Actually for a 1 kw station on 1340 with a 73 degree stick you get out
pretty well. I looked at your contours and the fringe looks like it's
about 80 miles from your tx site. not bad for 1 kw non-DA in AZ.
73
Rob / k5uj
Gentlemen,
As a commercial boadcaster running a AM station, KPGE, I would give anything to
be located in a swamp. As I travel around and see stations located in swampy
areas I am green with envy. For AM stations the ground system in a wet
environment gives us an advantage for coverage.
KPGE-AM is located with it's radial system in a bone dry desert environment..
When it rains our coverage area increases dramatically. So much so that the
previous owner put in a drip system over the radial field. The cost of water
in the desert made him stop. If the town ever makes me move the AM, we have
chosen a site next door to the towns sewer ponds. Being next to the sewer
ponds would be an upgrade over the present location.
As a DXer our locations at 8Q7AA in the Maldives, XZ0A on a island off of
Burma, and at 9M0M on Sprately, have convinced me that "Verticles on the Beach"
are the only way to go.
Dan NA7DB
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