[BC] WOW RICH

[Mark Humphrey]

Someday, I hope to visit "Europe 1", which transmits from the Saarland in
southwest Germany with a "healthy" 2000 kW on 183 kHz from a four-tower
inline array directed at the French border, directly adjacent to the site.
Their ~280 m towers are only about 60 degrees at that frequency, but
considering the pattern gain, I'm sure it does the job.   If I'm reading the
French website correctly, the gain is about 4.8 dB, with suppression of 30
dB on the backside (towards Berlin).  Anyone on the list have more info?

Site photos:  http://members.aon.at/wabweb/radio/europe1.htm

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/tvignaud/am/e1/fr-e1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_1

Mark


On 2/4/06, Phil Alexander <dynotherm at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Actually, Alan, there are other ways of radiating LF and VLF, but
> I'd just love to have a 50 kW station on 300 using a 195 deg
> vertical radiator. Not saying how, but I'd have that thing broad
> as a barn, probably almost flat from about 270 to 330.
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> The ground system would be a problem and you'd need at least
> 60 acres for a single tower, but think of the coverage.
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> Can somebody say "Nation's Station" for real? <ggg>
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