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</head><body><p>A sobering comparison Ian - and all the worse if you put those power consumption figures into cash terms at typical electricity rates:<br></p><p>AM: ~£3,500 per year<br></p><p>FM: ~£600 per year (and could be less in higher gain antenna setups)<br></p><p>With grant-funding often involved in station set-up, those year-in year-out running costs are often a lot harder to sustain than the initial capital cost.<br></p><p>Alex<br></p><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite"><div id="ox-5c2394ba04" class="ox-5c2394ba04-hmmessage">On 14 December 2015 at 10:05 Ian Hickling <transplanfm@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr">For the benefit of those faced with this choice - or who are thinking about going for AM - here's some unbiassed contrasting hardware information from a current project:<div><br></div><div>AM Transmitter:</div><div>Rated power output to achieve max 70W EMRP = 800W<br>Power consumption = 2860W at 240V single phase<br>Size = 16U = 24cm h x 39cm w x 124cm d</div><div>Weight = 50kg</div><div><div>Cost = £5995<br>Delivery = 90 days</div><div>Shipping = £264</div></div><div>Customs charges = £125</div><div><br></div><div>FM Transmitter:</div><div>Rated power output to achieve max 100W ERP = 300W</div><div>Power consumption = 465W at 240V single phase<br>Size = 2U = 9cm h x 39cm w x 42cm d<br>Weight = 7kg</div><div>Cost = £2195<br>Delivery = 3 days</div><div>Shipping = £16</div><div>Customs charges = £0<br><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></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></body></html>