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it's true to say AM is not considered very sexy these days, but
there's life in the old dog yet.<br>
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Our first RSL broadcasts were on AM back in 1995, using a
transmitter of my own design, and we had good daytime reception over
a wide area, with none of the black spots you often get on low power
FM! The antenna design is vital for AM, but we were on 1 watt EMRP
and we had listeners as far away as Sweden and Germany. It's worth
remembering that there are far fewer stations on AM these days,
causing less interference, so for community broadcasting, AM could
be very worthwhile. especially when backed up by a good quality
stream.<br>
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If anyone would like more info on AM, feel free to get in touch.<br>
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Phil Dawson<br>
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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:11:52 +0000
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I updated our own internal record of Community Radio stations today with the most recent additions.This is based with acknowledgement on Ofcom's published TX Parameters and shows that out of the 267 individual CR transmitters (as opposed to the number of broadcasters) licensed, 231 are currently on air.I will happily pass this document on to any interested parties that message me.At the same time I looked at the number of CR transmitters operational on Medium Wave (AM) and the power they are using.There are just seven out of that total of 267, - two using 100W EMRP, two at 70W which is the normal maximum allocated to a CR, one at 10W, one at 4W and the last which we know well at 1W.This illustrates I suggest the level of uptake of AM - that Ofcom is offering as an alternative where it says that no FM frequency is available.
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whats the coverage like on AM at 10w, 4w and 1w?
On 23 September 2014 15:11, Ian Hickling <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com"><transplanfm@hotmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I updated our own internal record of Community Radio stations today with
the most recent additions.
This is based with acknowledgement on Ofcom's published TX Parameters and
shows that out of the 267 individual CR transmitters (as opposed to the
number of broadcasters) licensed, 231 are currently on air.
I will happily pass this document on to any interested parties that
message me.
At the same time I looked at the number of CR transmitters operational on
Medium Wave (AM) and the power they are using.
There are just seven out of that total of 267, - two using 100W EMRP, two
at 70W which is the normal maximum allocated to a CR, one at 10W, one at 4W
and the last which we know well at 1W.
This illustrates I suggest the level of uptake of AM - that Ofcom is
offering as an alternative where it says that no FM frequency is available.
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I haven't done any real appraisals apart for the Farnborough station which manages about a 2-mile radius in daytime hours which is be barely adequate but does at least cover the core population.I'm not aware of any computer coverage software that will cope with MF - and of course there's the question of exactly the EMRP value - and even more indeterminate - the antenna propagation pattern.
I'm sure other members will have first-hand information.
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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:15:54 +0100
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Subject: Re: [cma-l] Community Radio on AM
whats the coverage like on AM at 10w, 4w and 1w?
On 23 September 2014 15:11, Ian Hickling <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com"><transplanfm@hotmail.com></a> wrote:
I updated our own internal record of Community Radio stations today with the most recent additions.This is based with acknowledgement on Ofcom's published TX Parameters and shows that out of the 267 individual CR transmitters (as opposed to the number of broadcasters) licensed, 231 are currently on air.I will happily pass this document on to any interested parties that message me.At the same time I looked at the number of CR transmitters operational on Medium Wave (AM) and the power they are using.There are just seven out of that total of 267, - two using 100W EMRP, two at 70W which is the normal maximum allocated to a CR, one at 10W, one at 4W and the last which we know well at 1W.This illustrates I suggest the level of uptake of AM - that Ofcom is offering as an alternative where it says that no FM frequency is available.
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See: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lrcov.crc.ca/main/">http://lrcov.crc.ca/main/</a>
On 23/09/14 15:15, Martin Steers wrote:
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<pre wrap="">whats the coverage like on AM at 10w, 4w and 1w?
On 23 September 2014 15:11, Ian Hickling <<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com"><mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com></a>> wrote:
I updated our own internal record of Community Radio stations
today with the most recent additions.
This is based with acknowledgement on Ofcom's published TX
Parameters and shows that out of the 267 individual CR
transmitters (as opposed to the number of broadcasters) licensed,
231 are currently on air.
I will happily pass this document on to any interested parties
that message me.
At the same time I looked at the number of CR transmitters
operational on Medium Wave (AM) and the power they are using.
There are just seven out of that total of 267, - two using 100W
EMRP, two at 70W which is the normal maximum allocated to a CR,
one at 10W, one at 4W and the last which we know well at 1W.
This illustrates I suggest the level of uptake of AM - that Ofcom
is offering as an alternative where it says that no FM frequency
is available.
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