Re: [IRCA] Copper/Radials

[Mike McKenna <way2twohot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes and no.  Most often NO.  The FCC would require a power reduction in most cases.   Have you ever seen a Class 4 AM -- with a power like 833 watts Day and Night.  ( I think the 1400 Silverdale, WA has less than 1 KW ).   That is because -- AM stations -- are like the Educational FM stations.  They are applied for with a "protected" and "interfering" contours -- based on both the tower and ground system.   Change the ground or tower -- the power changes.  So adding any type of cable, wire or metal can "augment" the basic authorized contours.  As a Ham operator -- you can "tinker" with equipment.  In Commercial use -- you can NOT just add a wire here and a clamp there.  In the old days -- but that was before there were thousands of stations.    
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