Re: WMWM taking a week off...

["Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>]

Hi Aaron:
    I totally agree with you about the FCC 3 minute
requirement.  My stations are ready for that.  I use
the Sine-Systems remote control systems with the
automatic call-up feature if the station goes out of
any parameters. I can control the transmitter to
turn-on or off with any touch-tone phone.  I also keep
backups on "warm-standby" if the main fails.  So, I
don't know why the WPAA's or the WDOM's of the world
run dead carrier during breaks.  On top of that,
running dead carrier without hourly legal ID's is not
legal.  At least WMWM shut's down completely when no
programming is present.  I would like to see WMWM run
24/7 myself, even when the students go home.  73.

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts 


--- Aaron 'Bishop' Read <aread@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> Your interpretation of "running unattended" is a
> little off, Peter...but in 
> principle I agree with you.   There's no reason for
> any station to shut 
> down these days...it's just too damn easy and cheap
> to set it up to run 
> with no physical presence at the helm.   "Saving
> heat and power"??  Gimme a 
> damn break...125W is barely a damn lightbulb, and
> you can't just "shut off" 
> the heat or the pipes will burst...realistically you
> can't go much below 
> 55-60 degrees without risking problems.
> 
> Anyways...an excellent reference on the specifics of
> running unattended is 
> available here:
> http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/noonehome.html
> 
> The key factors are having your EAS set up to run
> without outside control, 
> and having a means of shutting down your transmitter
> from any location 
> within three minutes of a problem being detected
> (this DOES NOT necessarily 
> mean within three minutes of the problem
> OCCURING...simply that you have to 
> be able to shut down within three minutes of being
> aware of the 
> problem).   Exactly whether or not you need a means
> of detecting a problem 
> in the first place is one of those vague areas the
> FCC is notorious 
> for...but regardless, the Broadcast Tools DC8PLUS is
> a simple $400 dial-up 
> solution that allows simple on/off telephone control
> of many basic 
> transmitter functions.
>
_________________________________________________________
> Aaron "Bishop" Read       aread@speakeasy.net
> Fried Bagels Consulting   www.friedbagels.com
> AOL-IM: ReadAaron         Brighton, MA 02135
> 
> 
> At 02:32 PM 12/19/2002, Peter Q. George wrote:
> >Can't they run automated during the break with
> WINAMP?
> >  As for the legal ID, they could use their remote
> >control system to automatically key up a cart deck
> >every hour? That's basically what I use to keep my
> >stations up and running 24/7.  If you use the
> WINAMP
> >with the the SQR Crossfader program, it sounds like
> >someone's running the board.  As long as you do
> your
> >readings daily and have a dial-up remote system and
> >have your EAS on automatic, you're ready.
> >
> >Just, in my own opinion, there is really no reason
> for
> >ANY college station to be silent during any breaks.
> >This will prevent any potential vulture
> "time-sharing"
> >person to apply for half of your airtime when
> license
> >renewal time comes.  I hope Salem State will
> >reconsider for your Christmas shows.  73.
> >
> >Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
> >Whitman, Massachusetts
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
                           "Scanning the bands since 1967"
radiojunkie1@yahoo.com
radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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