[BC] WLW Superpower Coverage

Keith Hammond monsterfm
Thu Dec 15 15:53:15 CST 2005


Robert Meuser wrote:

> I am not sure how Richard is calculating this, but the FCC 
> charts will 
> not take you out that far for the ground conductiviy given. The chart 
> bottoms at about 800 KM for that ground conductivity. The 
> power required 
> for that distance is 50 megawatts more or less. To get out 
> 1000 miles, 
> you would have to have a sea water path for that power.


  Just for fun, I plotted out the .1mv contours for 50kw and 500kw and
have posted those to http://www.monsterfm.com/files/WLW-50kw.gif &
http://www.monsterfm.com/files/WLW-500kw.gif.


Keith Hammond

KBKH-FM (Shamrock, Texas)

(806) 256-1221




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