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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on January 04, 2021, 2234 UTC

Title: Noooooo........ Hudson County NJ TIS station is back on 1710 AM
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on January 04, 2021, 2234 UTC
The Hudson County NJ TIS station is back on 1710 AM, stuck in repeat mode again with a make voice saying endless W's.

"The FCC approved the County’s temporary request to broadcast on the AM station at 100 watts for the duration of the pandemic declared emergency."

How do we petition the FCC to revoke their temp authorization, with evidence that they are not properly running the station. I'm serious. Let's do this.
Title: Re: Noooooo........ Hudson County NJ TIS station is back on 1710 AM
Post by: pinto vortando on January 05, 2021, 1800 UTC

"The FCC approved the County’s temporary request to broadcast on the AM station at 100 watts for the duration of the pandemic declared emergency."


Does that mean forever ?
Title: Re: Noooooo........ Hudson County NJ TIS station is back on 1710 AM
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on January 05, 2021, 1840 UTC

"The FCC approved the County’s temporary request to broadcast on the AM station at 100 watts for the duration of the pandemic declared emergency."


Does that mean forever ?

Longer
Title: Re: Noooooo........ Hudson County NJ TIS station is back on 1710 AM
Post by: ThaDood on January 05, 2021, 1924 UTC
Um... Did ya hear them last night? Just skipping on 1/2 a word again. Hmmmmmm... Back to a 100W to advertise their technical incompetency? OK...
Title: Re: Noooooo........ Hudson County NJ TIS station is back on 1710 AM
Post by: Kingbear Radio on January 21, 2021, 0251 UTC
I've seen reports from well before the pandemic where this station was stuck or operating incorrectly over a long period of time, and heard it myself by SDR as well. Didn't the FCC know about this to judge them unfit for operation, like commercial stations would be?

On the other side, I notice that most of the these alert stations are running test loops, telephone tones and IDs that repeat endlessly, hum on carrier and other problems for years in some cases, why bother?
Title: Re: Noooooo........ Hudson County NJ TIS station is back on 1710 AM
Post by: RobRich on February 06, 2021, 0005 UTC
Record it. Preferably with video showing the frequency, date, and time. Now send the recording to the county commissioners or whatever type of local government is present, including a description of the issue and a tag line along the lines of "This is what your taxpayer dollars are supporting."

If that does not work or receives no reply, then email it to the local newspaper(s), TV news stations, etc.; with a common carry to the government addresses you tried, too. ;)
Title: Re: Noooooo........ Hudson County NJ TIS station is back on 1710 AM
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on February 07, 2021, 1318 UTC
Now that's an excellent idea, RobRich!