[BC] NOAA

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OR, if you cannot find a station to let you feed from there, contact  
some attorneys.  Law offices are FREQUENT places to do such things,  
and often used to host Public Inspection Files.

Also, look at the issue from a different direction.  Offer NOAA tower  
space and space in your building for a Weather Radio transmitter.  If  
YOU are having trouble picking up NOAA broadcasts, those in your  
community will be having similar issues.

More than a few communities have pitched in to fund a NOAA transmitter  
and site.  If you don't have it, you can get it.

Once the NOAA transmitter is on your tower, you should have no problem  
receiving it!

I have seen a LOT of NOAA installations where the tower and building  
space is given away free to NOAA.  I have also seen a few where the  
broadcast stations actually maintain the NOAA equipment.  Frankly,  
this isn't hard.  The station just determines what went bad, let them  
know, and swap the component when it arrives.

--chip

On Oct 10, 2009, at 7:03 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 26
> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:36:51 -0700
> From: Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com>
> Subject: Re: [BC] NOAA
>
> George,
>
> I'm going out on a limb here.  But, I see your solution as easy.
>
> BYPASS THE BUREAUCRATS!  Get a station (Alert: Stevan White) in
> Amarillo to set you up with a bridged feed off their NOAA receiver.
> If you are willing to supply the streaming source (even an old
> computer should be enough!), I can't believe you would not find a
> station in Amarillo willing to help out.
>
> At 02:18 PM 10/10/2009, GC wrote:
>> We have tried with no success to get NOAA weather radio in this
>> area. Attemps to get the Amarillo WX office to let us put in a Barix
>> type unit and feed directly to our studio and the answer is NO. We
>> have been told "enough people have not died" We depend on unattended
>> stations to get us alerts and there are times it does not happen.
>> NOAA and EAS is BROKE. Now there a a station that makes a mistake
>> and gets fined?
>>
>> I think every time I see a cloud I am going to turn off the
>> transmitter, go home and hide under the covers.
>>
>> George Chambers
>> KXIT
>> kxit at xit.net
>