Re: 540 AM in NH

[Jeffrey Gill <jeff@folkimage.com>]

The following page on the FCC website had contained the data on the 540
application in Jaffrey, NH, but it is not working as I now test it. It
had been working the last time I used it... must be five months ago or
so:

http://svartifoss.fcc.gov:8080/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?acct=0&context=5&appn=100433008&fac_num=122478&formid=301

As I recall, the station was to be 1 kw directional daytime, and (I
think) 250 watts night, also directional.

The applicant is supposedly a professor at Ramapo College on the NY/NJ
border. An email address was given in the actual app, but I never
received a response. Is he a front for one of the big boys? Who knows. 

dan.strassberg@att.net wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, I have no idea. The FCC AM database is a
> total mess. The section that contains station data
> organized by COL and frequency has not been updated
> since January 2000, when the disastrous Y2K update
> wrecked the database. All attempts to correct the
> problems have merely corrupted the database further.
> Also, it's unclear whether anyone at the FCC really
> cares. I tried to find the area where I could look up an
> application or CP by file number but I couldn't locate
> it. I did wind up with an account at the page from which
> you can download FCC forms, but that wasn't what I
> thought I was subscribing to.
> 
> I think Jaffrey is far enough from both Pawtucket RI and
> Waterbury VT (both of which have 550 stations) that a
> 540 station with 250W ND daytime might be technically
> feasible. However, based on its use of 214W at night
> (presumably to protect CBK, the Class A on 540), WLUX,
> the 540 station in Islip NY, appears to be a class D.
> I would guess then, that the NH station would have to be
> directional at night because it too must protect CBK and
> I don't think the FCC is granting CPs for new Class D
> AMs.
> 
> However, if WLUX's antenna is efficient enough to
> produce the minumum 250W field with only 214W, WLUX
> might be a Class B. If so, the NH station might be a
> Class B operating nights with 250W ND (or a lower power
> into an antenna with greater-then-minimum efficiency to
> produce a nighttime field equivalent to 250W from a
> minimum-efficiency antenna).
> > Would this be non-directional or directional?
> >
> > -Adam
> >
> > http://adamskewlsite.freeservers.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> > [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of
> > Strassberg, Dan (Cahners)
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 12:22 PM
> > To: 'boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org'
> > Subject: 540 AM in NH
> >
> >
> > As usual, it appears that somebody has beaten me to the punch. Alert readers
> > here may recall my posting a couple of weeks back about an AM 540 in being
> > possible in southern NH. This, from today's FCC actions, suggests that a CP
> > has been granted--or at least that someone has applied for the frequency:
> >
> > AM STATION APPLICATIONS FOR MINOR AMENDMENT TO A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
> > AMENDMENT RECEIVED
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------- NH BNP-20001023ACT NEW 129522 STEVEN WENDELL Engineering
> > Amendment filed 04/17/2001 P 540 KHZ JAFFREY, NH
> >
> > Dan Strassberg, Senior Technical Editor, EDN Magazine, 275 Washington St,
> > Newton, MA 02458-1630, USA
> > 1-617-558-4205, Fax 1-617-928-4205, ALTERNATE Fax 1-617-558-4470,
> > ednstrassberg@cahners.com, http://www.ednaccess.com
> >

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