[BC] LP Radio broadcaster wins

[Blake Bowers]

From: "Neal Newman" <cozy659 at yahoo.com>

>  I have been following this thread a bit.
>  a few things bother me about this...
>  a newspaper article said he quoted that his stations tower was 
> less than 100 feet and it was setup like an amateur station. so its 
> not a telecomunications tower  which are much taller.

And of course, a telecommunications tower can be any
height-including a number less than 100.


>   He also stated that his neighbor across the street who is an 
> amateur radio operator can have the same type tower and the city 
> was not busting his horns..

The Amateur Radio Operator has the PRB-1 Exemption.  The
broadcaster does not.  The broadcaster is trying to say that he
is just an "amateur" at broadcasting, so that makes him a radio
amateur.  The city attorney now has a FCC Defination of "Amateur".

>  The one item that really bother me about his operation.
>  He said he lowered the tower by 20 feet to make the city 
> happy..  I thought you can only move an antenna plus /minus  3 
> meters( about 9 feet) without filing for a Minor change.  Either 
> that or he had the antenna at the wrong height in the first place?.
>The license states that the antenna is an SWR FM-1/1
>  and thats exactly what it looked like at the top of the tower..
>  however an older version of the antenna.
>  SWR  now make the antenna a litle Different.. I know I have a few 
> of them at some non-comms..
>  Neal

This is where the so-called christian has an issue also.  He is
licensed for about 75 feet AGL.  He was operating at 100.  If
he only dropped 20 feet, then I believe he is still in violation.

The FCC is in posession of that part.

He keeps telling the city HAAT is how you measure the tower
height.