New Commissioners

  o  The Senate voted yesterday to confirm two new FCC nominees,
  Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel and Republican Ajit Pai, to fill
  the vacant seats on the five-member commission that has only
  had three members since the beginning of the year.  The
  nominees could be sworn in by the end of this week:
  http://tinyurl.com/FCC-NomineesMoveForward

  Television

  o  FCC adopts rules permitting TV channel sharing by
  broadcasters and enacts first step towards acquiring spectrum
  under incentive auctions:
  http://tinyurl.com/TVNewsCheckOnTVChanSharing
  http://tinyurl.com/TVChanSharing
  http://tinyurl.com/ChanSharingRules (FCC Report & Order)

  o  FCC's TV channel sharing workshop is set for May 22,
  details available here:
  http://tinyurl.com/ChanSharingWorkshop
  http://tinyurl.com/ChanShareWorkshopStory

  o  Good reasons why television broadcasters should hang onto
  their spectrum:
  http://tinyurl.com/HangingOnMakesSense

  o  TV public files will be moving to the Internet in stages;
  political files are the hot topic:
  http://tinyurl.com/PFsForTVtoTheInternet
  http://tinyurl.com/JessellOnPoliticalFiles
  http://tinyurl.com/McAdamsOnPoliticalFiles
  http://tinyurl.com/HuffPostOnPoliticalFiles

  Radio

  o  Red Wolf (Connecticut) FM translator granted over
  full power station objections -- this is an interesting
  case:
  http://tinyurl.com/RedWolfXlator

  o  Ideas proposed as to what should constitute
  interference from FM translators and LPFMs to primary FM
  stations:
  http://tinyurl.com/XlatorAndLPFM-IX-to-PrimaryFMs

  o  Media Bureau announces release of LPFM spectrum
  availability program and data files:
  http://tinyurl.com/FCC-LPFM-ProgramAndData

  Wireless

  o  Workshop agenda for collocating wireless antennas on
  communications towers and other structures:
  http://tinyurl.com/WirelessWorkshopAgenda

  o  FCC launches a Mobility Fund to accelerate delivery
  of 3G/4G service to "tens of thousands of road miles that
  currently lack 3G or 4G service:"
  http://tinyurl.com/MobilityFundLaunch

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                           RANDOM NOTES
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  SAN DIEGO SBE MEETING SET FOR MAY 16 -- EAS

  National broadcast preparedness expert Richard Rudman comes
to San Diego May 16 to update Chapter 36 members and guests on
the updates to the Emergency Alert System or "EAS."  What are the
new FCC rules and how were they derived?  What is the Common
Alerting Protocol (CAP)?  When and how will it be implemented
in the southern California region?  If you have questions
regarding the EAS, this is a good time to ask.

  Meeting:  Wednesday, May 16, at noon at TV Magic, 8112
Engineer Road in Kearny Mesa, San Diego.  Please RSVP to
rsvp (at) sbe36.org with a Subject of "May Meeting" to allow
an accurate headcount for the no-host lunch ($10 for a
sandwich and soft drink).

  http://sbe36.org/

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  GENERAL NOTES FOR TELEVISION

  o  NAB has withdrawn its lawsuit challenging the use of
  unlicensed devices in spectrum vacated by broadcasters:
  http://tinyurl.com/WhiteSpaceLawsuitWithdrawn

  o  LG Electronics plans to launch Internet-enabled TV
  based on Google's platform during the week of May 21:
  http://tinyurl.com/LG-Internet-TV

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  GENERAL NOTES FOR RADIO

  o  Frank Foti's talk at the NAB Show on FM SSBSC (single
  sideband suppressed carrier transmission of the L-R channel)
  is available free on the Web.  It's a fascinating 32 minute
  video.  The sound starts when Mr. Foti begins speaking:
  http://tinyurl.com/FotiOnSSBSC

  o  The May issue of Crawford's "The Local Oscillator" is
  hot off the virtual press and ready for viewing.  Noteworthy
  are Cris Alexander's findings from the NAB Show and how he
  plans to implement new technology at his stations (page 1-3):
  http://tinyurl.com/May2012LocalOscillator

  o  On the still-sluggish HD Radio adoption rate:
  http://tinyurl.com/SlowHDRadioAdoption

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  GENERAL NOTES OF INTEREST

  o  Harris to sell its broadcast business (the trade press
  is buzzing with stories -- these are the introductory ones):
  http://tinyurl.com/HarrisToSellBroadcast
  http://tinyurl.com/HarrisRipples
  http://radioworld.com/default.aspx?tabid=75&entryid=864

  o  A new report has been released on the September 8, 2011
  San Diego electrical power blackout:
  http://tinyurl.com/IEEE-SanDiegoBlackoutStory
  http://tinyurl.com/AP-Story-via-WBAY

  o  Bo Donovan has passed away at age 67.  He had a rich
  history in southern California radio broadcasting and was
  recently the manager of the Ramona and Fallbrook airports
  in San Diego County:
  http://www.thevillagenews.com/story/63518/

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  ATTENTION COMMUNICATION SITE OWNERS/USERS ON
  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOREST SERVICE LAND  -  PART 6

  This continues our multi-part series on avian anti-perching
devices that are being mandated on communications sites located
on southern California Forest Service land.

  Two additional concerns with anti-perching spike strips have
been raised by a TV engineer regarding Mt. Wilson and similar
highly elevated sites.  The concerns are expressed here as
questions -- will the spikes significantly increase the ice
loading on towers by holding ice in place longer, and when the
ice eventually falls will it tend to fall in larger blocks doing
more damage to other antennas and structures below?

  An additional point is that deformation of the spikes will
inevitably occur when ice pulls away from the spikes or falls
on other spikes, leading to the formation of intermodulation
products when the spikes rub against each other in the presence
of high RF fields.  "We could spend a lot of money installing
those spikes now, just to find out that we've got big interference
headaches years downstream" the engineer commented.  By spikes we
mean metal spikes.  Insulated spikes are quickly destroyed in icy
environments according to one installer with years of experience.

  How much attention the Forest Service has paid to these issues
(if any) remains to be seen.

  If there are additional concerns with the Forest Service's
Appendix G anti-perching measures, please send your thoughts to
the editor of this newsletter.  Engineers from the SCFCC and CGC
would like to discuss the key issues with representatives from
the Forest Service in the not-too-distant future.

  Forest Service Appendix G:

  http://tinyurl.com/ForestServiceAppendixG

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  MIT/HARVARD ON-LINE EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATION

  MIT President Susan Hockfield and Harvard University
President Drew Faust, accompanied by top officials from both
institutions, recently announced a new collaboration that will
unite the Cambridge-based universities in an ambitious new
partnership to deliver online education to learners anywhere
in the world.

  http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/edx-launched-0502.html

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                          HAM RADIO NOTES
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  THE 1.2 GHZ SITUATION BECOMES MORE PECULIAR

  "I always enjoy it when it says Certified Mail, Federal
Communications Commission, Enforcement Bureau.  And here it's
a Warning Notice from the Commission that went to a slew of
southern California [ham radio] repeater operators who own 1.2
GHz repeaters and I haven't had my 1,200 MHz repeater on the
air for fifteen years, yet they say that I operate on the air
on 1.2 GHz and I'm interfering with the FAA radar."  - Remarks
from Gordon West, WB6NOA, as published in Amateur Radio
Newsline for May 4, 2012.

  Ham radio use is secondary in the 1.2 GHz band; there is
no argument on that point.  It's just that the FCC is starting
to sound inept in its actions.  Much better PR is needed.  The
FCC should tell us which frequencies are of concern, why, at
what power levels, and over which geographic areas.

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  THE K7AGE AND ARRL VIDEO WEBSITES

  Randy Hall, K7AGE, has been working in the broadcast field
for years and has put together a popular ham radio video Website.
You might enjoy his "Tour Around NAB 2012..." at the first URL
below.  ARRL has their own video Website at the second URL.

  http://www.youtube.com/user/K7AGE
  http://www.youtube.com/user/ARRLHQ

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                       LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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  TECH LETTERS

  The most recent Tech Letters postings include the following:

  o  The Broadcast Warning Working Group held an SECC plan
  writing workshop during the recent NAB Convention.  The goal
  was to come up with a sample state plan with elements that
  take revisions we know about so far to Part 11 into account.
  The plan, in Microsoft Word doc format, is posted for
  downloading:
  http://www.earthsignals.com/press/?p=1518

  ______

  Letters to the Editor of the CGC Communicator should be
posted on the Tech Letters Website.  Here is the URL to see
the most recent postings and to make new postings (all letters
and comments are moderated and are posted after review):

  http://www.earthsignals.com/press/

  Please contact the moderator, Steve Blodgett, if you are
having trouble viewing or posting: sblodgett (at) earthsignals.com

  Thanks!

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                            OFF TOPIC
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  GREEN LASER EYE HAZARD

  Green lasers are back in the news with eye injuries to two
San Diego police officers reported on Friday.

  As mentioned in CGC #1017 (August 2010), "Many green
lasers can be an eye hazard because of intense infrared radiation
"powerful enough to cause retinal damage to an individual...."
The final URL below explains the origin of the invisible
infrared.

  The San Diego situation is serious and perhaps out of
character with what we have come to expect from someone randomly
waving a pen-type green laser around.  So we wonder if a somewhat
higher powered laser -- and/or an aiming telescope -- was
involved.  Unless the culprit is caught, we may never know.

  http://tinyurl.com/GreenLaserEyeInjury
  http://tinyurl.com/GreenLaserViaAP
  http://tinyurl.com/LaserUpdate
  http://www.earthsignals.com/press/?p=217#more-217

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  OTHER UNUSUAL OFF TOPIC MATERIAL

  o  The horrible noise experiment.  Crank up the volume
  and keep it at the same level for this seven noise test:
  http://www.sound101.org/sywtbas/

  o  The Hindenburg disaster remembered 75 years later:
  http://tinyurl.com/Hindenburg75

  o  A fascinating story on stolen audio archive recordings
  where the culprit was ultimately caught:
  http://tinyurl.com/StolenAudioArchives

__________________________________________________________________

From previous post: The Broadcast Warning Working Group held an SECC plan writing workshop during the recent NAB Convention. The goal was to come up with a sample state plan with elements that take revisions we know about so far to Part 11 into account. The plan, in Microsoft Word .doc format is posted here for download.

SECC_SAMPLE_PLAN_Version 4.0

  Period covered: April 2, 2012 - April 30, 2012 inclusive.

  This newsletter is devoted exclusively to FCC Applications
and Actions in the greater Los Angeles/San Bernardino/San Diego
triangle as compiled from the FCC's Applications and Actions
sheets and other sources.  An asterisk (*) appears after the
newsletter number to denote this special edition.

  Before each frequency listed below, a single letter
ordinarily appears.  "E" means the application was filed
electronically; "P" means it was filed on paper.

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          LOCAL CALL SIGN ACTIONS GRANTED - AM/FM/TV
******************************************************************

  CALL SIGN ACTION LIST #541

  KSCF(FM), San Diego, to KEGY

  K06MB, Indio, to KKKK-CA

  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-313539A1.doc

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               AM RADIO - LOCAL ITEM FROM THE FCC
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  AM STATION APPLICATION FOR MODIFICATION OF LICENSE GRANTED

  BML-20120118AGC   KCEO   67666   IHR EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING
            P     1000 KHZ                  VISTA, CA

  License to modify.

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               FM RADIO - LOCAL ITEMS FROM THE FCC
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  FM TRANSLATOR APPLICATION FOR ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT
  GRANTED

  BNPFT-19981015TA  981015TA 91871  CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS..
             P      88.3 MHZ                MURRIETA, CA

  CP NEW STN: PRIMARY STATION KEFX
  Petitions to deny this application must be on file no later
  than 15 days from the date of the notice accepting this
  application for filing.

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  FM AUXILIARY TRANSMITTING ANTENNA APPLICATION FOR
  MODIFICATION OF AUXILIARY PERMIT ACCEPTED FOR FILING

  BMXPED-20120410AAE   KPCC  51701   PASADENA AREA COMMUNITY
              E      89.3 MHZ           COLLEGE DISTRICT
                                          PASADENA, CA
  Mod of CP
  __________________

  FM AUXILIARY TRANSMITTING ANTENNA APPLICATION FOR
  MODIFICATION OF AUXILIARY PERMIT GRANTED

  BMXPED-20120410AAE   KPCC  51701   PASADENA AREA COMMUNITY
              E      89.3 MHZ            COLLEGE DISTRICT
                                           PASADENA, CA
  Mod of CP

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  FM TRANSLATOR APPLICATION FOR MINOR CHANGE TO
  A LICENSED FACILITY GRANTED

  BPFT-20120309ACH   K212GC   91086   ONDAS DE VIDA, INC.
             E      90.3 MHZ              DEVORE, CA

  Minor change in licensed facilities, callsign K212GC.

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  FM TRANSLATOR APPLICATION FOR MINOR CHANGE TO
  A LICENSED FACILITY ACCEPTED FOR FILING

  BPFT-20120425AEA  K216FM 92354  LIFE ON THE WAY COMMUNICATIONS..
            E      91.1 MHZ                VAN NUYS, CA

  Minor change in licensed facilities, callsign K216FM.

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  FM TRANSLATOR APPLICATION FOR MINOR CHANGE TO
  A LICENSED FACILITY ACCEPTED FOR FILING

  BPFT-20120413ABA  K220HC 91759  LIFE ON THE WAY COMMUNICATIONS..
            E      91.9 MHZ               SUN VALLEY, CA

  Minor change in licensed facilities, callsign K220HC.

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  FM STATION APPLICATION FOR MINOR AMENDMENT TO
  A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT AMENDMENT RECEIVED

  BPH-20120316ABT   KRSX-FM  2316  S AND H BROADCASTING L.L.C.
            E      105.1 MHZ          TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA

  Engineering Amendment filed 04/23/2012

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                  TV - LOCAL ITEMS FROM THE FCC
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  LPTV/TV TRANSLATORS: PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION PERMITS

  CH-14, Desert Center
  CH-18, El Centro/Holtsville
  CH-25, San Diego
  CH-45, Palm Springs
  CH-50, Frazier Park

  http://tinyurl.com/6wkz4es

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  SPECIAL ITEM OF INTEREST

  Qualcomm has been granted an experimental authorization
to test on TV Channels 25, 26, 32, 33, 45 and 46 in San Diego,
see the fourth item at:

  http://tinyurl.com/QualcommSanDiegoTest

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  DIGITAL AUXILIARY APPLICATION FOR AUXILIARY PERMIT
  ACCEPTED FOR FILING

  BXPCDT-20120411AAU   KNBC  47906   NBC TELEMUNDO LICENSE LLC
               E      CHAN-36             LOS ANGELES, CA

  CP for auxiliary purposes.

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  DIGITAL AUXILIARY APPLICATION FOR LICENSE TO
  COVER AUXILIARY PERMIT GRANTED

  BXLCDT-20000222ABE   KWHY-DT  26231   KWHY-22 BROADCASTING, LLC
                P      CHAN-42              LOS ANGELES, CA

  License to cover auxiliary permit.

__________________________________________________________________

  o  Adopted:  The FCC voted Friday to require TV stations
  to publish their public files online, but the program is to
  be phased-in.  The bet is that radio public files will be
  the next item earmarked to go online:
  http://tinyurl.com/TV-PublicFilesOnline
  http://tinyurl.com/PublicFileGoInternet

  o  Downgraded:  Some low power TV licenses have been
  downgraded from Class A to plain vanilla LPTV status, witness
  these cases.  Undoubtedly more downgrades will soon follow:
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-651A1.doc
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-638A1.doc
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-637A1.doc
  http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0426/DA-12-652A1.doc

  o  Dismissed:  Petition for Rulemaking to amend the land
  mobile-TV sharing rules in the 470-512 MHz band; amendment of
  a rule identifying television stations to be protected from
  land mobile radio licensed operations:
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-654A1.doc

  o  Suspended:  The FCC has temporarily suspended the
  acceptance and processing of certain Part 22 and 90 applications
  for 470-512 MHz (T-band spectrum):
  http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0426/DA-12-643A1.doc

  o  Waived:  The requirement for private land mobile radio
  licenses in the 470-512 MHz band to migrate to narrowband
  (12.5 kHz or narrower) technology by January 1, 2013:
  http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-12-642A1.doc

  o  Vanishing Tax Dollars:  Watch your tax dollars disappear
  in this conversion of the Universal Service Fund to foster
  broadband deployment in unserved areas -- only it is a tax
  that is not called a tax.  It is one of a number of fees
  tacked onto your telephone bill:
  http://tinyurl.com/TheUniversalServiceTax-Fee

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  NON-COMM FUNDRAISING FOR THIRD PARTIES

  The FCC has proposed rules to enable public broadcasters to
raise money on-air for charities in local communities & around
the world.  Comments on the proposal are invited.

  Synopsis:
  http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0426/DOC-313767A1.doc

  Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
  http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0426/FCC-12-43A1.doc

  Statement of Julius Genachowski:
  http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0426/FCC-12-43A2.doc

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                           RANDOM NOTES
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  LOS ANGELES SBE MEETING SET FOR TUESDAY, MAY 8

  The next L.A. SBE meeting is an 11:30 AM luncheon meeting
on May 8 hosted by Comrex.  Meet at the Holiday Inn Media Center
in Burbank as usual.  SBE adds:

  "Important!  We have been advised that there may be
closures of the Olive Avenue and Verdugo exits during the I-5
widening project.  Check our Website and our Meeting Reminders
for updates."

  http://sbe47.org/

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  BIRD FATALITIES FROM TOWERS IN THE NEWS AGAIN

  TV and radio towers are once again being villainized for
killing millions of birds each year and a number of deaths
do undoubtedly occur.  See the URLs below.

  However, let's put the "millions of birds" figure in
perspective.  According to the study numbers published in CGC
#1128, "cats are responsible for 42% of avian deaths due to
outside sources, collisions with buildings and windows take
another 42% while communication towers are only responsible
for 0.3% of the deaths."  It's important to keep that in
mind if you review the new report.

  http://tinyurl.com/StoryOnTheAvianReport
  http://tinyurl.com/TheLongFormAvianReport
  http://tinyurl.com/AvianMortality-RW  (Avian mortality data)

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  GENERAL NOTES OF INTEREST

  o  EAS tidbits from the NAB Show including the possibility
  of another national EAS test, but not this year:
  http://tinyurl.com/NextNationalEAS-Maybe2013

  o  One World Trade Center is about to become New York's
  tallest building:
  http://wor710.com/pages/12957114.php?

  o  Rather than simply take at face value the specious
  claims of wireless broadband providers, policy makers should
  heed the words of Martin Cooper, the inventor of the cell phone,
  who disputes the notion of a spectrum crisis:
  http://tinyurl.com/CooperOnSpecCrisis

  o  Copper and optical fiber theft in Alpine, CA.  The crooks
  disrupted major communications circuits in order to steal six
  feet of 600-strand copper cable and 75 feet of fiber:
  http://tinyurl.com/SixFeetOfCopper

  o  More memories of Phil Lerza:
  http://tinyurl.com/PhilLerzaRemembered

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  GENERAL NOTES FOR RADIO

  o  Is Pandora the number one radio station in L.A.?
  http://tinyurl.com/NumberOneInLosAngeles

  o  Radio magazine has issued its Pick Hits of the 2012
  NAB Show:
  http://tinyurl.com/RMs-PickHitsOfNAB2012

  o  Getting activated FM receiver chips into cell phones
  now seems to be a long way off unless the chips can be forced
  into the phones by legal maneuvering:
  http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2443586&spid=30800

  o  Reportedly there was an article on MDCL in the
  April issue of QST.  MDCL is undoubtedly popular but some
  controversy remains:
  http://tinyurl.com/MDCL-Basics

  o  May 16 is High School Radio Day:
  http://tinyurl.com/HighSchoolRadioDay

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  MORE ON THE SMART METER

  A retired teacher is suing San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
over what she claims are serious health risks associated with
the company's new smart meters that use radio frequency waves
to report meter readings and power consumption.

  Susan Brinchman claims that the smart meter at her residence
causes her to have "intense headaches to the point where I feel
like I'm going to fall to the ground, and they last three days."
Brinchman said others have reported ringing in their ears,
dizziness, cardiac symptoms and nausea.

  http://www.10news.com/news/30955814/detail.html
  http://goo.gl/uySWa

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    KXDZ(FM), TEMPLETON, REVISITED

  Last week under the FCC Enforcement Watch heading of our
newsletter, we featured the case where KXDZ(FM), Templeton, CA,
was fined $10,000 for missing a number of issue/program lists from
its public file.  The new station ownership argued that it (the
new ownership) is "not responsible for maintaining public file
material from the period of time prior to the Station's current
ownership."  However, the FCC tossed out that argument and
affirmed the $10,000 fine.  See:

  http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2012/DA-12-608A1.html

  So, do all station buyers need to perform stellar due diligence
before consummating a purchase?  Here are the views of two well
known broadcast attorneys.  The views diverge at first, but we
soon learn that "Assignment of License" and "Transfer of Control"
are two very different animals in the eyes of the FCC:

  Attorney #1 (formerly with the FCC):

  "Write a "hold harmless" clause into the purchase contract so
that if the new licensee is penalized for violations that occurred
under the old licensee's regime, the latter must reimburse the
former for any penalty or legal fees incurred.  This assumes that
the old licensee has any assets remaining after the sale."

  Attorney #2 (in private practice):

  "The law is well established that the FCC cannot penalize a
licensee for the sins of a previous licensee.  Thus, even if
the prior licensee failed to keep any files at all, once the FCC
grants the assignment from A to B, they can't go back and
punish B for the sins of A.

  "For tax and other reasons, transfers of control [as in the
KXDZ case] are fairly rare.  They occur when the Buyer simply
purchases the stock of an existing licensee.  So the FCC can take
the position that the licensee has not changed and the Buyer took
control, subject to the sins of the corporation.

  "I suspect, however, that the licensee will appeal this
forfeiture and that the appeal may be successful."

  Attorney #1 Reply Comment:

  "Attorney #2 makes a good point.  In a Transfer of Control, as
contrasted to an Assignment of License, the licensee remains the
same although the ownership of the licensee may change.  As far
as the FCC is concerned, the licensee hasn't changed, so the new
owners inherit the legal problems of the old owners.  In that
case, the necessity of a "hold harmless" indemnification clause
is very important."

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  FROM FILM STAR TO FREQUENCY-HOPPING INVENTOR

  Hedy Lamarr, the sultry, sexy screen star of the 1930s and
1940s, conceived of the technique now known as frequency-hopping
spread spectrum.

  In her 1992 book Feminine Ingenuity, Lamarr describes how she
came up with the idea of a radio signaling device for remote-
controlled torpedoes that would minimize the danger of detection
or jamming by randomly shifting the transmitter's frequency.  She
and composer George Antheil developed the concept and received
a patent for it in 1942.

  "I read the patent," Franklin Antonio, chief technical officer
of the cellular phone maker Qualcomm Inc, said in 1997. "You don't
usually think of movie stars having brains, but she sure did."

  The Lamarr/Antheil invention was described in CGC #369 & 374.
The following article adds new insight.

  http://www.todaysengineer.org/2012/Apr/backscatter.asp

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                       LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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  TECH LETTERS

  The most recent Tech Letters postings include the following:

  o  Two old TFT 760-series EBS FM boxes are needed for "the
  way it was" demonstrations to high school students:
  http://www.earthsignals.com/press/?p=1507

  o  Man indicted for taking funds from a Navajo Nation LPFM
  startup:
  http://tinyurl.com/Bittner-Navajo

  ______

  Letters to the Editor of the CGC Communicator should be
posted on the Tech Letters Website.  Here is the URL to see
the most recent postings and to make new postings (all letters
and comments are moderated and are posted after review):

  http://www.earthsignals.com/press/

  Please contact the moderator, Steve Blodgett, if you are
having trouble viewing or posting: sblodgett (at) earthsignals.com

  Thanks!

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                            OFF TOPIC
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  HIGH STANDARD OFF TOPIC MATERIAL

  o  Outstanding video and sound.  This is what it is like
  to cling to a solid rocket booster during a Shuttle launch
  including the parachuting of the spent rocket back to Earth:
  http://tinyurl.com/ClingingToAShuttleLaunch

  o  This map gives the percentages of various religious
  faiths for individual states in the U.S. (2007 Pew survey).
  Click on the following Web address, then hold your cursor over
  a state to view the results.  Put the cursor in the white
  space outside the U.S. to obtain overall figures:
  http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/pew-religion-08/flash.htm

  o  Touring Bob Paquette's fabulous Microphone Museum in
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin:



  o  The W5IG cool transmitter:
  http://tinyurl.com/W5IGCoolXmtr

  o  Just in time for Mothers Day.  Robins, 4 eggs, 4 weeks:
  http://tinyurl.com/FourEggs-FourWeeks

To: “Robert Gonsett”
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012

Hello Bob,

Larry Tighe here from WRNJ, Hackettstown, NJ.  Any chance you’d know where there are a pair of the old TFT 760 series EBS FM sets to be found?  They aren’t very easy to find around here in NJ.  Most, it seems, were tuned to the AM 50KWs in NYC.   I’m trying to find two for restoration and demonstration. The units will be used to demonstrate to high school kids….”the way it was.”

Many thanks, Lar

Larry Tighe
Owner, WRNJ
K2JIA
larryradio (at) att.net