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To: Beloved Levinite

They had 2 towers. Most AM stations have multiple towers. It’s how they create the shape of the broadcast area covered. 1 tower would tend to give you a perfect circle. Multiple towers allow you to extend your range in specific directions. FM stations antennas are different in this manner. If you’re interested in why it works this way I’m sure you can find more than you’d ever want to know on the internet. Also you can touch an FM mast but if you touch an AM antenna and mast when it’s broadcasting you’ll be a crispy critter. The entire mast in an AM station is the thing that radiates the power and if you touch it you’re the ground the entire output would go to ground through you. The actual FM antenna is on top (or if they have multiple stations using the tower) in various places on the tower. Wouldn’t touch the FM antenna when it’s radiating but the tower sure.


64 posted on 09/04/2009 8:24:37 PM PDT by airedale ( XZ)
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To: airedale
I see you beat me to it there.

Probably while I was typing my prolix screed.

≤]B^)

69 posted on 09/04/2009 8:58:33 PM PDT by Erasmus (Barack Hussein Obama: America's toast!)
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