[BC] Pattern or power change??
DHultsman5@aol.com
DHultsman5
Wed Dec 20 07:15:48 CST 2006
In a message dated 12/14/2006 1:09:57 PM Central Standard Time,
richwood at pobox.com writes:
There are no alarms to warn of illegal operation. "It's
not our fault - no one was at the controls" isn't going to get you
very far. Your obligation is to make sure the station operates
legally or shut it down until you can. I don't believe they care how
many stations you may be responsible for. If you can't handle 8
stations, it's the licensee's responsibility to change/increase the
staffing to make sure they're operating properly.
Rich
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I once asked a well know Washington Law Firm to make a formal inquiry at the
FCC regarding the pattern change times at sunset. I had two manned sites
and ocassionally the night site operator would be late.
I was told by the firm that if the operator was late we were to turn off the
day transmitter at pattern change time and wait until the night operator got
to the night site. When I passed on this letter to management with two
solutions, 1.) Install a remote control to switch to the night transmitter. 2.)
Pay the enginner to be on sight one hour before scheduled switch instead of
30 minutes.
Management made the decision to pay the operators the additional money. The
cost of remote control would have been expensive due to the stability of the
array at that time.
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