[BC] Overcoming system losses

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I think what Scott meant was that he's simply pushing more then 250 Watts
from the transmitter to get 250W at the tower, which..as far as I know, is
completely legal.

Paul



On 4/26/07, Cowboy <curt at gwis.com> wrote:
>
> Previously, you (Bailey, Scott) wrote:
> > I bet Bob is having to push a bit more power out of the Nautel 400 watt
> > box than 250 watts, just to make up for line loss and no real ground
> > system, just to get a field reading equal to 250 watts.
>
> I'd bet not !
>
> The rules are pretty clear in that regard.
> Without authority from the Commish, one can NOT run over license power,
> even if one thinks it's justified.
>
> I know of no rule for licensed broadcast stations that authorizes
> over license power to maintain field, though I do no of rules that
> require reduced power to not exceed licensed field limits.
>
> --
> Cowboy
>
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