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4218
Here in Nelson it seems as though there's an LPFM station on every second frequency on the guard bands! Thank you very much, Mainland TV and your ungainly...
Michael
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Jan 5, 2006
5:21 am
4219
... Same with Mainlands crap channels polluting the UHF TV band. The advantage they have is being up on the port hills their FM coverage carrys a long way. ...
Craig Sutton
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Jan 5, 2006
6:25 am
4220
I got my data from DSE http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/43bcb8fb0c266b922740c0a87f990788/Export/catalogs/SUP1000031 Would be a Good Place to Start. ...
Johnno
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Jan 5, 2006
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4221
... That's brilliant, thank you very much. I dismissed DSE when I found they didn't seem to _sell_ RG-58.... I've got a 3.7 dBi stacked dipole, and a 1 Watt...
Michael
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Jan 5, 2006
7:00 am
4222
I agree they don't give a rats about the rules by going over them in Nelson you will be doing exactly what they themselves have done in other parts of N.Z...
M.B & J.D Duffy
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Jan 5, 2006
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4223
... You and others will be pleased then to hear that NZ on Air are refusing to give him any of the money that the Govt handed out for regional tv stations ...
Craig Sutton
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Jan 5, 2006
11:24 am
4224
... transmitter, ... uncle ... wind ... This ... Try this http://www.timesmicrowave.com/cgi-bin/calculate.pl Why do you have a stacked dipole? Just a normal...
aggelon2000
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Jan 5, 2006
6:54 pm
4225
Hi Michael, Stacked dipoles offer no benefit to LPFM. You already have sufficient transmitter power, so what's the point in reducing your radiation pattern? ...
Jochen Siegenthaler
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Jan 5, 2006
8:37 pm
4226
He'll only consider it martyrdom, the evil empire ganged against him. In light of the content of his stations maybe we could all search our hearts and send...
M.B & J.D Duffy
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Jan 5, 2006
8:55 pm
4227
The RG-58A Cable seems to be hard to find in Christchurch, I ended up getting it from Nelson and sent down. You need to remember the longer the cable more loss...
Johnno
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Jan 5, 2006
9:11 pm
4228
If you don't mind me asking, what meter are u getting? Sounds like a useful tool. Cheers Leigh www.HeavenFM.com <http://www.heavenfm.com/> ... From:...
elw
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Jan 5, 2006
9:18 pm
4229
You can only get more range by increasing your radiated power. If your radiated power is already at the limit, then changing the antenna won't help (because...
Jochen Siegenthaler
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Jan 5, 2006
10:02 pm
4230
SWR METER Easily tune your transmitter up to maximum RF output power or check your antenna match with this 50 ohm SWR meter. The design specification allows...
Johnno
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Jan 5, 2006
11:38 pm
4231
Could we get a website link to that product and a price please. Does sound very handy indeed. Johnno <valentine@...> wrote: SWR METER Easily tune your...
Michael Rowse
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Jan 6, 2006
12:31 am
4232
Here's what *I* don't get: Say you have a 1-watt transmitter. How can changing your antenna radiate more power than 1 watt? Is it not the case that changing...
Mix FM
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Jan 6, 2006
1:06 am
4233
It would be nice if it was measured that way but the restriction is that you cannot radiate more than 0.5 watts in any direction. Stacking dipoles will reduce...
Ross Levis
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Jan 6, 2006
1:30 am
4234
... in reducing your radiation pattern? ... Well, someone _gave_ me a stacked dipole antennae, so I don't see particularily fit to complain really :D -Michael...
Michael
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Jan 6, 2006
1:55 am
4235
By my calculations, with a 3.7dBi stacked dipole, I need to only feed it 217mW to get an EIRP of 500mW.... so with a 1 watt transmitter, this means 40 metres...
Michael
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Jan 6, 2006
2:28 am
4236
http://www.veronica.co.uk/a-access.htm ... From: "Michael Rowse" <valdusradio@...> To: <LPFM_Radio@...> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006...
Johnno
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Jan 6, 2006
2:34 am
4237
You can build an attenuator circuit using resistors which is fairly simple and much cheaper. You would need a tiny piece of circuit board and a simple diagram...
Ross Levis
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Jan 6, 2006
2:56 am
4238
I just found this page. http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/circuits/resistor_attenuator/resistor_attenuator.php Only 3 resistors are required. Use 1 watt...
Ross Levis
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Jan 6, 2006
3:26 am
4239
... http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/circuits/resistor_attenuator/resistor_attenuator.php ... away without a circuit board and just solder them together....
Michael
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Jan 6, 2006
4:22 am
4240
RG178 has very high loss figures but don't ask me where to get hold of any. Best just build an attenuator Adam...
Pirate FM 88.1
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Jan 6, 2006
5:48 am
4241
I'm guessing I want to build this inside a metal box to prevent RF interference? -Michael ... ...
Michael
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Jan 6, 2006
5:49 am
4242
You could mount the attenuator on the back of the antenna socket . The other option is some Transmitters have an RF Drive level adjust to the Final PA...
kiwihamsteve
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Jan 6, 2006
6:05 am
4243
It seems I will have to shelve my project for the time being, as there are simply not enough frequencies available in Nelson. I tried tuning my transmitter to...
Michael
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Jan 8, 2006
4:03 am
4244
... You will only blott them in a small area. I think I heard your station are you towards Nayland college area? Don't worry about blotting out Mainland's CRAP...
Craig Sutton
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Jan 8, 2006
4:33 am
4245
Antennas focus the enrgy in a particular direction, similar to how a torch focusses the beam from the light bulb. So you get more energy being radiated in some...
Jochen Siegenthaler
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Jan 8, 2006
8:06 pm
4246
Hi All , I have posted a photo in the PHOTOS section under COMMERCIAL folder. This will show a typical commercial FM Tranmit antenna array . It consists of 4...
kiwihamsteve
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Jan 8, 2006
9:39 pm
4247
Auckland uses 5,000W transmitters to radiate 50,000W from the Sky Tower. That's 50,000W per FM station :-) Some stations are running lower power transmitters...
Jochen Siegenthaler
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Jan 8, 2006
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