[BC] Remote Control Access via Internet

[Bailey, Scott]

Glen,
  My station is a 1 KW AM station. In the 15 years I've operated the
thing, I've never seen a situation where the transmitter rose above 105%
in power output. I've only had deals where we dropped in power in we had
a FET blow (and this was in my old Gates 1 box), so what I'm thinking,
there is a program that will send you a email alert if the transmitter
is out of tolerance. Example would be the transmitter didn't reduce
power at sunset. Then, I can log in my pocket pc, home pc, etc, and
reduce power.

Scott

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Glen Kippel
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 11:52 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] Remote Control Access via Internet

You will need to have some way of having it contact you if something
falls
out of tolerance.  How you do this is up to you, and if you get
inspected,
be prepared to show how/that it works.  I don't know about internet,
having
used only dialup and/or SCA remote control, but at my previous station I
had
the ARC-16 call if the output power fell below 90% (this could be
optional),
rose above 105% (this is not), and if the ModMinder (R) showed
consistently
over modulation.  Of course, we had other things that are not
FCC-required,
like if the AC power was off, the building temperature got above 95
degrees,
or we lost an STL -- stuff like that.  You do not have to remotely
monitor
plate voltage, plate current, etc. unless you want to.  It can be handy
to
know these things before you get to the transmitter site, but the FCC
doesn't require it.

On 2/21/07, Bailey, Scott <sbailey at nespower.com> wrote:
>
> Question to the brain trust:
>
>
>
> I've read over the rules of unattended operation, and I have a
question.
> Does a station have to have a dial up phone line installed at the
> transmitter for remote control or can a station control it transmitter
> by internet access only, and do away with the dial up phone line?
>
>
>
> My thoughts were, and a discussion with another engineer was, the last
> update of the remote control rules was around 1995, almost 12 years
ago,
> before we had wide open internet access.  My studio is with the
> transmitter, and I can access my studio automation with my pocket pc,
> via Verizon Broadband Wireless, or even Wi-fi. My studio automation
can
> lower and raise power on my transmitter, and turn it off. I can access
> my automation system via logmein.com at home and control the
transmitter
> as well.
>
>
>
> What are the thoughts you guys have on this subject?  Do we really
have
> to have a "dedicated" phone line at the transmitter, if I'm using that
> line for DSL service and my pc controls the transmitter, and I have
> constant access to it?
>
>
>
> Scott
>
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