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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Agreed.<div>As you know, we've submitted numerous proposals that use antenna gain and polar characteristics to increase power expressed in preferred directions and thereby reduce transmitter input power and feeder costs.<br>Coincidentally, we've just formulated a system to produce an aggregate ERP of 50W with a severe directional restriction requiring an input of only 8W.<br><div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3"><b>Ian Hickling</b><br></font></div><font style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:12pt;" size="3"><font style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Partner</font></font><br><br><a href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img alt="" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png"></a><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">Office: 01635 578435 (7am-11pm UK time)</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></i></div></div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 12:22:59 +0000<br>From: tlr@gairloch.co.uk<br>To: cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>Subject: Re: [cma-l] Transmitter hosting for Community Radio Station<br><br>
A good reminder Ian - it's amazing what you can sometimes get just for asking!<BR><br><BR>Another thing to bear in mind, especially if using higher powers, is that it can in the long run save you a lot of money to use a multiple antenna array for greater gain and lower power consumption. With the ever-rising cost of electricity, extra money spent on 2 or more dipoles can soon paid back by lower transmitter power (if you don't have to pay extra for the mast space of course).<br><BR><br><BR>Often it's also the case that capital money for setting up a project is less difficult to find than the day-in day-out running costs, so again spending more up front on a higher antenna gain can be a much more sustainable business case than finding the extra electricity cost forever more.<br><BR><br>Alex<br><BR><br><BR><blockquote>On 02 November 2015 at 11:43 Ian Hickling <transplanfm@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr">Re-sent - without the message train - sorry about that<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;"><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;"><span style="color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;">Partner</span></span><br><br><a style="color:#1155cc;" href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png" alt=""></a><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;"><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Office: 01635 578435 (7am-11pm UK time)</span></em></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;"><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)</span></em></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;"><em><span style="font-size:medium;">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</span></em></div></div><br><br><div><hr id="ecxstopSpelling">From: transplanfm@hotmail.com<br>To: cma@commedia.org.uk<br>Subject: Transmitter hosting for Community Radio Station<br>Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:34:28 +0000<br><br><div dir="ltr">I've just had to do a rough estimate for a CR Licensee of electricity costs for his remote transmission site on a Local Authority.<div>For a nominal 50W aggregate FM transmitter, processor, RDS encoder and link receiver we estimated a consumption of 100W at 240V single phase - 876kWh per annum - which at 15p/kWh gives £131,40 nett of VAT as a real cost per annum.</div><div>In contrast - another Client has been told he is welcomed to locate his transmitter on roof of the the local Hospital - no fee - and no charge for power consumed.<br>So - if you ask the right people - it can be done!<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;"><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;"><span style="color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;">Partner</span></span><br><br><a style="color:#1155cc;" href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png" alt=""></a><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;"><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Office: 01635 578435 (7am-11pm UK time)</span></em></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;"><em><span style="font-size:medium;">Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)</span></em></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;"><em><span style="font-size:medium;">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</span></em></div></div><br><div><div class="ecxhmmessage"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br> <BR><blockquote>_______________________________________________<br><br>Reply - 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