<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks for that Tony. So just a mere 800watts ERP in the rural areas then!<br><br></div>Even though we'd like to think that way, I don't think 800w could work in UK - far more densely populated than France. A more flexible approach up to say 200w would be welcome though. Also consideration of some "light touch" licences below 25w might be good too. Many rural villages would probably only need 1watt - but that would only be viable with far less red-tape.<br><br></div>Glyn<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 December 2015 at 10:08, Tony Bailey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ravensound@pilgrimsound.co.uk" target="_blank">ravensound@pilgrimsound.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I think Paris was something of a special case when they
re-assigned the FM band Glyn. A typical French FM community
station in the sticks would have a 200 watt linear feeding a stack
of four dipoles. In Paris they assigned all 50 channels to the
National and commercial stations including a few community slots
which I think were all shared by the dozen or so
interest/ethnic/religious bodies. I don't remember there being
any that did not cover the whole city, hence the unusually high
power. That was all many years ago, but it was interesting to us
because all the original local French FM stations were pirates
since only medium and long wave was then in use generally.<br>
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Para 3 below: I've said this before: Radio Cracker!!<br>
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Channel allocations: Actually now may be the time for the CMA to
bid for this, if the authorities wish to devolve licensing? For
special events (JFMG) and radio amateurs (RSGB) are doing it
already. It's not a broadcasting issue since that would come
under regulation, just radcoms. Why don't we bid for a community
radio sub band and let the BBC and ILR do the rest?<br>
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<pre>Interesting James (your insights - not the document that is a boring
financial statement).
I recall seeing somewhere that all the community stations in Paris are on
6kW from very high tower blocks. Alternative models for community radio
can and do work, even in Europe.
Personally I'd like to see a more flexible approach at both ends - ie:
accommodate larger "community of interest" stations, maybe with stronger
rules if needed and at other end of the scale also some smaller
neighbourhood stations - say 1-5 watts with bare minimum light-touch
regulation that prevents interference concerns Maybe allocate a single
channel to be used anywhere in the country, with no guarantees of coverage
quality similar to WiFi unlicensed approach. Or something else that
embraces alternative approaches that others on this forum have alluded to
rather than the current rather quaint, paternalistic approach.
IMHO
Glyn
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