[BC] FCC Info On Directional Arrays

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 15 October 2009 05:23 pm, Tom Dimeo wrote:

>  Now for another, probably stupid question.  What does 
>  Augmentations: 6 mean in this statement?
>  "Pattern Type: Augmented
>  Towers: 3 Augmentations: 6"

 Basically, the real pattern couldn't be tuned ( or wasn't ) to fit
 within the limits of the authorized standard pattern, so the
 real pattern is "augmented" to a higher radiation in that
 specific direction, on that particular bearing, to a specific
 augmented limit, licensed that way.

 An augmented pattern is one tuned to real world interferance limits,
 rather than fitting a theoretical bureaucratic "standard" pattern, so
 exceeds the standard pattern while still holding real interferance limits.

-- 
Cowboy