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</head><body><p>A good reminder Ian - it's amazing what you can sometimes get just for asking!</p><p><br></p><p>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></p><p><br></p><p>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></p><p><br>Alex<br></p><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite">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;" 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><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;" size="3">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;" size="3">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;" size="3">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</span></em></div></div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">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;" 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><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;" size="3">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;" size="3">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;" size="3">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><p><br> </p><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br><br>Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br><br>The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk<br>Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media<br>http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br>http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</blockquote><p><br> </p></body></html>