Yet more political claptrap. In the USA, they are allowed 150 watts
EIRP and can use frequencies from the bottom of the band right up to
94MHz.

Admittedly, they don't have land mobile in the frequency range of 80 -
86MHz as we do here, but as RSM rightly points out, land mobile use in
the upper part of this spectrum has decreased significantly.

The propose use of 5 watts was only ever intended for the lower group
of LP frequencies. RSM will NEVER allow that sort of power on the
upper group (106.7 ->) as it is too close to the "sensitive" aviation
band and they're sh*t scared that someone is going to splatter it.

As for limiting the antenna height, that's not a workable solution. If
the height is relative to sea level, it means some people will not be
able to transmit at all (they will be too high in altitude) and if the
height is relative to the ground, then it means some people will have
a huge advantage over others if they live on a hill - their signal
will travel significantly further and negate the very reason of
limiting the height of the antenna in the first place.





--- In LPFM_Radio@..., "Ross Levis" <ross@...> wrote:
>
> There are newer documents on RSM somewhere reporting the descision
to drop the proposed 5 watts down to 1 watt and they also propose a
possible antenna height restriction of some sort.
>
> Ross.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: grantthoms
> To: LPFM_Radio@...
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [LPFM] From RSM Newsletter
>
>
> Mmm 5 watts.
> I think that was only an original proposal though wasn't it?
> Wasn't that dropped in favour of going from 0.5 watts to 1 watt?
>
> Cheers,
> Grant
> www.thecheese.co.nz
> .
>