Re: Topband: The Quest to save AM radio

2013-09-12 Thread rfoxwor1
Unlikely to ever get past the starting gate as AM Broadcast is a worldwide allocation and I'd think that many other nations have an opinion on this. 73 Bob k2euh Mike Armstrong armst...@aol.com wrote: Brad, *I* say GOOD, let them kill AM broadcast and give the band to US. we

Re: Topband: More anecdotal stories to cause one to stop and....

2013-09-12 Thread Richard Fry
Paul Christensen, W9AC wrote: The surface wave tool most be used in conjunction with the normal modeling application to get a complete and accurate vertical profile from 0 through 90 degrees. Agreed. That a vertical monopole 5/8 wavelength and less in height, using a less than perfect

Topband: Measuring Vertical input parameters while installing radials

2013-09-12 Thread KB8NTY
Eddie, LU2DKT, I read your post with great interest!...Great work there. I am very much interested in your findings report. I wish to request if you can send to me, when you find a method. Additionally I wish to request for your permission to post your data on my Blog-Website at:

Re: Topband: and KDKA

2013-09-12 Thread HAROLD SMITH JR
Hello Herb and all, In the early 70 I was on one of my many trips to DL land. My friend DL2VP, now SK, was an engineer at DW-TV and German Radio  on 1584kHz. The final was 12kV at 80 Amps. 960kW input. The vacuum variables were bigger than trash cans. The power-supply took up a room about 12 X

Re: Topband: More anecdotal stories to cause one to stop and....

2013-09-12 Thread AJ4SQ
I will preface my question by saying that I haven't worked through a problem like this in 20 years, so it's quite possible that I'm forgetting some obvious details. I'm puzzled by how this surface wave can reach the ionosphere. I believe you are saying that the standard MoM solution ignores

Re: Topband: and KDKA

2013-09-12 Thread Jim Brown
On 9/12/2013 4:06 PM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote: It might well have been WLW instead of KDKA and according the the story I recall it had something to do with the nation's station which was WLW for sure. I think that for national defense in 1932 it was granted a 500,000 watt power level. I

Re: Topband: and KDKA

2013-09-12 Thread Jim Brown
On 9/12/2013 4:06 PM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote: the nation's station which was WLW for sure Another interesting point -- WLW was a 50kW clear channel station, and one of a handful that had their frequency to themselves at night for all of North America, which is why the Commission might have