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

[Robert Meuser]

interesting but the question was the highest erp. Detroit seems to be the winner.

R

PeterH5322 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/13/05 5:11:51 PM, Robertm at broadcast.net writes:
> 
> 
> 
>>KXTA appears the biggest baddest in the West
>>with over 7500 mv Days although it is a DA-2 ...
>>
> 
> But, it has 203 degree towers, so, although it is 50 kW days and "only" 44 kW 
> nights, the effective power input, adjusting for the increased efficiency of 
> the radiators, is more like 100 kW days and 88 kW nights, referenced to the 
> Class B minimum.
> 
> Multiply that by the "gain" of the array, and it is a clear winner ... of 
> something ... in this Nation's second largest market (Los Angeles) ... in this 
> World's fourth largest economy (California).
> 
> Detroit is such a depressed (and depressing) city, it is no longer even in 
> the top 10 cities, having been displaced by California's third largest city (San 
> Jose) [ * ] .
> 
> Day max = about 6,824 mV/m at 1 km, night max = about 6,237 mV/m at 1 km ... 
> but the FCC database, from which I am getting my numbers, is totally 
> farkeled-up right now. 7,500 (your number, days) and 7,200 (my estimate, nights) sound 
> more reasonable.
> 
> Incidentally, KXTA is now KTLK.
> 
> The Detroit situation is complicated by move-outs not to facilitate 
> improvement to AM service (which has actually declined), but ... reportedly ... to 
> facilitate acquiring close-in sites for necessary, and required improvements to TV 
> service by co-owned stations.
> 
> [ * ] Interesting fact: of this Nation's ten largest cities, seven out of the 
> ten are in the Southwest, and these seven are contained in just three states: 
> California (3 cities in the top ten, also this Nation's largest economy, and 
> this World's fourth largest economy); Texas (also 3 cities in the top ten); 
> and Arizona (1 city in the top ten).
> 
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