I am in Canada so maybe Artisan can answer this for me.
For FM, are you allowed to have two transmitters operating in one location?
Was thinking, if I were to have two transmitters working at two different frequencies....one doing oldies and another doing country gold both at the same time, one on 90.7 and the other on 89.9 for example, two stations at once, would this be legal?
Don't know if I'd do it but wondering if you can.....
Mark
There are no restrictions on the number of transmitters you use in any location (or in multiple locations), as long as they don't transmit using the same programming source. What you are thinking of doing would certainly be legal. But if you wanted to, say, spread multiple transmitters across a geographic area and drive them from a single source (such as the Internet) so they are all transmitting the same thing, that would not be allowed. And that's for both FM and AM.
That edict is not from Industry Canada, by the way, but one of the conditions for an exemption for obtaining a CRTC license (other conditions include - no political broadcasting, no 'isms such as racism, sexism, etc., maintaining generally accepted community standards). If you violate any of those conditions and they find out, the CRTC reserves the right to demand that you get one of their licenses, effectively shutting you down (they're difficult to obtain, particularly in metropolitan areas, and very expensive).
Thanks Artisan.
Certified Rangemasters allow for linking from the same program source.
which is why they are not certified for use in canada
No, Keith Hamilton just feels it would be too expensive to certify the Rangemaster in Canada for the size of the potential market (or, at least he felt that way years ago when I talked to him).
Certification is from Industry Canada, but the restriction for multiple transmitters broadcasting from the same programming source comes from the CRTC (which polices programming).