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Re: [TowerTalk] 160m vertical

To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 160m vertical
From: Donald Chester <k4kyv@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 20:07:08 +0000
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>  Isn't there some restrictions on structures that can effect the 
> field-strength
> when the structure is near a BC station? I want to remember that if your
> tower affect the field-strength distribution of a BC station you have to take
> measure not to disturb it.
> 
> I am sure, if you have any sizable voltage/current induced by a nearby BC
> station you certainly change the radiation pattern from that station.
> 
> Just something to be aware of.
> 
> Hans - N2JFS

I recall a rule that commercially licensed stations must take the effects of 
their tower on nearby BC stations into consideration, but I have never seen 
anything in Part 97 requiring  hams to take a similar precaution, nor have I 
ever heard of a ham receiving a notification that his antenna was causing a 
problem.  As I recall, even a 50 ft tower as far as a mile away may affect the 
directional pattern of some AM BC arrays.

Don k4kyv
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