The Broadcasters' Desktop Resource
GSTK – Good Stuff To Know
Here is some information that should be in your personal notebook – where to find and get stuff you need.
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Key Phone Numbers and Proceedures: |
Problem solving: |
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Finding Specialized Parts |
Historical Items |
| Hard to Find Transmitters and Parts | |
| Replacement crystals | Oldradio.com |
| Unobtainium | American Radio History |
| Fan replacements for Satellit.e Receivers |
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Show Your Boss! |
| FCC Notice on using LMS for various filings, inluding STAs and notifcation of non-standard operation. | Any number of needed filings can be made easily using the lms: FM Engineering Special Temporary Authorizations (STAs) Request for Silent STA Extension of STA – Silent Extension of STA – Engineering Suspension of Operations Notification Resumption of Operations AM/FM Digital Notification Modulation Dependent Carrier Level (MDCL) Notification Change of Primary Station Notification Tolling Notification Reduced Power Notification Withdraw Pending Applications |
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What Else Should Be On This List? |
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Contacting the FAA:
The number to call for reporting tower beacon and side-light outages: 1-877-487-6867
(Be sure to get the NOTAM number and call and report when the lights are restored!)
Want to check to make sure your NOTAM got into the system? Check out: https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/
Additional FAA Resource Materials:
Links to online filing “Obstruction Evaluation” requests are on this page
The current FAA Antenna Circular (7460-1K) on obstruction marking and lighting requirements is located here. (about 3 MB)
The current Part 77 Rules are located here.
Standard/Metric Conversions:
Parts identification
Difficult Items to Find
Hardware Pinouts, cable and connector layouts, pad charts, etc.
Historical Resources
- www.oldradio.com
- American Radio History a huge repository of original publications.
Rules and Regulations
Replacement Crystals for Legacy Gear:
Finding open frequencies for wireless microphones