Tallest tower?

Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com
Sat Mar 5 23:35:25 EST 2011


But i don't think WNBH-AM's entire tower is used for the AM? So do we count
an AM's unipole/skirt/similar system only or the entire tower, radiator for
the AM or not?

Paul

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>wrote:

> <<On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:40:43 -0500, "Doug Drown" <
> revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> said:
>
> > The thread on the WFEA and other Blaw-Knox towers got me to
> > wondering: What is the tallest AM radio tower, or set of towers, in
> > New England?  (Not that size is everything . . . [ahem]) -Doug
>
> Good question.  According to CDBS, the tallest AM tower(s) by physical
> height in New England belong(s) to WEEI, at 198.1 m (649.9 ft).  The
> tallest AM tower by electrical height in New England is WNBH's, at
> 243.8 degrees (2/3 wave or 497.3 ft).
>
> In the whole country, the winners are WRDT (560 Monroe, Mich.) at
> 302.6 m (992.8 ft or 203.4 electrical degrees) and, jointly, KLSD
> (1360 San Diego, Calif.) and WTTN (1580 Watertown, Wisc.) at 285.7
> degrees (nearly 4/5 wave, 573 ft for KLSD and 494 ft for WTTN).
>
> -GAWollman
>


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