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I may not be understanding what part of the operation you are talking about. but radiated power? no transmitter had megawatts of radiated power. 50Kw for a fm b
by somat 3y ago
I may not be understanding what part of the operation you are talking about. but radiated power? no transmitter had megawatts of radiated power. 50Kw for a fm broadcast antenna is a common number passed around. The huge "voice of america" shortwave station was 300Kw.
I have heard of military radars having megawatts of radiated power. but even then it was in the low megawatts.
- drmpeg 3y agoFor UHF television stations, the effective radiated power (ERP) is typically 1 Megawatt. That is accomplished (for example) with a 57 kilowatt transmitter and an antenna with 12.44 dB gain.
- Hikikomori 3y agoThe goat testicle doctor did get permission for running his border blaster at a million watts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley#Brinkley_and_radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Brinkley#Brinkley_and_...
- Animats 3y agoUp in the UHF TV bands, huge transmitter power was required. The FCC allowed 5 megawatts.[1] Few stations actually used that much power, but 1 MW was not uncommon. Amusingly, over-the-air digital TV is making a comeback. The cable industry pushed prices up too high. But the "comeback" is to only 14% of the viewer base. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_television_broadcasting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_television_broadcasting