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Do we really need 50k stations at all anymore? Maybe drop them down to 20k day
and 10k or less at night. The San Francisco 50k stations cover far more than
they need to. Do I really need to hear KCBS in Fresno in the daytime?
Thanks
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> On Feb 26, 2016, at 9:54 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr."
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> More protection? Why??
>
> Most of these isolated population centers have local or semi local stations
> these days... And stations like KCHE Cherokee IA...or KNLV Ord Nebraska or
> KBRX ONeill Nebraska do an excellent job serving their local communities.
>
> No one in central Nebraska is going to tune to KXEL 1540 for emergency
> information.
>
> Paul
>
>> On Friday, February 26, 2016, Les Rayburn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> While generally I respect your positions, I have to disagree on this one.
>>
>> The Class A stations provide vital service to audiences who are isolated
>> from population centers. If you travel much in the Western US, and even
>> parts of the East, you’ll find there are more of these areas than some
>> would believe.
>>
>> More importantly, during regional emergencies, Class A stations offer
>> perhaps the only communication link that is wide-reaching, infrastructure
>> independent, and reliable. During Hurricanes Katrina, and Rita as well as
>> Superstorm Sandy, I witnessed this first hand. We sheltered evacuees from
>> New Orleans in our neighborhood in advance of Katrina, and by listening to
>> WLW, they were able to get breaking news about their neighborhoods. For
>> days, it was literally the only reliable source of information about the
>> disaster.
>>
>> Saw this repeat again in Washington, DC during Sandy, as people evacuated
>> from New Jersey—and relied on the Class A’s in the Northeast to get
>> reliable information after cellular networks, the Internet, and other links
>> had failed.
>>
>> If anything, I think the FCC should consider more protection for the Class
>> A stations.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>>
>> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>>
>> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
>> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>>
>>
>>>> On Feb 26, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
>>> [email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here's my response:
>>>
>>> I’m all for the changes… And I’m a DXer and broadcaster!!
>>>
>>> Who cares about WGY in Boston or Pittsburgh? Who cares about KDKA in
>>> Cincinatti or NYC?
>>>
>>> Reduce Class A Statiobs protection down from 750 miles to 300 miles and
>> be
>>> done with it. Most people, if they really wanna listen to WGY or KDKA
>> from
>>> far away listen online.
>>>
>>> The only people this 750 mile rule really help are DXers and the few
>>> distant distant listeners who don’t have Internet.
>>>
>>> Why service a few at the sacrifice and cost of many? Allow small stations
>>> night power or more night power to provide local programming
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>> On Friday, February 26, 2016, Dr. Tom Gruis <[email protected]
>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My comments on the KXEL petition:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Response to KXEL petition - 02.26.2014.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In addition to the above, I submit that in a national emergency the high
>>>> power stations would provide needed dissemination of information within
>> its
>>>> day and night coverage areas and provide redundancy should that be
>> needed!
>>>> Low power and FM stations would be much less capable of providing the
>>>> public's interest, convenience, and necessity. Further, with the
>> heightened
>>>> concerns about national security to limit available, operating, and
>> viable
>>>> communications systems operating within the law seems at best
>> foolhardy! In
>>>> terms of rapid emergency or even, God forbid, catastrophic periods the
>> high
>>>> power stations would be a more immediate and possibly coordinated
>>>> communications facility. Many ground stations would be much more
>> difficult
>>>> to sabotage than concentrated systems such as cable and satellites. And
>>>> remember the proven reliability and simplicity of the A. M. systems and
>>>> wireless communications in general.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tom E. H. Gruis, Ed. D.
>>>>
>>>> K0HTF
>>>>
>>>>
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