Re:[HCDX] A question about the power of European tx'ers

2003-06-22 Thread Erich Bergmann
At 11:08 18.06.2003 +0200, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Aurel Chiochiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [HCDX] A question about the power of European tx'ers In Romania, the anti-Ceausescu messages were transmitted over SW, via RFL (Radio

Re: [mwdx] Re: [HCDX] A question about the power of European tx'ers

2003-06-19 Thread Jorma Mantyla
The reason for different audio sound is that radio stations in North America use heavy audio compression. In Europe that is restricted by ITU because it generates splash that may cause interference to nearby radio stations within large frequency range (+- 30 or even 40 kHz from stn original

Re: [HCDX] A question about the power of European tx'ers

2003-06-17 Thread Jari Lehtinen
At 17:21 14.6.2003 -0400, Aurel Chiochiu wrote: Hello all ! I wonder why European MW radio stations use powers of several hundreds and sometimes thousands of kWs ? Did nobody answer this so far? Ok, I try. History lesson: After the WWII, when the radio frequencies became another source

Re: [HCDX] A question about the power of European tx'ers

2003-06-17 Thread Jari Lehtinen
Me, Myself and I wrote: Did nobody answer this so far? Ok, I try. Krhm... Of course they did answer. I just didn't notice that topic from headlines in mailbox, because the headline was RE: DIGEST VOL 6. Sorry. Never mind. :-) 73's Jari ---[Start Commercial]- World

Re: [HCDX] A question about the power of European tx'ers

2003-06-17 Thread Jorma Mantyla
The power game originates from 1950's Cold War. After WWII Europe was strictly divided into West and East. Propaganda was important for both sides. Germany was the worst case: East tried to effect the West and West tried to liberate East. In these conditions the power of mw-transmitters was

[HCDX] A question about the power of European tx'ers

2003-06-14 Thread Aurel Chiochiu
Hello all ! I wonder why European MW radio stations use powers of several hundreds and sometimes thousands of kWs ? Is it because in Europe, there are much more concrete buildings than in North America, where there is much more absorption of radio waves and the skywave signals of