I know that the present discussion concerns antenna height in degrees and not actual physical height. A full wave tower, of course, would be 360 degrees tall. And a 5/8 wave would be 225 degrees. But the physical height would depend on the frequency.
I thought that some of you might be interested to know that in 2002 I conducted an FCC file search for the physically tallest AM tower in the US. This search included the formula for greatest height in degrees vs lowest frequency. The physically tallest AM tower that I found was a 203.4 degree tower on 560 kHz in Monroe, MI. That would be about 989 feet tall. That was the night tower for WLLZ (now WRDT) with a power of only 14 watts. It is a folded unipole, or a similar derivative, on the side of an existing TV tower. They also have a more conventional 4-tower daytime site at a seperate location. Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO Certified Broadcast Technician KCKK / KJAC / KCUV http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
