Rich Wood wrote:
Does anyone know where I can obtain a plot of the antenna pattern for
a major (50,000 watt) commercial broadcast station?

Go to www.fcc.gov. There's an AM database that has the information and
patterns for all stations.

Y'know, that's where I was going to send him, but...

The patterns *aren't* there.

OK, there's a table that shows the relative field every (5? 10?) degrees
of azimuth, and I suppose you could plot it yourself.

For FM and TV stations, they *do* have the DA patterns...

I usually use Bob Carpenter's AMSTNS program.
http://home.earthlink.net/~lvehorn/
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

The patterns *aren't* there.


They used to be ... deleted as a "Y2K" cost saving measure.



OK, there's a table that shows the relative field every (5? 10?) degrees of
azimuth, and I suppose you could plot it yourself.


They were every 5 degrees, with both theoretical and "standard pattern" ...
plus "augmented" pattern, if augmented.

Also, the precise bearings of the pattern minima and maxima were provided,
including any local maxima and minima.

On 4 Oct 2004 06:06:23 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote:

Y'know, that's where I was going to send him, but...

The patterns *aren't* there.

That's strange. My copy has them.

Rich