Re: News Story

["Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>]

Unless it's a solid-state transmitter of recent vintage, the several-kW AM
transmitter that the original poster apparently mentioned will do a decent
job of heating the TX building in the winter. Of course, if the station is a
daytimer or uses really low power at night, you still need something besides
the transmitter to heat the building.

Remember that at 125% modulation on positive peaks, which the FCC permits on
AM, the instantaneous peak power delivered to the antenna is approximately
five times the nominal-antenna input power. This statement applies strictly
to AMs; it bears no relation to FM.

----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron 'Bishop' Read <aread@speakeasy.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: News Story


> To answer your original question, they're supposed to be 100 watts, so
it's
> a lightbulb :-)  Realistically I would imagine it costs little more than a
> regular business with a lot of electrical equipment does.  Or a small- to
> mid-sized dot-com (with lots of computers, each with a 300W power
> supply).   You CAN get really nailed on heating costs if your heat is
> electric, though.   Definitely go for oil or gas if at all possible.