[BC] Snow.blizzard fading?

Peter Smerdon psmerdon at fastmail.com.au
Thu Feb 18 15:12:43 CST 2010


Cowboy wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 February 2010 12:08 am, Dana Puopolo wrote:
>   
>>  When I was out there they also fed the Non-D 50 Kw tower with 1 5/8" foam
>>  transmission line.
>>  50 kilowatts at 125% modulation through this line sure seems like a recipe for
>>  disaster.
>>     
>  Marginal, to be sure.
>  Provided there is no problem, no mismatch for any reason, it'll run.
>
>   
Hmm... but it could turn a simple problem into a much more 
complicated/expensive one.
Like repairing a broken bonding wire (wrapped around an insulator) or 
just replacing a shattered guy insulator .. now they've got a problem in 
their coax as well.
Headroom is good planning.

-- 
Peter Smerdon.
Melbourne Australia.



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