[BC] 9th FM harmonic causing interference

[Mike McCarthy]

Couple things here...

The 2Ghz transition delays were largely the result of broadcasters
equipment not be available to install.  The manufacturers were swamped
with orders and they could not meet those deadlines. Then came not enough
tower people qualified to do the work.  Then came the one or two laggard
broadcasters who's managers didn't believe it applied to their operation
and then were literally forced to move and convert kicking screaming.

I agree that MANY Nextel (Nexhell) people are idiots, including some top
managers. And there are an equal number of bone heads at Sprint too. But
in this case, the people I worked with were decent folks who wanted to
solve a real problem impacting their LICENSED operation.  I simply
eliminated the obvious and let them go searching for less than obvious.

Who was it that said, "When in doubt, eliminate all the possible options
and the solution will be obvious."

I see nothing wrong with that regardless of who they work for if the work
is a genuine and honest effort.  In the end well have the share the
spectrum. And I'd rather not be seen as a "pecker headed broadcaster".

MM

> First of all, Nextel is not cellular.  They are ESMR, which is a
> cellular like enhancement of SMR.  SMR is Specialized Mobile Radio, or
> trunked radio.  ESMR is Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio.  In the
> early days, they stayed with 100 Watts on each channel, though that
> has been reduced in cities, but not in rural areas, where it still
> works well.
>
> Nextel thinks their dung doesn't stink, and that they can do no wrong,
> yet they really cannot find their rear end with two hands and a
> flashlight.  I wrote much more, but deleted it because they can be
> nasty.
>
> The bottom line is, Nextel is just an awful company, and they are
> frequently wrong.
>
> I'm very amazed you got the call admitting that it was their problem.
>
> --chip
>
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 9:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:
>
>> Message: 20
>> From: Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com>
>>
>> I had this very same issue occur to a co-located cell site 200ft. down
>> from the main 7 bay FM. It was Nextel.
>>