements. Broadcast operation encompasses use of AM band frequencies which are necessary to simulate overseas operating parameters.`` ``Location: Bowling Green, Virginia, North 38 7 59, West 77 19 49, Mobile: n/a Radius: 150.00`` Bowling Green is the town next to Ft. A. P. Hill, S of Washington DC. BAE Systems appears to be a major defense contractor; look at all the fields they are involved in at http://www.baesystems.com They have several offices in the Washington DC area. But we don`t know for sure they are behind the present tests (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
