On the case of electricity and bills.. (Transmitter is on daytime only) Running 250 Watts here, with everything else.. my well outback....tv's/computer's/transmitter, etc.. it's about $290 month. Running 1000 Watts, it's about double that
Paul On 4/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Paul, Pete, & Group > > That is about what I had expected to see. A 1,000 watt amateur radio > amplifier is $3,000-4,000 and they typically don't run the full duty cycle > as a broadcaster would. > > The other "wowzer" is the cost of electricity as most amps typically use > twice as much electricity as what their power ratings state, a 50 kw amp > uses 100 kw of electricity (not very efficient are they?). > > Thanks for sharing. > > 73/Joe Miller > > > > On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:28:49 -0400, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote > > An Armstrong 500 Watt Unit costs about $7600 > > An Armstrong X1000B which is 1KW runs about $9500 > > A BEAM-1A which is also 1KW runs you about $11,500]\ > > A 50KW Harris runs about $185,000 > > > > On 4/4/07, Peter Jernakoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >>Wowzers... a 100KW box is expensive! > > > > > > Someone please indulge my curiosity. What is the price range typically > > > associated with, say, 1 kw, 5 kw, 10 kw and 50 kw new medium wave > > > transmitters? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -Pete Jernakoff- > > > K3KMS > > > www.21centimeter.com > > > > > > > > > This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains > > > information that may be Privileged, confidential or copyrighted under > > > applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > > > formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this > e-mail, > > > in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender > by > > > return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless > explicitly > > > and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended", this e-mail > does > > > not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an > acceptance > > > of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a consent to the > > > use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or > for > > > transfers of data to third parties. > > > > > > Francais Deutsch > Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean > > > > > > http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Paul B. Walker, Jr. > > www.walkerbroadcasting.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > > 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] > > > -- > WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com) > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > > -- Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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]
