1st off they have a CP to power upgrade to 1.5kw vert 100 watts Horizontal 2nd They are licensed to operate at 100 Watts ERP translated thats 240 Watts TPO( transmitter Power output. as Far as Running 240 watts that is Correct For their licensed Power.... They were not Running too much power. 3rd Yes they were Licensed for operating at a height of 43 feet. When THey lost the building (sold) their old Engineer Moved them To the building Next door which happened to Be a 13 story building. (their first mistake was listening to their old Engineer) First violation. 4th.. as far as no Logs.... The FCC no longer requires Logging transmitter readings every 3 hours. Hence No Logs are Required . they Did infact have a logbook for the EAS and it was current.except that they only monitored 1 LP-1 station and NWS..
They Did in-fact have a Chief operator statement it was in The New public file that was being put together after the Old Engineer stole the original public file( second violation., you have no Idea how hard it was to try to obtain all the old FCC paperwork to place in the New file. As far as the station manager not having a Clue... YES thats very true. no Need for transmitter remote Control when you walk Up several fights of stairs and Physically turn ON/OFF or raise lower the power of the transmitter. which he did not know. He thought turning off the audio was shutting down the station. If the GM or the Field Engineer would have made a Phone call to me. I could have told him where to find the Public File( in the cabinet next to my desk. and the Chief operator statment. now the Question is Why it took a Year to issue this NAL after the FCC granted them a minor change to move the station to its current location Grant the STA to operate renew the STA. Renew the Full license and Grant a CP for a power increase. As you can read in the NAL. they came and ijnspected the new Facilities and Everything was in order the Public File. The antenna height the Power level. The location. RFR Signs Everything was OK.. and then they Issued the NAL.. they can see that they did everythng correctly after getting a real Engineer. The FCC should have just dropped or reduced the NAL. Or just give the NAL for being stupid and go after the Old Engineer. I told them to just Pay the Fine and lets move onto the New Project the Power increase. any other Questions??? Neal-ka2caf Current CE WYGG The FCC data base lists their ERP as 1.5KW and antenna height as 26 meters AMSL. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=19867 n9wys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did some checking on station WYGG. 1) They are licensed for 100W; they were operating at 240W. 2) They are licensed for an antenna height of 15 meters (~46 feet). They were operating at almost *3 times* that height (29.9 meters in excess). 3) They had no logs available; 4) There was no designated chief engineer; 5) The station manager didn't have a clue. I think they're lucky to have been able to keep their license - then again, maybe the FCC allowed them to keep it because they know that this is a "known-good revenue stream"... Mark - N9WYS Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
