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[dan.strassberg@att.net]

Most unlikely--based not only on listening but also on the FCC's usual procedure. Because so many stations potentially receive normally prohibited interference from WNSH's new operation, the usual procedure is to require a complete proof-of-performance together with the tendering of an application for a license to cover. If the proofs look good, the FCC will accept the application for filing and then allow the station to operate with the facilities described in the CP. Until then, the usual custom is to allow the station to use 1/4 of the CP power, which results in a field stength of 1/2 that of the full power. WNSH's situation is also odd because of the very low antenna efficiency, which results from the abysmal soil conductivity at the Tx site together with ground radials that could not be installed in a manner compliant with FCC regulations. Quite possibly, the FCC wants measurements along more than the usual number of radials. Those measurements are, no doubt, complicate!
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e need to make them at monitor points in Massachusetts Bay. With GPS, locating the points isn't the big deal it once would have been but it is an additional complication. I suspect that full power may still be months away.
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