> Why cant I just stay and plain old 27 watts? That's weird. I've never heard of a situation where a station had more power at night than during some other hours. Perhaps some not-too-distant station has a PSSA but no night power? You would have to protect them during those hours, but not later when they are off? Sure, there are stations with bigger power at night and a directional antenna, but not little powers like this. Very weird..
It is possible to make a large attenuator to dissipate some power and run the same transmitter at the same power after daylight hours. Probably could be done with some relays. Do you have some sort of audio automation that has relay outputs to control things? That usually can be cobbled up to do what you need. Otherwise, Broadcast Tools has a relatively inexpensive switcher meant for that sort of thing. What's the minimum power your transmitter will put out comfortably? I have used a timer/controller from Grainger to do pretty much what you need, but it's over a grand these days. I think it cost about $400 when I first used it. There are ways to make that happen, and probably not all that expensive when you're dealing with under a hundred watts. Drop me a note off list if you want to follow up. To be honest, I think there ought to be some minimum power assigned, maybe 20-25 watts. Less than that is pretty silly. Craig Healy Providence, RI _______________________________________________ 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]
