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WOW!!! That WBAP 820 in Dallas must be one of the original stations in the U.S.
Its 50kw anytime is on a single stick with no augmentation. And the size of that tower... 192.10 degrees! That's over a half wavelength (180 degrees) tall. The angle of radiation should be lower than that of most stations. It'd be a good station for newbie MW DXers to look for at night I checked on my Houston area anytime 50kw, KTRH 740, and it's puny in comparison. It uses a cluster of 4 antenna towers with augmentation, to take a nip here and a tuck there, to protect other stations. At night, the pattern is changed, for the same reason. The towers are only 75 degrees tall, less than a quarter wavelength (90). I found the Dallas station I was thinking of. It's KFXR 1190. 50kw day, 5kw night. During the day, it uses 4 towers inline, with 13 augmentations (ground radials, I presume). At night, it uses 12 towers(!), different from the day towers and aligned in a different direction. And it uses a whopping 28 augmentations!!! The day towers are 96d tall, the night towers are 87.2d tall. They must have a good income at night to go to all that trouble for 5kw. For those who don't know about it, MW AM station info can be found at: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html Type in the state and call letters, when looking for a specific station, and then scroll down and request the detailed report. The site gives a number of options that can be used for searching the FCC data base. Bill, K5BY |
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