[BC] Re: bobg at jampro.com

[Broadcast List USER]

Not me!

I want BUILDING PENETRATION!

I WANT THE FEWEST BAYS!

I want them to be half wave spaced so I am not throwing power up and  
down, and really making the people near the tower angry because of  
really overly high signal strength.

--chip

On Feb 11, 2009, at 9:30 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 21
> From: Glen Kippel <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:21 PM, <Mglin at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Well some of you know the best answer for this.  Your help is   
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Here is the question.  I am upgrading my FM  C3  25 KW  ERP  245'AGL,
>> moving
>> to 328' AGL
>> Currently using OMB 6 bay with 9.5 KW TPO.  Bays are .75 spaced
>>
>> I have received three different recommendations from people I trust.
>>
>> #1  reduce the number of bays to 3 and increase TPO to 20KW
>> #2  stay at 6 bays and install a new antenna
>> #3  increase to 8 bays and reduce TPO more.
>>
>> My target cities are 13-15 miles from the tower site and the  
>> terrain is
>> relatively flat.
>>
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>
> Since you say that the terrain is "relatively flat," my personal  
> preference
> would go to 8 or 10 bays and cut down the TPO and thus your power  
> bill also.