On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > AM broadcast band antennas 5/8 & 1/2 wave tall are rarely used any more. > I noticed a reduction of the tall AM towers starting about the 1960's. > > 73 > Bruce-K1FZ >
Wouldn't that have corresponded to the FCC's reduction in "clear-channel" strategies, and more local market driven commercial agendas? When I was a kid in the early 50's I got a QSL card from WOAI and WHO for sending them a postcard telling them I was hearing them in Columbus, Ohio. And the whole point of the 1937 Brown, Lewis and Epstein study was that you DIDN"T need tall towers for daytime coverage. 73, Guy. _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - [email protected]
