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Something about the thread, regarding transmitting power from one radio
being funnelled into the other radio made me take pause. In the Houston area (and I'm sure most other major cities) there is an antenna farm that has a collection of FM, AM and TV broadcast antennae. I would estimate there are 10 in a several square mile area and have radiated power in the Tens of Thousands of watts. This area lies just to the southwest outside the surface area of Hobby's Class B and the tops of the antennae reach up to the floor of the next ring of Class B. When circumnavigating the Class B its not uncommon to be as close as a mile to these towers and once or twice I've heard bleed-over on the VHF radios of the aircraft. My question is, given the limited "resistance" of some of the radio components (and the ability to tolerate less than a watt input if I paraphrased it correctly) I am wondering just how much energy the radio system is being exposed to flying by the transmitting elements a mile away laterally, and how prudent that is for the longevity of the components. Lets use 50,000 watts if that is appropriate for the example. Dave |
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