Changelog

10/08/2019

Traditionally, CDBS provided an application ID that was an integer that uniquely described each application filed.  This was up to a 7 digit number.  With LMS, the application ID is a long hexidecimal string.  In order to facilitate ease of use for systems that are internal to REC as well as external (such the U/D calculator), all LMS application records will receive a 7 digit psuedo application ID starting at 5,000,000.  A table is built that will cross reference betewen the psuedo application ID and the LMS (hex) application ID.  

9/29/2019 While NOT LMS READY, there is no engineering data for applications filed through LMS for FM radio on or after September 25, 2019. This means that applications filed through LMS will not reflecting in these systems thus resulting in false positive search results or incorrect counts. Development is continuing and we hope to have full LMS deployment by the middle of October. Thank you for your understanding.

10/08/2019 - UD Calculator now LMS READY.

10/10/2019 - myLPFM v. 2 now LMS READY

10/10/2019 - NCE Search is now LMS READY

The License to Cover and Modify License EZforms have been updated to remove the entry of a CDBS user number and password as well as other references to CDBS.  Only a FRN password is required. 

The Renew License EZform has been updated to remove CDBS information.  Regrdless of the conversion of FM broadcast to LMS, CDBS credentials are not necessary for LPFM broadcast renewals in this cycle.

Performed an update to the Japan database.  Added several new community stations.  Added several new AM relay stations (76~90 MHz) and WideFM (90~95 MHz) transmitters for AM broadcast staitons based on denpadata 2019 changes. 

On September 22, 2019 starting at 9AM EDT, the entire web and database servers that provide services for REC Networks and J1 Radio were taken down for a long overdue "clean-up".  This was prompted by the significant performance issues we have been experiencing lately.  The rebuild finished at 4PM EDT and all sites should be properly working.

In order to aleviate the issues with our database, we have banned search engines from most of FCCdata and Denpahoso.  There was a large amount of search bot activity taking place.  Many of the bots are respecting the robots.txt.. however rogue search tools still exist.  We are taking measures to prevent them. 

REC continues to face issues with slow response. During the week of September 16, 2019, we will be working on some fixes for the database. This may include taking the sites completely down, repairing and restarting. We will do our best to limit heavy repairs until after 6PM ET and on the weekend. REC has also experienced a spike in search engine (spider/crawler) activity, especially into FCCdata. We are putting in actions to prevent this activity into areas with high database utilization and making efforts to block rogue search sites (those that don't respect robots.txt).

With the new AM contour map functionality that was recently installed, this has given us the opportunity to expand our capability to enhance the AM Dialscape (the page you reach after you enter a city name and shows all FM, AM and TV facilities nearby).  

FCCdata/Denpahoso AM contour maps for FCC records will now display the 2 mV/m daytime contour (as it does now) as well as the 0.5 mV/m daytime contour.   Facilities with night or unlimited records will also show a nighttime 0.5 mV/m skywave contour.  You may have to zoom the maps out to see the entire contours.