GSTK – Good Stuff To Know

Here is some information that should be in your personal notebook – where to find and get stuff you need.

Key Phone numbers and procedures:	Problem solving:
Dealing with the FAA (Contact Numbers and other Information)	Standard/Metric Conversions - Broadcast Calculations
FCC Contacts	Parts Identification
General Software - some cheap, some free, all useful	Hardware Pinouts, cable and connector layouts, etc
FCC People Finder	Finding open Frequencies for Wireless Microphones

Finding specialized parts:	Historical items:
Hard to Find Transmitters and Parts
Replacement crystals	Oldradio.com
Unobtainium	American Radio History
Fan replacements for Satellite Receivers

Show the Boss:	What else should be on this list?
FCC Fine schedule for Rules violations	Please share. Use the Contact link at the bottom. Thanks!
FCC Notice on using LMS for filings, inluding STAs and notifcation of non-standard operation.	Any number of needed filings can be made easily on 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

Show the Boss:

What else should be on this list?

FCC Fine schedule for Rules violations

Please share. Use the Contact link at the bottom. Thanks!

FCC Notice on using LMS for filings, inluding STAs and notifcation of non-standard operation.

Any number of needed filings can be made easily on 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

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