[BC] FM jamming story

[Steve Michaels]

 From the WJHG website (Panama City, FL)

Story is essentially correct except it was not an exciter, it was a Bext
XL1000 transmitter.....

"Double O" FCC Probe=20
Adam Kramer


As a hurricane approaches land, residents who live in its path depend on =
the
media to broadcast vital information about the storm.

The Federal Communications Commission is now investigating a local radio
station for allegedly interfering with another local station during
Hurricane Dennis.

It all started back in Jul, when an engineer for WPAP was driving around =
and
noticed his signal was being jammed. He went to the station, got a =
device
which tracked down the signal, and found out it was coming from rival
station WAKT.

The engineer went into WAKT with a sheriff's deputy who proceeded to =
turn
off a device called an exciter, basically a small transmitter, which was
jamming the signal.=20

What makes this story more disturbing is that WPAP is the local =
emergency
access radio station, which means in situations such as Dennis, they're
suppose to be broadcasting the latest information to help save your =
life.=20

But they were unable to do so because their signal was jammed.=20

Newschannel 7 spoke to Double "O" Radio, owners of WAKT, and they =
refused to
comment on the situation, but if the FCC says it was intentional, no one
knows what penalty WAKT may face, because this is pretty unprecedented. =
It
could be anywhere from a slap on the wrist to losing their broadcasting
license.=20

WAKT has 30 days to respond to the charges from the FCC and turn over =
all
information to the investigation.

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