[BC] Licensed power

[Jeff Glass]

In a message dated 6/20/12 1:59:16 PM Central Daylight Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

> 
>  Is it legal to always run five percent higher power than the
>  station is licensed for?
>  
>  Heard an engineer of a fifty kw station say he always runs
>  his station at 52,500 watts.
>  
>  Tom
>  

Tom,  I don't think doing this is illegal; it's just not the smart thing to 
do. If an FCC inspector looks at the meters just right, he could easily 
cite you for overpower. Plus, it accomplishes nothing to transmit that extra 5% 
considering the risks of an FCC fine.  And if the FCC inspector looks at 
your logs (assuming you log TPO) he won't be too impressed to see many log 
entries over an extended time for 105%. 

Jeff Glass, BSEE CSRE DRB
Chief Engineer
WNIU WNIJ
Northern Illinois University

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