[Amps] RE: RangeMaster E-Bay Sale

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

it turns out these people invest in apparently expensive elaborate audio
gear for AM transmitters that operate in the higher portion of the bc band
with 100 mw carriers fed to 108" steel whips. The whips are elevated and the 
tx
mounts directly under it in a weatherproof box on the mast.   I know the 
range of low power
10 watt carrier stations (class Ds with night-time authorization) is 
surprisingly good
due to their use of their regular full-size systems but I can't imagine the 
service area
of 100 mw on a whip will be more than a few blocks.  To invest in so much 
high grade
audio gear for such a thing is bizarre.

rob/k5uj

From: "Harold B. Mandel" <ka1xo at juno.com>
To: k5uj at hotmail.com,amps at contesting.com
Subject: RangeMaster E-Bay Sale
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:48:16 -0400

Dialing into E-Bay and reading the fine print that describes the station
I see
that in the first paragraph the station is decribed as "100MW."

I certainly think 48 Large is a good starting price for a station fifty
times
more powerful than Radio Moscow, don't you?


Hal
W4HBM




On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:10:36 +0000 "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ"
<k5uj at hotmail.com> writes:
 > I can top the $50 manual:
 >
 > here's an auction for a 100 mw part 15 AM broadcast station.
 > bidding starts
 > at $48,000
 >
 >
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=296&item=572743826
7&rd=1
 >
 > rob/k5uj
 >

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