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</head><body><p>Given that the MF AM band covers a 3:1 frequency range, is Ofcom at least able to allocate a frequency at the high end of the band, making any given given aerial design a third the size it would be at the LF end of the band? Just wonderin'!<br></p><p><br></p><p>Alex<br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 16 September 2015 at 20:20 Ian Hickling <transplanfm@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr">All perfectly acc<span style="font-size: 12pt;">eptable - but as an experienced  propagation engineer my concern is that any departure from a vertical end-corrected quarter wave radiator operating on a groundplane of at least .55 wavelength diameter, the  energy propagation pattern is uncertain and effectively impossible to either determine or plot.</span><div>In order to take his order - and his money - I have to give the Client an assurance that he will be able to cover his audience effectively - and that simply isn't possible with a cut-down compensated radiator on a much smaller earth mat.<br><br><div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: medium;" size="3"><strong>Ian Hickling</strong><br></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: medium;" size="3"><span style="color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;">Partner</span></span></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>