[IP] more on Kroc money

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <kgb@kgb.com>
Date: October 28, 2006 1:26:19 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: RE: [IP] more on Kroc money
Reply-To: kgbarkes@gmail.com

> 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

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