[Lf] Re: LF: DCF39 heard in the US

[f1tay]

Photos on the transmitter, antenna and feeder of radio broadcasting EUROPE 1
on the french-speaking site:
http://services.worldnet.net/~tvignaud/

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Andre' Kesteloot <akestelo at bellatlantic.net>
À : rsgb_lf_group at blacksheep.org <rsgb_lf_group at blacksheep.org>
Cc : lf-amrad <lf at amrad.org>
Date : lundi 24 janvier 2000 18:31
Objet : Re: LF: DCF39 heard in the US


>Thanks, Mike for your kind words of encouragement.  A comment, though:
>
>Mike Dennison wrote:
>
>> Excellent. I feel that concentrating on this high ERP station will
>> provide a useful pattern.
>
>DCF is an inland station, fairly far away from the ocean coast, with an
unknown
>(unknown to me, at least) antenna radiation launching angle.  The fact that
it
>can be heard throughout Europe (probably ground wave) does not necessarily
mean
>(to me) that it will cross the pond via multiple hops. We did hear
France-Inter
>(on 162) and Europe #1 as if they were local broadcast stations. France
Inter
>runs 2 MW, I understand. Has anyone yet established a comparison between
those 2
>MW with a 9 KHz bandwidth and  DCF's power with its bandwidth ?
>73
>Andre'
>
>
>