Vacuum tube equipment

Stephanie Weil stephanie@gordsven.com
Fri Sep 2 16:25:36 EDT 2005


On Fri, September 2, 2005 4:13 pm, rogerkirk said:
> Am I mistaken, or is there some sort of "effect" where the coverage
> directly around the base of tower is less if the antenna is high and the
> power is great?   Calling tower engineers!

Yes, you have the problem of the signal heading out to the horizon and
literally going OVER the immediate area of service.

That's where "beam tilt" comes in.

An engineer can explain the theory better.

-- 
Stephanie Weil
New York City, U.S.A.


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