Our call letters have been granted, and WDXD-LP it is.
LPFM CP was granted today
Pleased that the construction permit for Delta Star Radio was granted today. ERP 33 watts on 101.9 at 53 meters.
My afternoon improved a lot after receiving this news!
Merry Christmas!
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The Saturday ALPB meeting time has been difficult for me to adjust to due to family usually being here. I remain active in operating AM 1610 while awaiting the LPFM CP.
Seeking to upgrade the AM by Christmas..
I was looking at the iAMradio website, which has some new information about their recently redesign of the iAM transmitter. Because my intended community for the AM signal is the Lafayette area, as opposed to Tallahassee itself, I gave myself the goal of working to get the upgraded iAM system with ATU on the air, hopefully by Christmas.
Lafayette itself is unincorporated and is at most about 1.5 miles west of me and about a mile to the east. There are mostly pastures to the south, and a major highway close to 1/2 mile to the north.
I have had one transmitter that covered this area and that was the Cunningham. I am really hoping to get this done as no one hears 1610 now except for me and the pets. Except for the listeners on the stream, that is.
May have to bake and sell a lot of goodies to pay for it that quickly!
Having some eye examinations..
I was recently scheduled to have my sort-of-regular eye examination. Last Friday I was examined by an opthamologist.
He found my vision to be poor, which it always has been. At 20/400 I am legally blind. That appears to be about what it as been.
He did refer me to a retina specialist, given the development of a relatively new floater in my better eye. I am functioning okay but the opthamologist wanted a second opinion.
I have an exam with the specialist on October 31. The eye dilation thing basically much means I can’t do much for the rest of the day. Plus these tests physically wear me out.
So I may be off the computer for a bit.
LPFM application – filed!
It’s been a long time in the making, but this past Thursday, October 17, I was able to successfully file for a licensed LPFM station.
I think it would be neat to simulcast the LPFM broadcast over the Part 15 AM. Of course, it would be worth beefing up my current system to the iAM/ATU set-up to make it worthwhile, and maybe fill in some coverage voids.