[BC] Re: lpfm question

[Tom]

Well, yeah, mostly -

The REAL delimiter is that 60 dBu at 5.6 km.  Whatever it takes to get 
there.  100 kw at -3m HAAT....  (or into a dummy load that isn't QUITE 
shielded and grounded properly...)

Which isn't too far off what the original WTLC-FM (105.7) signed on with...

10 bays on a tower not much bigger than the antenna!  Something like 150 
foot SS, IIRC.  It's been a while..... But it got out pretty well...

Class B, of course...

I think, today, such a set-up probably wouldn't pass muster on an RF 
exposure standpoint...

Neal Newman wrote:
>
>  Not to be rude but 100 watts ERP at 100 feet I thought was the MAX 
> for an LPFM... Mine is at 60 feet....
>  I had seen only one LPFM get approved for over 100 feet  and they 
> were  20 feet below sealevel to start with.
> If you want to be an LPFM  stay one.. If you want 250 Feet at 100 watts..
>  Give up your LPFM  and file for a Class A station.
>
> My guess
> This must be a religious LPFM. that wants to cover more area with the 
> word...
>
>  I have to laugh  My LPFM  running 100watts ERP at 60 feet gets out 
> better than the local highschool station running 310 watts at the same 
> height.....( me thinks they need a new antenna( educators  think they 
> know better and say   Nothing wrong with their antenna   LOL)
>
>

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Tom Spencer
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