Jack Linthicum wrote:

There are many UHF TV stations with power levels above 5000 kW, this
little beauty is going from 3680 kW to 5000****.

Yes, nothing remarkable about the power level in the TV universe. The
similarly powered sites I was referring to are devices of a similar
nature ie ionosonde or other similar ionospheric research gadgetry.
But to the uninitiated, it probably sounds like a lot.
But IF they want REALLY BIG SCARY numbers they should do some arithmetic
on the amount of solar flux hitting the upper levels of the atmosphere
every second of the day and night.....

The CO