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Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

A 500 wattrer in Alabama used to sign off every day informing the public that they were licensed with the power of 500,000 milliwatts.

Gasp....

Chuck

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From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 9:55 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

The station on 1300 in Troy NY once sent me a QSL boasting of its 1 billion
milliwatts, or something like that, to make its 1000 watts seem especially
mighty.  Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 23:25 Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I once heard a station ID saying it operated "with a maximum effective
> radiated power not exceeding 250 thousand watts".   An accurate
> statement if you read it carefully, but a tad misleading.
>
> Bruce
>
> On 9/5/2018 19:33, Mark Durenberger wrote:
> > Good story but I wonder how many of those power levels are "ERP
> (Effective
> > Radiated Power) as opposed to "TPO" (Transmitter Power Output).  When you
> > take antenna gain into consideration it may paint a completely different
> > picture!  There are 50-kilowatt stations in the U.S. that radiate a lot
> more
> > than 50 kilowatts in certain directions.
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Mark Durenberger
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IRCA [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R. Colin
> > Newell
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 5:57 PM
> > To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.
> >
> > A mighty good read.
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/whos-got-the-biggest-meanest-am
> > -flamethrower
> >
> >
> > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
>
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