Here in the Central Valley of Calif- Fresno- All of our TV has been UHF
since the early 60s. The major network stations here run 5 megawatt ERP
from mtn. tops 25mi away. I'm not sure about how height above average
terrian calculates in the equation to determine ERP.
jk
clifto wrote:

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:


5 megawatts is the maximum legal power for analog TV in the U.S.



That's ERP, though, no?

John Kirchman wrote:
clifto wrote:
Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
5 megawatts is the maximum legal power for analog TV in the U.S.

That's ERP, though, no?

Here in the Central Valley of Calif- Fresno- All of our TV has been UHF
since the early 60s. The major network stations here run 5 megawatt ERP
from mtn. tops 25mi away. I'm not sure about how height above average
terrian calculates in the equation to determine ERP.

Yipe. To HAAT and ERP, add DFMA[1] as a very important measurement.


[1] distance from my a**
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