Changelog

New Toybox application that that will analyze a station's current antenna system to determine adaptability to LP-250.

The Antenna Check will accept the LPFM station's call sign.  Upon entry, the system will check the LP250 database to determine application used in the LP250 upgrade result and then obtain the ERP and TPO, which will then be used to determine insertion loss between the transmitter and antenna.  

Ran a fresh database update for check.lp250.com to reflect information as of close of business, June 11, 2021. 

If the current channel is not upgradable, tool will advise of potential alternate channels for upgrade.

Clarified in result that main result is for "on-channel" upgrades.

ISSUE:

LMSbot is not always advancing to the second page of applications filed or acted on in LMS Public View resulting in incomplete information on FCC.today and lack of updates in eLMS.

CAUSE:

The FCC's LMS system uses different internal codes to have the server advance the view to the next page.  If the wrong code is sent, the page will not advance resulting in not being able to read the applications on subsequent pages.

SOLUTION:

Added new functionality to the channel results in myLPFM to display a message if an available channel has a potential for LP250 based on the RM-11909 proposal. 

To check availability on the current channel, visit check.lp250.com

Added new functionality to support FM "Allotment Grants" (service code "FA") that come in on the daily LMS release.  These appear to just be records for vacant allotments but they are showing with a "Granted" status.  All records have a facility ID of -10 (negative 10). These will not flow directly to eLMS but they will appear on the application lists. 

Added related functionality that captures community name and state from the LMSbot feed.  These will display on FCCdata if unable to find the community name in CDBS or LMS raw data based on facility ID. 

Modified inernal ad hoc reporting systems to accommodate the LP-250 Petition for Rulemaking, RM-11909 as proposed by REC in May, 2020. 

Added new functionality where LPFM stations located at HAATs between 31~48 meters and are only short-spaced to intermediate frequency (IF) facilities would be able to upgrade, but their upgrade ERP would be limited to 100 watts as an LP-250. 

Currently, for CDBS applications, REC creates a transaction log any time an application changes status through our realtime status update system (CDBSBOT) and on the morning updates.  These appear in the Application History (lower-left) section of a US facility record when indicated by a red arrow .

Made minor fixes to FCCdata tower payload function (this function displays other broadcast and some nonbroadcast facilities on the same tower as the station) to fix a bug showing some radio broadcast stations as TV stations and to move the source of the licensee name to LMS raw data.

Enhancement added to NCE Search to pass location and height (RCAGL) data on search result to EZforms if a channel is potentially available.  

Last night, we re-parsed every FM engineering related authorization issued since LMS was turned up for FM (September 25, 2019).  This was to capture the associated file number.  This file number is the previous file number in the chain of applications.  For a license to cover application, it would be the construction permit that the license application covers.

To prepare for the upcoming filing windows, REC has added the "Accepted for Filing" status and public notice monitoring into eLMS.

Unlike CDBS, the LMS raw data and public view does not support the "Accepted for Filing" application status.  Under the new system, the "Accepted for Filing" status comes only from the Applications Public Notice issued daily by the FCC and that status is never placed into the raw data (as it was with CDBS).