Talk:Low-power broadcasting

message: Is anyone watching this page? Does anyone want to help put up more information on the micro-power movement on this page or on another page? ParkingStones 22:21, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This page was clearly written by someone on one side of the LPFM issue.  I am mostly on that side too, so it's a little hard for me to completely straighten it out.  \" This is due to the influence of NPR and religious broadcasting companies,\"  Actually I think it's a little more nuaced than that.
-- Jvv62 02:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: There's an AFD on Alice Soundtech, a leading UK supplier of studio and transmission equipment for RSL radio stations, from mixing consoles to AM/FM transmitters, based in Surrey. People in the biz or in the know can chime in at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alice Soundtech. -- 62.147.86.249 16:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  AFD on manufacturer [[Alice Soundtech]] 

message: There is a huge difference in a LPFM station and a translator.  A translator station retransmits the signal of a full power station to another area, while LPFM must have all original programming and also must be non-profit.  To say that the likes of Calvary and K-Love are operating and taking up LPFM allocations is extremely misleading and inaccurate.  I will do somemore research on specifics and update as I am able.  In the mean time please be careful when reading this page, as it does contain a lot of incorrect information.  I might also suggest that, if the original auhor is registered, that he be blocked from updating this page.  Obviously he/she has no idea what he/she is talking about. Radiojonathan (talk) 04:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lots of Incorrect Information 

message: Most of this article discusses radio broadcast using standard analog AM, analog FM, or analog TV modulation, with the only difference being reduced power and range ... and the various legal regulations involved.
The "Merged from low-power" section seems to talk about something entirely different -- "smart radio" communication from one end of a city to another, not using a direct broadcast, nor using standard cell system ( mobile-to-tower-to-landline-to-tower-to-mobile ), but through a series of relay stations that all use much lower power than it would take to directly communicate from one end of a city to the other. And as far as I can tell, using some sort of packet-switched digital modulation.
While certainly both things involve "radio" at "low power", that (as far as I can tell) seems to be the only thing they have in common. Something that meets this "smart radio" definition does not necessarily meet the FCC legal definition of "low power", and something that meets the FCC legal definition of "low power" probably does not have this "smart radio" architecture.
So ... should we continue to make this article talk about all kinds of "relatively low power" radio transmission, covering both the physics involved, the various arrangements (one-way one-to-many broadcast, 2-way one-to-one communication, mesh communication, etc.), briefly mentioning the various protocols (AM, FM, frequency hoppping, etc), as well as various legal requirements?
Or should split this up into one article that discusses various legal requirements (preferably using the official name in those laws -- which is what?), and another article that discusses the physics involved and the tradeoffs of various arrangements and protocols?
Or should we move all the smart radio stuff to the wireless mesh network article -- it's roughly the same, right?
--68.0.124.33 (talk) 06:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The "smart radio" section has been moved from this article() to cognitive radio(). --DavidCary (talk) 14:10, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  smart radio 

message: I went through and attempted some cleanup of this article, mostly through the Low-power broadcasting#Communications Act of 1934 section.  Major changes made:
* Removed most of the second paragraph, which was an unsourced general explanation that reception distance is a factor of weather, terrain, and transmitter power.
* Reduced lecturing from remainder of introduction section.
* Sorted the sections by country.
* Removed repeated, unsourced claims that U.S. LPFM and Class D licenses have been stopped by the government because of the unspecified "influence" of National Public Radio and religious broadcasting.  (If it's verifiable, reliable sources can be found.)
* Removed the entire "Smart radio" section, as it consisted only of two see-alsos (cognitive radio and wireless mesh network) followed by advocacy quotes that did not contain the term, with no explanation of the term in-between or even evidence that the term "smart radio" is in normal circulation.
* Added lots of inline maintenance tags, so editors can see more precisely what needs to be improved or removed.
This is just a portion of the problems.  This article has been tagged as needed more references for 2 years now, and for needing POV-checking for over 5 years, so anything that has existed unsourced or added to the problem since then is ripe for removal without further reason. --Closeapple (talk) 10:05, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  February 2013 cleaning 

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message: In my opinion, the section on LPFM in the United States is long enough to warrant its own article. Given the importance of the topic in regards to noncommercial broadcasting and the number of sources available, I also believe more information of note could be added. I would post a template to this effect, but am not sure which template would be most appropriate. Assistance and feedback would be appreciated. Allreet (talk) 15:49, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. section merits its own article