[BC] Decluttering AM (was: Listening t ests... how

[Phil Alexander]

On 24 Oct 2005 at 18:31, R J Carpenter wrote:

> Propagation is linear.  Thus the cochannel desired to undesired ratio
> is the same if all stations increase or decrease their power by the
> same ratio/factor.  There is skywave today, there will continue to be
> skywave and it will have the same effect (in dB attenuation) no matter
> what the power level.
> 
> In the unlikely scenario of all 1 kW Class C stations going to 50 kW,
> their cochannel desired to undesired ratio would be exactly the same
> as it is today.  Sure there is a diurnal variation in the ratio, but
> the ratios would remain just as they are today at any given moment.
> 
> Since this is a rather useless "what if" discussion. let's call it
> quits right now.

Threshold level and side effects .... but I agree there really is no
point in further debating the impossible.


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
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