[BC] Most powerful AM radio station....

[Robert Meuser]

Marathon is shown in the database as 50 KW with 4423 mvm. Upping that to 
100 kw gives just around 6200 mvm which is run of the mill against a 
number of class III upgrades.

R


Paul Smith W4KNX wrote:

>Actually, I just remembered, its probably 1180 Radio Marti in Marathon
>Florida.  Actual 100 KW into a 4 tower inline array towards Fidel.
>Toss up 540 Orlando, or 1180 Marathon
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>Paul Smith
>Sarasota, FL
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>To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 5:35 PM
>Subject: Re: [BC] Most powerful AM radio station....
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>In a message dated 11/13/05 2:21:15 PM, shnewman at alaweb.com writes:
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>>Obviously this is going to be a DA.
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>>Hint: It's not the 12 tower array near Dallas.
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>Try KMJ, Fresno.
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>Over 6,500 mV/m at 1 kM in the main lobe, with 50 kW into four 180 degree
>towers, and with the nulls filled to about 5 kW.
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>Perhaps the finest upgrade of a Class III-A station yet implemented.
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>This station was earlier 5 kW ND-U on 580, but was a Local in its original
>incarnation.
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>Incredibly, McClatchey Broadcasting owned two Locals (0.25 kW ND-U) in
>California's Central Valley, one of which, KFBK, then still under McClatchey
>ownership, became a Class I-B (50 kW-U DA-2), and the other, KMJ, became 50
>kW-U
>DA-1, this under Infinity ownership.
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