[grc] Last call to buy BW TX150 v2 150 watt transmitter

[Michelle Bradley]

If you are running a 2-bay circular or a gain vertical like a Norwalk 
Dominator, a 150 watt transmitter will do just fine even if your ERP is 
a full 100W.

=m



On 11/15/2016 11:24 PM, Lanny Cotler via grc wrote:
> I’m a newbie, but I suggest you buy the 150 watt transmitter ONLY if you were granted a maximum antenna output (ERP) of 40 or 50 watts.
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> We at KLLG-LP, 97.9, in Willits, CA were granted the maximum ERP of 100 watts. To get that we bought the BW TX300-V2.
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> Our input to the antenna had to be 240 watts in order to get an ERP of our max allowed of 100 watts.
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> The coax line you use and the antenna array will determine the difference between input and output. There’s a lot of loss from transmitter to antenna ERP.
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> KLLG-LP ~ 97.9 FM
> Lanny Cotler, General Manager
> A Project of Little Lake Grange #670
> Willits Hometown Radio—Low Power, High Energy
> P.O Box 820, Willits, CA 95490
> 707-367-1812
> LANNY at KLLG.ORG
> WWW.KLLG.ORG
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>> On Nov 15, 2016, at 8:11 PM, Danny via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
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>> Like many new LPFMs, we took forever to decide which transmitter to buy and
>> by the time we tried to find the BW TX150 v2 150 watt transmitter, they
>> seemed to be completely gone.
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>> We found one last outlet:
>> http://www.broadcaststoreeurope.com/group.asp?group=762
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>> Just got ours yesterday, in the factory sealed carton, with the FCC
>> certification on the back of the new unit. Shipped DHL Express from Denmark
>> 3 weeks after the order was placed using PayPal in our case. Final price
>> including shipping was $2,310 US. They advise the factory only has a few
>> more 150 watts units left.
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>> I'm just passing this info along if anyone cares and got no special
>> consideration for doing so.
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