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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 839, Volume 17, #6 for September 10, 2025

DEADLINE FOR PAYING REGULATORY FEES
Late last Friday the FCC issued a Public Notice indicating that payment of the Year 2025 Regulatory Fees are due no later than September 25, 2025. Payment of these fees must be done using the CORES Payment System. If you have not got a CORES login account, you need to register: https://apps2.fcc.gov/fccUserReg/pages/login.htm
 
Last year there were many errors in the CORES Payment System so before you submit payment it would be wise to check the accuracy of the pre-filled data. Furthermore, CORES often experiences glitches and outages and is often inaccessible for hours at a time.
 
If you would like assistance with paying your regulatory fees you can contact Cary Tepper at tepperlaw@aol.com.

NRSC
We did offer reminders during the year about the need to get the NRSC measurements done. Not just to meet the FCC Rules, but for the diagnostic benefits to the station. The NRSC can identify problems growing in the RF system. Want to know more? Check out the article James Boyd did for us. Also, here is one from Norm Laramee. This might be good to share with ownership/management.

FM ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Not all antennas are created equal – and once an FM antenna is mounted and exposed to the natural elements, often little maintenance is done until some major issue that clearly cripples the signal. Preparing for installation of a new antenna or the replacement of one that has been in place for years really does require planning. Is antenna technology at its peak – or are there new features that can improve your signal?  

Our guest presenter this week is Mersedeh Najishabahang; one of the newest EEs at Dielectric, Mersedeh has a PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Maine. She will be discussing the Dielectric DCPC broadband, circular, panel FM antenna that was officially launched this past June. The concept of the design challenge was to develop a broadband panel with a single input without the use of hybrids and a single balun tube.

As usual, we meet at 2 PM Eastern (11 AM Pacific) on Thursday. Link requests are easily found at www.theBDR.net/TLG/ Our videos are also shown on the youtube.com/thebdrnet channel.