<div dir="ltr">When I filed I was afraid that that the physical distance might be a problem. I filed for channel 215 (90.9 MHz). In the Bay Area there just isn't much / anything available. The best candidate frequency 102.5 had 8 different organizations file for it in San Francisco alone. In many ways the FCC rules haven't kept up with technology. The reason for the distance / adjacent channel rules have to do with selectivity and signal rejection. Due to the nature of FM radio if you have 2 transmitters on the same frequency (generally) a radio will only pick up the most powerful signal and you won't hear the weaker one at all.<div>
<br></div><div>It was an interesting experiment.<div><br></div><div>I believe that Hilaire is working on an internet radio project so all is not lost.</div></div><div><br></div><div>PS. Is there a place to store paper records at Noisebridge. I can keep them however as time goes by they may get misplaced or forgotten and if anybody deals with the FCC for any reason in the future they may be necessary. It would better if they were stored up there.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Tom Lowenthal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@tomlowenthal.com" target="_blank">me@tomlowenthal.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Hello hammies (or whatever). The FCC thinks we're too close to other radio stations. Here's their letter.</p>
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