Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

2018-09-05 Thread Chuck Hutton
for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas. The station on 1300 in Troy NY once sent me a QSL boasting of its 1 billion milliwatts, or something like that, to make its 1000 watts seem especially mighty. Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 23:25

Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

2018-09-05 Thread James Renfrew
The station on 1300 in Troy NY once sent me a QSL boasting of its 1 billion milliwatts, or something like that, to make its 1000 watts seem especially mighty. Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 23:25 Bruce Portzer wrote: > I once heard a station ID saying it operated "with a

Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

2018-09-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
I once heard a station ID saying it operated "with a maximum effective radiated power not exceeding 250 thousand watts".   An accurate statement if you read it carefully, but a tad misleading. Bruce On 9/5/2018 19:33, Mark Durenberger wrote: Good story but I wonder how many of those power

Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

2018-09-05 Thread Mark Durenberger
Good story but I wonder how many of those power levels are "ERP (Effective Radiated Power) as opposed to "TPO" (Transmitter Power Output). When you take antenna gain into consideration it may paint a completely different picture! There are 50-kilowatt stations in the U.S. that radiate a lot more