[BC] Part 15 radio station

[Harold Hallikainen]

I could see this with totally separate transmitters, but how is a common
oscillator with separate amplifiers not just one big transmitter with an
antenna that is bigger than it is supposed to be and final amplifier input
power higher than it is supposed to be?

Harold


> ditto on this.  Part 15 does NOT limit the number of units.  I had set up
> a 5 tx array in WA that was doing quite.  you need a real FIM to tune that
> kind of setup though.
> John
>
>>>> "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com> 05/14/08 7:49 AM >>>
> Have you also considered installing more than one transmitter?
>
> Part 15 doesn't set a limit on the number of legal amplifiers and
> radiators that can be installed in a particular area.  "WNAR", an
> unlicensed station on 1620 near Philadelphia, is using three
> transmitters and antennas (driven from a common oscillator) mounted
> several feet apart so that the radiated fields combine (almost) in
> phase.   The improvement in coverage over a single transmitter is
> quite apparent.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Dana  Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
>> I am considering running a part 15 AM radio station here in Hollywood.
>> There
>>  is a large Armenian population here that has no radio, and I live right
>> in the
>>  middle of them. Since I plan to do this on a shoestring, I'm buying an
>> SStran
>>  transmitter kit.
>>
>>
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