more on Kroc money
David Farber <[email protected]> Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:05:42 -0400
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Begin forwarded message: From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <[email protected]> Date: October 28, 2006 1:26:19 PM EDT To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IP] more on Kroc money Reply-To: [email protected] > For decades J.C. Whitney, Radio Shack and other "electronic" > vendors have sold FM modulators. Now all of a sudden when > satellite radio is starting to pull listeners away from > terrestrial broadcasting, does anyone, let alone National > Public Radio, actually care about it?!? Perhaps because the modulators sold by J.C. Whitney and Radio Shack adhered to FCC output requirements, while the signals being output by the satellite FM modulators are way over the Part 15 limits. My next door neighbor and I listen to an oldies station in a town about 40 miles away. We're on the fringe of their signal, but we both can generally receive it ok. One day I was in my office and heard a Sirius oldies show coming from my radio. I wandered over to my neighbor's and, sure enough, he had a new Sirius receiver. Its FM modulator was tuned to the fringe FM oldies station's frequency out of convenience; when my neighbor wanted to listen to Sirius, he just fired it up and the modulator's signal easily overpowered the weak signal from the broadcast station. It also overpowered my tuner, about 100 feet and two exterior walls away. I don't know what the Sirius modulator was putting out, but I suspect it had to be well over 100 milliwatts. We were able to equitably resolve the situation. But I can see where it could be a problem, especially in an apartment building. Not saying NAB and NPR aren't overreacting, but there are some real world consequences that need to be acknowledged and corrected. Regards, KGB ----- Kevin G. Barkes Email: [email protected] | Web: www.kgb.com KGB Report: http://www.kgb.com Commentwear by KGB: http://www.commentwear.com National Temperature Index: http://nationaltemperatureindex.com DCL Dialogue on line: http://www.kgb.com/dcl.html Random Quotations Generator: http://www.goodquotations.com Over 12,000 searchable quotations.