RE: NEC-LIST: CFA for MF AM Broadcasting

Dear friends,

The antenna we are installing (approx. middle of March) is exactly
what described by John.

I'll keep you informed!

Alberto

Dr. Ing. Alberto FASSIO

RAI RADIO TELEVISIONE ITALIANA

DIVISIONE TRASMISSIONE E DIFFUSIONE
Ingegneria delle Reti di Diffusione
Dipartimento OL OM OC

Via Cernaia 33 10121 TORINO

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Jack Belrose wrote:
>
> The about-to-be-told story of this startling antenna is noted in the
> NAB Broadcasters column Radio TechCheck, published in the Weekly
> newsfax for Radio broadcast engineers, 15 February 1999.
>
> Apparently the EATU (Egyptian Radio and Television Union) is
> planning to replace all of its conventional MF and Long Wave
> broadcast stations with CFAs.
>
> The current version of the antenna involves adding conic sections to
> the cylindrically-shaped E-plate, which results (so it is said) in a
> significant increase in groundwave, producing a significant decrease
> in skywave. And, for an an antenna whose height is only 1.8-percent
> of a wavelength, it has a bandwidth of 48 kHz at a frequency of 603
> kHz --- an unheard of performance!!!
>
> So could this fairy tale antenna be real??? If so we are on the
> verge of an antenna revolution.
Received on Sun Feb 28 1999 - 04:37:20 EST