Pirates

[Bob Nelson]

I've picked up Companion Radio for a couple block radius around Blueberry Hill
Nursing Home in Beverly (97.9), and when my father was at Brightview
in Danvers (he's at a diff. nursing home now), they were broadcasting
Companion Radio on 90.7, with a signal reaching a couple blocks (from
the new Mass General/North Shore hospital to near the intersection of
Water St. & Endicott St...)

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Bill Smith <brscomm@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Companion Radio was using at least 1 watt transmitters and were in trouble with
> the FCC over it. From what I was told, several nursing home systems around
> Boston were shut down 5-6 years ago because of  this. They are bound to the same
> Part 15 regs.
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> Bill
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> From: Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@mail.com>
> To: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com; bri@bostonradio.org
> Sent: Tue, May 31, 2011 10:49:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Pirates
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> If his station is audible for more than a few blocks he's a pirate. According to
> Wikipedia
> "(FM) unlicensed broadcasts are limited to a field strength of 250 µV/m at a
> distance of 3 meters from the antenna. This is equivalent to 0.01 microwatts"
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_15_%28FCC_rules%29
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> Something like a drive in theatre broadcasting audio on FM; someone using a mini
> FM transmitter to rebroadcast an mp3 player or XM/Sirius to their car's FM
> radio; or a nursing home
> using "Companion Radio" that reaches a few blocks (such as Blueberry Hill in
> Beverly,
> or Brightview in Danvers) are permissible unlicensed. If you can pick up these
> stations within
> a range of several miles, definitely pirates.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. <walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com>
> To: bri <bri@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Tue, May 31, 2011 10:11 am
> Subject: Pirates
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> Are 98.1 FM in Sandown, NH and 88.5 FM in Ipswich, MA Priates or Part 15
> stations? The kid who claims he had nothing to do with 87.9 other then being
> a DJ is running the stations and he MAKES it seem like hey have some oomph
> and poer to them. He is apaprentl friends with whoever 87.9 The Beat in New
> Hampshire is.
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