Hi Allen, Give me a ring and I will definitely assist you in this. Although
the band does seem awfully crowded with silly things like rebroadcasting
morefm on a lpfm freq. when the wellington freq. is recieved clear as, the
same with southern star and at least 1 freq. that for many weeks now has
only been a carrier signal with no broadcast at all.

Some of the power outputs from these stations just have to be questionable
as even the inspector from RSM was concerned that he could pick these up
stations from the elevation in Picton which at least 27 Km's from the
nearest of these lpfm tx's and in hilly terrain.

I believe that many of these stations may be being setup by a commercial
radio and television operator from Nelson who it would appear seems to want
to tie up all the lpfm freq.that they can. One could speculate why but....
You have been broadcasting, with limited range on 88.4 for some years now.

Although the gurl is on a shared basis you would think that those
responsible would at least be courteous enough to check?

However I will get a decent aerial for you and play their game!

For those on this list this that have encountered this scenerio before it
may seem that I am bleating.

Frankly what is happening in Blenheim on one hand is of no great concern to
me because I don't live or broadcast there but on the other hand it causes
me great concern, for when I was audited a few
weeks back the inspector did express his concern at the apparant and blatant
flouting of the regs and RSM's concerns about how much time is spent having
to deal with it and what any responces or recomendation (changes) that they
might impose in the future. I got the distinct impression that if it can't
be sorted then this is a very real chance that we will loose it.

M.B D


----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Udy" <allan@...>
To: <LPFM_Radio@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: [LPFM] Aerial Tuning


>
> Hi Maurice,
>
> >Also does anyone on the list now who is responcible for the Blenheim
> >transmision taking up 88.6/7&8 and calling themselves Sunshine 88.7fm.
> >It seems that sleepy old Blenheim is getting crowded like Auckland
>
> Did you have any luck with this?
>
> Just wondering if you can help.... if you can't, or don't have time,
> I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know.
>
> 1. My NRG transmitter is tuned to 88.4. It's currently being stomped
> on by someone else, and so without having an aerial, it's even
> pointless having the thing turned on -- the signal is just too awful
> to listen to.
>
> I need to re-tune the Tx to another frequency. Can you help?
>
>
>
> 2. I still have the aerial that you built for someone else, prior to
> the 2003 airshow. You may recall I tried it out here after the
> airshow, but it caused significant TV interference. I think you said
> at the time it was because the aerial was not setup for this
> particular Tx/frequency....?
>
> Do you want this aerial back? It's sitting in my shed and is of no use to
me.
>
>
>
> 3. Obviously we have another airshow coming up very soon (Easter).
> It would be excellent if we could use my Tx for the show again, with
> a good aerial that would give us some useful coverage.
>
> Can you help?
>
>
>
> In short, what I really need is:
>
> a. The Tx re-tuned to a frequency that is not being used by someone
> else here in Blenheim (either low or high in the FM band -- doesn't
> bother me).
>
> b. I need an aerial made specifically for this Tx/frequency so that
> it will perform well without interfering with TV signals etc, and
> will give me some coverage so that I can 'have' a local LPFM freq.
> Obviously the fact that I was not broadcasting widely on 88.4 allowed
> the other operator to step in and assume that frequency was unused.
>
> c. For this to be done in the next fortnight....
>
>
> At the moment the Tx is witched off -- as above, it's currently
> unusable for me. I'd be willing to bring it out to Seddon for you to
> have there if you think you would be able to help me in time for the
> airshow etc. I'm also willing to pay, as I've previously noted.
>
> Would be good if you could let me know your availability to help. At
> this stage if I can't get something sorted out soon, I'm going to
> have no choice but to sell the Tx to someone who can make better use
> of it than I can (with my zero radio skills).
>
> Cheers,
> Allan
>
> --
> Allan Udy - Software Development, Video & VR Production
> http://www.golden.co.nz and http://www.virtualnz.co.nz
> Golden Micro Solutions, Box 590, Blenheim, New Zealand +64-3-5788227
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