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AM Radio Directional Antennas and their History

DavidEduardo

DavidEduardo

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Every so often there are questions here about why AM stations can't raise power, or why they have different coverage at night than in the daytime.

I found this article on Radio World by noted broadcast historian John Schneider and it's a fantastic illustrated history from the first directional station 90 years ago:

https://www.radioworld.com/columns-...pment-of-the-directional-am-broadcast-antenna

This is a fun read, and it's not too technical for easy understanding.
 
That was indeed a fascinating read. Thanks for posting!

Interesting tidbit I took away from it was that only one radio engineer has EVER
served as FCC chair. A bit mind-boggling when you think about it.
 
Thanks for the link David. I really enjoyed the pictures of the tower sites. I wonder if Fybush's Grandfather took them?:)
 
Also interesting to me is how my two old hometown stations WGR 550 and WWKB 1520 Buffalo both directional (WGR night only) share the same transmitter site and even have 1 tower in common.
 
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