This was granted on February 10. It's happening more and more. Land developers with dollar $igns in their eyes offer a property owner a ton of money they'd be stupid to turn down. These 25% of licensed power STAs are granted all the time in emergency situations beyond the control of the licensee.
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101669615&formid=911&fac_num=20669 The towers it was using had a small amount of top loading. Including that they were one quarter wavelength (.25). A 20 meter wire is .10 wavelength. Finding a new site of its own would probably be impossible for a lot of reasons. Diplexing is most likely the only solution. Diplexed stations can get out well if an engineer with experience sets up the equipment. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2015, at 11:48 PM, Patrick Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > From the Northwest Broadcasters site and the FCC, the FCC has granted a > special temporary authority to Family Stations Inc, for the Seattle Market, > KARR AM 1460 Kirkland. It will operate using a vertical wire of approx 20 > meters in height from a location of 47.38.39 122.09.25 at 1/4 night time > power of 625 watts. This is due to the loss of their lease of the transmitter > site. > > I wonder how well they will be heard running 625 watts from a 65 foot wire? > > 73, > Patrick > > Patrick Martin > Seaside OR > KGED QSL Manager > _______________________________________________ > 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] > _______________________________________________ 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]
