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The licensing for USA shortwave broadcasting is very difficult. For AM or single-sideband, you have to run a minimum transmitter output of 50,000 watts with a d
by RF_Enthusiast 4y ago
The licensing for USA shortwave broadcasting is very difficult. For AM or single-sideband, you have to run a minimum transmitter output of 50,000 watts with a directional antenna. For digital/DRM, the minimum is 10,000 watts with a directional antenna.
I point out "directional" because it's very expensive at those power levels.
You also need to pay for each transmitter-hour per quarter, for international coordination.
In addition, you need to demonstrate that your signal will reach at least one other country than the USA.
Often these antenna arrays take up many, many acres of land.
- unethical_ban 4y agoI stand corrected. That's pretty nuts... especially that the people using it are often some pretty radical stations. I rememeber tuning in on a web-sdr site and hearing some of the really post-apocalyptic stuff coming out of the Appalachians. Felt like Fallout.
- RF_Enthusiast 4y agoI think I know the station you're talking about. It's up in Maine-- one of their frequencies run the Overcomer Ministry and another one has dome theory flat earth programming called Worlds Last Chance. That's WBCQ. Check out the mind blowing antenna arrays at: <https://swling.com/blog/tag/wbcq-the-planet/ https://swling.com/blog/tag/wbcq-the-planet/>