Hello Ken Am I correct is saying that your last video was recorded a couple of years ago... How is the station doing? I absolutely admire & love your enthusiasm & dedication you have, plus you're a natural... I worked at OUR BBC local radio station here in Nottingham, UK, and we cover the whole of Nottinghamshire on only 500watts... half a kilo watt. Are you really using 100kw? Your feed lines in your tower don't look rock enough for such high power at the high frequency? The live bands are awesome... Hope you are doing well.. Cheers, Mike UK
Congratulations! I built an djay a station 100mw cube trans back in the 70's with my cousin as a weekend broadcast had a small Collins board music , psa spots cart machine. My passion has been with me many yrs as am close to 60 now. and still would like to do what you have accomplished. best to you Gary in Illinois
Kudos my friend, love to see a mans dream come true. I'm a ham operator and a rock fan, this is cool stuff. Been fascinated with radio my entire life. KE8CTG
So, after all is said and done. How much money was needed for the engineering application, and frequency surveys, and fees associated with applying for the license, and including the filing fees, and license fees?. 1 million? More?.
Wow, 100kW is a lot. For example, in Hungary there is no 100kW station, the strongest one is about 85-87kW as far as I know. In Slovakia there are 10 100kW transmitters of 6 stations, two of which are state-operated, three share the same investment group and the remaining one is Slovakia's oldest commercial radio station.
100kw FM broadcast is pretty common in our zone here in the Midwest at 60dbu. 54dbu is the norm in largely populated city's and all crowded markets Lots of ground to cover out here in the Midwest so they need ERP.
Except in Indiana. Nowhere in the state can an FM station operate with 100KW of power anywhere on the dial. The most powerful FM station is 58,000 watt WFBQ 94.7 in Indianapolis which is actually over their modern license class! The only reason why this is being done is because they have been on the air since before the existing FM license class structure came to be.
Totally different bands. 100k Watts in the FM band will still only go line of sight. Yes, within that line of sight that signal will be very strong, but most modern electronics are shielded enough that they won't notice the power. 70k Watts below 30 MHz (where the CB band is) can bounce off the ionosphere, and come back down to earth, allowing the signal to propagate thousands of miles.
+Arkansas Journal their a non profit community station probably the strongest in their country with a very rare class 1a community broadcast license at 100 kw it is very hard to get a community license npr the us version of bbc funded through voa the government media gets most of the licence Ken the founder of knnz kenz's fm bought the station he used to work for as head engineer for kday fargo daily journal bulletin news talk radio am and fm now bankrupt and out of business along with a friend of his also a broadcast engineer who runs the radio broadcasting club at Bishop Shanley Catholic school Fargo North Dakota and Fargo Moorhead catholic radio broadcasting from the old kday studio upstairs and on 88.9 hd 2 fm with a collins 100 kw hd transmitter and 94.3 fargo moorhead catholic radio student ran and operated
I wish that our little local-waste-of-time LPFM would have the push you are generating with your audience and local music and talent. All the owner does in our town is play from a stream from some dude in another city with dead beat 70's hits. GAWD awful crap. Good luck to your operation.
FCC engineering shows transmitter power output of 7.2kW and you have 8 bays, so how are you getting 100kW effective radiated power? I’m assuming you’re running minimum ERP for the station class C1, rather than maximum.
@@Frank5 Like a transformer you put in 120 VAC and get out 240 VAC. Like on a CB it puts out 4 watts but with a cb linear you can put out more and only run your 4 watts.
Why are you only running vertical polarization? What about home radios using horiz antennas? And I think 7/8" coax is very marginal. You get some VSWR from icing in the winter and it may arc and wind up costing you more than bigger coax to start with.
At 89.1 FM they had to protect TV channel 6... TV is horizontally polarized. However WDAY has moved off RF channel 6 so this is not technically necessary anymore. The coax does seem undersized.
You should go broadcast in HD Radio. My local station here in St.Louis Missouri 105.7 The Point KPNT does the same as your station playing local bands live often and they are in HD Radio.
+Tyler Salisbury they already are 88.9 hd1 with a 100 kw collins hd transmitter along with Bishop Shanley Catholic School fargo moorhead catholic radio 94.3fm and 88.9 fm hd 2
+Tyler Salisbury I think Ken just did the videos as a fundraiser the transmitter is located on the fargo construction company property and gravel pit near by in minnesota you can google knnz or kday for more information the license id public record also fargo moorhead catholic radio from Bishop Shanley High School it is the school ken left the parking lot from in his first youtube video also the transmitter is shown in the second to last video and it is labeled collins HD 380 which is a 100 kw hd transmitter
+Caelenium How is he a terrorist? He is within his license rights to transmit at that power. The only signal he would "jam" is the illegal use of his licensed frequency 89.1fm. And 100w, are you kidding? A 100w transmitter would only broadcast at around a 15km distance.
How does that seem overkill? Most stations in my market sit at 100k watts. Here is one of many examples, and these transmitters are on top of a mountain!! radio-locator.com/info/KPTT-FM
>Thanks to god his FCC license restricts him to using a FM tuning in some VHF frequency that goes no where except line sight. What about TV stations like KDVR in Denver broadcast at 1 million watts ERP? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDVR
For the purpose of this argument, that is correct! With FM your power level has nothing to do with modulation but in the case of AM and SSB it actually does.
Hello Ken
Am I correct is saying that your last video was recorded a couple of years ago... How is the station doing? I absolutely admire & love your enthusiasm & dedication you have, plus you're a natural...
I worked at OUR BBC local radio station here in Nottingham, UK, and we cover the whole of Nottinghamshire on only 500watts... half a kilo watt.
Are you really using 100kw? Your feed lines in your tower don't look rock enough for such high power at the high frequency?
The live bands are awesome...
Hope you are doing well..
Cheers, Mike UK
I know this comment is a little old, but I was thinking the same. 100kw would burn that coax out I’d have thought.
Congrats! I still have fond memories stopping by your basement studio with my friends on the weekends back in the early-mid 2000s!
Lol I was born in 2000
Congratulations! I built an djay a station 100mw cube trans back in the 70's with my cousin as a weekend broadcast had a small Collins board music , psa spots cart machine. My passion has been with me many yrs as am close to 60 now. and still would like to do what you have accomplished. best to you Gary in Illinois
You're like a modern day Jim Gabbert. If you don't know who that is wiki it and you'll know just what a huge compliment that is.
Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat
I remember when you were still broadcasting out of a basement. XD Congrats on your license
Hope you're making more videos soon! I really enjoy watching them
Cool i just wish i could listen in the UK.
This is the live feed. Hope you can listen to it 108.59.11.81:8315/;?sid=1
🤔----I wish you would do an update on yourself. Very intrigued on the things you do I like it...👍.
Kudos my friend, love to see a mans dream come true. I'm a ham operator and a rock fan, this is cool stuff. Been fascinated with radio my entire life. KE8CTG
So have I, W7OSL.
So, after all is said and done. How much money was needed for the engineering application, and frequency surveys, and fees associated with applying for the license, and including the filing fees, and license fees?. 1 million? More?.
Wow, 100kW is a lot. For example, in Hungary there is no 100kW station, the strongest one is about 85-87kW as far as I know. In Slovakia there are 10 100kW transmitters of 6 stations, two of which are state-operated, three share the same investment group and the remaining one is Slovakia's oldest commercial radio station.
100kw FM broadcast is pretty common in our zone here in the Midwest at 60dbu. 54dbu is the norm in largely populated city's and all crowded markets Lots of ground to cover out here in the Midwest so they need ERP.
Except in Indiana. Nowhere in the state can an FM station operate with 100KW of power anywhere on the dial. The most powerful FM station is 58,000 watt WFBQ 94.7 in Indianapolis which is actually over their modern license class! The only reason why this is being done is because they have been on the air since before the existing FM license class structure came to be.
That’s cuz Russia is strict lel
That quite some power around what radio 1 use here
The signal on 98.8 covers most of South England LOL.
I bet that covers a large site to.
100 kW? Here in Belgium most high power radio stations have 15 kW. Would love to be in the States right now
100kw, crazy power. Whats even scarier is some of these cb pirates doing 70kw in a suburban, cooking any electronics close by haha.
Totally different bands. 100k Watts in the FM band will still only go line of sight. Yes, within that line of sight that signal will be very strong, but most modern electronics are shielded enough that they won't notice the power. 70k Watts below 30 MHz (where the CB band is) can bounce off the ionosphere, and come back down to earth, allowing the signal to propagate thousands of miles.
Blimey if u hooked a ham radio to that antenna you could prob get halfway round world easy
mmmmm i can feel the microwaves
How hard was it to get the licensee? Are you all nonprofit or commercial?
+Arkansas Journal their a non profit community station probably the strongest in their country with a very rare class 1a community broadcast license at 100 kw it is very hard to get a community license npr the us version of bbc funded through voa the government media gets most of the licence Ken the founder of knnz kenz's fm bought the station he used to work for as head engineer for kday fargo daily journal bulletin news talk radio am and fm now bankrupt and out of business along with a friend of his also a broadcast engineer who runs the radio broadcasting club at Bishop Shanley Catholic school Fargo North Dakota and Fargo Moorhead catholic radio broadcasting from the old kday studio upstairs and on 88.9 hd 2 fm with a collins 100 kw hd transmitter and 94.3 fargo moorhead catholic radio student ran and operated
+Arkansas Journal He is a nonprofit.
B. Igić he has to be making money somehow though I mean look here he is asking for donations....I'd say he isn't paying for everything
It's very hard to get one It took him 13 years just to get one so what does that tell ya
No pirate anymore.....
Plus they have famous bands play at their yearly POINT FEST.....
I wish that our little local-waste-of-time LPFM would have the push you are generating with your audience and local music and talent. All the owner does in our town is play from a stream from some dude in another city with dead beat 70's hits. GAWD awful crap. Good luck to your operation.
FCC engineering shows transmitter power output of 7.2kW and you have 8 bays, so how are you getting 100kW effective radiated power? I’m assuming you’re running minimum ERP for the station class C1, rather than maximum.
Licensed Class C1
Class Max Power Max Height
A 6000 watts 328 feet
B1 25,000 watts 328 feet
B 50,000 watts 492 feet
C3 25,000 watts 328 feet
C2 50,000 watts 492 feet
C1 100,000 watts 981 feet
C0 100,000 watts 1476 feet
C 100,000 watts 1969 feet
He is @ Vertical Height above Ground Level 81.6 meters (268 feet)
Vertical Effective Radiated Power 100,000 Watts
Nice non-answer,@@MikePowlas , but I asked how you gained to 100kW ERP from 7.2kW TPO. How many antenna bays?
@@Frank5 Didn't avoid the answer you just didn't understand it. They're putting out a 100000 Watts
@@MikePowlas You didn’t answer the question about antenna gain. Either that or you didn’t understand it
@@Frank5 Like a transformer you put in 120 VAC and get out 240 VAC. Like on a CB it puts out 4 watts but with a cb linear you can put out more and only run your 4 watts.
Why are you only running vertical polarization? What about home radios using horiz antennas?
And I think 7/8" coax is very marginal. You get some VSWR from icing in the winter and it may arc and wind up costing you more than bigger coax to start with.
At 89.1 FM they had to protect TV channel 6... TV is horizontally polarized. However WDAY has moved off RF channel 6 so this is not technically necessary anymore. The coax does seem undersized.
damn, dude!
@@granfury77 During the digital transition most TV stations moved off VHF- esp low-band VHF like ch-6 so that should not be a problem.
DAMN....you jus got downnnn
Trump?
Question what kind of amp or tube are you using to get that many watts???
Radio Shack STA-10000000 stereo......
You should go broadcast in HD Radio. My local station here in St.Louis Missouri 105.7 The Point KPNT does the same as your station playing local bands live often and they are in HD Radio.
+Tyler Salisbury they already are 88.9 hd1 with a 100 kw collins hd transmitter along with Bishop Shanley Catholic School fargo moorhead catholic radio 94.3fm and 88.9 fm hd 2
Vicky Geagan Did not know that. They should post updates on that......
+Tyler Salisbury I think Ken just did the videos as a fundraiser the transmitter is located on the fargo construction company property and gravel pit near by in minnesota you can google knnz or kday for more information the license id public record also fargo moorhead catholic radio from Bishop Shanley High School it is the school ken left the parking lot from in his first youtube video also the transmitter is shown in the second to last video and it is labeled collins HD 380 which is a 100 kw hd transmitter
DO YOU KNOW WHICH HD RADIO MARKET THEIR IN?
+Tyler Salisbury Fargo Moorhead lakes region
so you charge people to get on
yeaaaaaaaa so so happy man
100KW with a 300ft tower and called a community licence? The coverage area must be 100 miles radius at least !!
Class C1 I think as per the current FCC FM license classes
Deekline - Darren @ 13:50 ??!
Cool.
he should also stream on twich . tv or be live on youtube so everyone can hear
What is the name of the song at the end of this video?
White Lies - Change
100,000 watts? That seems overkill to me. Most stations around me are 50,000. Why do you need so much power?
+Caelenium How is he a terrorist? He is within his license rights to transmit at that power. The only signal he would "jam" is the illegal use of his licensed frequency 89.1fm. And 100w, are you kidding? A 100w transmitter would only broadcast at around a 15km distance.
Being an ex pirate you can never have enough power.
How does that seem overkill? Most stations in my market sit at 100k watts. Here is one of many examples, and these transmitters are on top of a mountain!! radio-locator.com/info/KPTT-FM
>Thanks to god his FCC license restricts him to using a FM tuning in some VHF frequency that goes no where except line sight.
What about TV stations like KDVR in Denver broadcast at 1 million watts ERP?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDVR
For the purpose of this argument, that is correct! With FM your power level has nothing to do with modulation but in the case of AM and SSB it actually does.
do not lay flat...laying flat:):)
Make some more vids pls
Sell some items
You don’t need 100,000 wants today you can links your station with output of 100 watts you can transmit your station to any place if you use links
ALL BORING........nobody talks back.........im world wide on vertical and I can receive!!
1Kw
+MrTopgun5150 check out their sister station wtww 8.085 in the evenings international shortwave
QSL, Happy Thanksgiving!!!! TopGun 123
You wish bud.