Fw: News Story

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

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; Aaron 'Bishop' Read
<aread@speakeasy.net>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: News Story


> 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.
>