[BC] Open wire transmission lines Hi Power Medium Wave

[Robert Meuser]

Imagine what 2 million watts into a 3 tower in line array on 234 khz 
does.  That is Radio Luxembourg's French service Transmitter. The towers 
are all 80 degree sticks -  unipoles.

R


Jim Tonne wrote:

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>> The input power was 2 million watts.
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> I point out that it was 2 million watts carrier, 8 million watts peak.
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> Such powers are common in that area.  Can you imagine how
> far you would go if you had a few megawatts carrier going into
> an antenna with a power gain of 4 or 5, located, say, in Boston,
> and shooting down the east coast of the U.S?  On a frequency
> of 540 kHz?
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> "Over there" the ground conductivity sucks and power is
> needed.  But, as Adil said, he who has the loudest signal on the
> dial carries the most political clout.
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> - JimT
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