[BC] Bay spacing

Mike Vanhooser novaelec at sbcglobal.net
Tue Feb 21 18:29:50 CST 2012


I consulted recently on a directional FM where the antenna consisted of two stacked yagis, tilted 17.5 degrees off vertical to produce (theoretically) 150 watts horizontal along with 1.5kw vertical.  As I said, there are lots of exceptions to the rule, but I was asking if anyone knew of any translators which were able to run all or mostly vertical, without jumping through a lot of hoops, as LPFM's are allowed to do.  I don't have the time at the moment to dig through the rules, just wondering if someone had an answer off the top of their head.

--- On Tue, 2/21/12, Neal Newman <cozy659 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>From: Neal Newman <cozy659 at yahoo.com>

>My bet is that they may be running vertical. but I am sure on the license there is at least 1 watt horizontal. Just to say its not truly a vertical. Usually the horizontal is what pulls in the vert for the legal channel 6 protection. Every  vert non-com I have installed has alwas had  at least 1 watt horizontal even though there is no horizontal Element in the approve antenna.
>Neal




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