[BC] BC] Re: TIS facilities

[Mark Humphrey]

On 7/1/06, R J Carpenter <rcarpen at erols.com> wrote:
>
> The FCC has an "unconventional" view of efficiency for AM antennas.
> Why not for TIS?  One might guess that they assume a "standard" TIS
> antenna and ERP is related to that.  Thus the Valcom could have
> "gain".

It might be expressed in dBwr, or decibels relative to a wet rope.
Some of the antennas sold to the ham radio market are rated the same
way (except they leave off the "wr").

Mark
K3XY