[Noisebridge-discuss] Radio: FCC rejection letter

J.C. r33lmm at gmail.com
Sat Dec 21 00:10:29 UTC 2013


So I see a couple of ways to hack this, all is not lost in the broadcasting
realm.



On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Al Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are drawers at the front desk station currently used to hold office
> supplies. The membership binder is kept near there also. Its probably the
> best place even though it isn't locked.
> On Dec 20, 2013 8:57 AM, "Noisebridge Radio" <noisebridgeradio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> It was an interesting experiment.
>>
>> I believe that Hilaire is working on an internet radio project so all is
>> not lost.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Tom Lowenthal <me at tomlowenthal.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello hammies (or whatever). The FCC thinks we're too close to other
>>> radio stations. Here's their letter.
>>>
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