So the CRTC seems to go along with the actual dictionary or encyclopedia definition. The word came from long ago when seeds planted on a farm were "broad-cast" over a large area from a single source. The definition goes on to say that the distribution is usually in the form of radio waves with audio or visual information to be received by many people as opposed to information designed for a particular receiver or person. Such as a pager or walkie talkie.
AI will define it the same way as AI just gets it from other sources of information.
So bottom line as it applies to Canadian rules. Technically, using the Procaster AM 100mW/3 meter antenna, even though legal as a RSS-210 device cannot in anyway be used as it's use cannot be in a non broadcasting mode of operation. It can only transmit on the commercial broadcast band where many in a dispersed area can receive it on any radio.
MP3 players with FM transmitters have a 20 ft range or less and are directed to one receiver, not the many, and to yourself in the car or your house so that is not broadcasting.
Also RSS-123 in a bounded area is also broadcasting as the transmission is dispersed for the general public to receive on a common AM or FM radio. The Procaster AM in a parking lot the same. Any one sitting in their cars can tune in. It's still one to the many!
So what does this mean? Simply, the Procaster AM can't be used in a nonbroadcasting fashion. And for a defence saying that it's for me only when it can be received a kilometer away? Good luck with that. Especially when they hear a jingle. My defence would be where can I use it?, there's no BETS AM transmitters and FM space is very limited
It's like being told you need a license but you can't get the license. You have a certified no license needed Procaster but by the letter of the law you can't use it.
It's crazy and I get how hard it is for Rich to understand this, as it makes no sense.
!So what does this mean? Simply, the Procaster AM can't be used in a nonbroadcasting fashion. And for a defence saying that it's for me only when it can be received a kilometer away? Good luck with that. Especially when they hear a jingle. My defence would be where can I use it?, there's no BETS AM transmitters and FM space is very limited
I think you meant: " Simply, the Procaster AM can't be used in a broadcasting fashion."
Oh I think I get it now, I do. But it still doesn't make sense that you can not use the (Canadian manufactured) transmitter for the purpose it is specifically designed and marketed for. What else would you possibly use this $600 transmitter for?? Why would they grant RSS-210 Certification to a premium transmitter serving no purpose? - Something is missing.
@richpowers No, I meant can't be used in a nonbroadcasting fashion. It is only capable of broadcasting. Which means can't be used. I know how it sounds and I agree with you 100%.
No, nothing is missing. A Procaster can't nonbroadcast. Even on your own property it is still one to the many. Everything you are saying would be my defence in the event an agent shows up. They grant certification because it meets the RSS-210 technical requirements.
@richpowers No, I meant can't be used in a nonbroadcasting fashion. It is only capable of broadcasting. Which means can't be used. I know how it sounds and I agree with you 100%.
No, nothing is missing. A Procaster can't nonbroadcast.
Well.. not sure where you're coming from.
Saying the Procaster AM can't be used in a broadcasting fashion, is to say you can't broadcast with it because its RSS-210 and not BETS-1 certified.
But to say the Procaster can't be used in a nonbroadcasting fashion.. ... Well that means.. what? What's that supposed to mean?
Is it a riddle?
Now I'm getting confused.
The ProCaster can't be used for broadcasting in the CRTC definition of broadcasting. Which means that you can only transmit to yourself, or at least have the intent of transmitting to yourself. But it is certified under RSS-210, and you can't help it if others accidently hear it.
If you explicitly advertise that you're there, and/or attempt to increase your audience to others, that can be construed as broadcasting. That's what happened to the guy in Winnipeg who was shut down - it would be difficult to explain why he needed to run 3 transmitters just to transmit to yourself. I don't have any of the details, but it is also likely he was advertising and running his transmissions as a radio station.
@richpowers No riddle. When you use a Procaster you are broadcasting in the definition of broadcasting. It can't not be broadcasting unless you are out in the country with no homes or people with radios where others could listen. In a city, or town with the public all around you, cars, residences, you are broadcasting. When set up according to manual you are broadcasting.
Remember the definition of broadcasting.....
the act of sending out audio or video signals to a wide audience simultaneously, primarily through media like radio and television. It is also used more broadly to describe any method of distributing information to a large number of people at once
- To make something known to a large number of people, either deliberately or inadvertently
So you now see that a Procaster can ONLY be used for broadcasting unless there are no people, homes, cars, in range, like out in the country or your own property when you have 20 acres!
@richpowers No riddle. When you use a Procaster you are broadcasting in the definition of broadcasting....
Exactly, but you originally said was "Procaster can't be used in a nonbroadcasting fashion. Which doesn't seem to make sense.
Now I'm getting confused.
The ProCaster can't be used for broadcasting in the CRTC definition of broadcasting. ....
Right, that's what you all have been telling me all along, but it seems like something is missing in all this because why would RSS-210 Certification ever be granted a 100mw/3 meter AM transmitter system with the capable potential of range it provides if you can't use it? - not even if you have a licence! -- since a RSS-210 device is ineligible for broadcasting in Canada --- It's a big circle of not making sense, that until recently I hadn't even realized was an issue over there. That's why I keep saying "something's missing" in this topic.