Re: WTOS signal

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 12:30 PM 7/11/2003, Sid Whitaker wrote:
>A couple of years ago the FCC allocated 105.1 LPFM in the Portland/South
>Portland/Yarmouth/Freeport areas...hard to believe an LPFM could be
>built on that channel anywhere in Maine, given the reach of the WTOS
>flamethrower.
>
>Sid Whitaker
>Portland, ME


It might be a flamethrower...but with LPFM's it's solely a question of 
distance by class.  In crowded urban areas this is a bad thing, but in more 
rural Maine and NH, it's an advantage.  Even though a flamethrower might 
have a contour that overlaps the LPFM, if the distance requirements are met 
- that's all you need.   For a co-channel LPFM with a Class C...that's only 
130km, not too bad in a state like Maine.  Albeit you need 203km distance 
to ensure the LPFM has no interference received.

CFR 47 73.807
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/get-cfr.cgi?TITLE=47&PART=73&Section=807&TYPE=TEXT


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