You think it is the wild west in Christchurch? Heck, have you seen the
nightmare that exists in Auckland?

I give RSM credit for opening up the guardbands to allow small
broadcasters the ability to get on the air, but in densely populated
areas like Auckland, and obviously Christchurch, allowing a
"free-for-all" approach to frequency sharing by people who have little
to no understanding of RF engineering principles is a recipe for
disaster - as can be seen at the moment.
No disrespect of course to those operators who do at least have some
grounding or training in radio engineering and broadcasting.

The previous article regarding excess power is a good example of how
not to operate a station and why the low power area is in such a mess.



--- In LPFM_Radio@..., "Jonathan Mosen" <jmosen@...> wrote:
>
> This is good to see, I hope they do the same thing in a number of
cases with
> the wild west that is LPFM in Christchurch.
>
> Jonathan
>
> _____
>
> From: LPFM_Radio@...
[mailto:LPFM_Radio@...]
> On Behalf Of Allen Little
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 September 2008 5:07 p.m.
> To: LPFM_Radio@...
> Subject: [LPFM] Breach of licence terms and conditions
>
>
>
>
>
> Off-air measurements confirm breach of licence terms and conditions
for LPFM
> radio station
>
> Published: 09.09.2008
>
> Recently an LPFM (Low Power FM) radio station was issued with an
> infringement offence notice for operating above the legal power limit of
> 500mW e.i.r.p.
>
>
> Radio Spectrum Management received information that the station
appeared to
> be more powerful than the other stations in the area. Radio Inspectors
> conducted off-air measurements which confirmed that a breach of the
terms
> and conditions of the licence was occurring.
>
> The Radio Inspectors then arranged with the radio station for a physical
> audit of the installation to be carried out. At the same time, further
> off-air measurements were conducted. These showed that the transmitter
> power had been reduced immediately prior to the audit. This clearly
> indicated that the station was knowingly operating over-power. An
> infringement notice was issued accordingly.
>
> Licensees should be aware that off-air measurements are considered
to be a
> legally robust methodology to confirm the technical parameters of a
> transmission. Radio Spectrum Management may use such measurements
without
> needing to conduct a physical audit when investigating a possible
breach of
> the regulations.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Allen J Little
> www.kiwilittle. <http://www.kiwilittle.net> net
> Levin 5510, NZ.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>