AM Broadcast Station Antenna Systems - A Basic Guide, draws from my over 30 years of experience as an AM broadcast band DXer. I wrote this book to help other AM radio hobbyists to understand what occurs 'behind the scenes' at an AM radio broadcasting plant. While designed for the hobbyist, many broadcasting professionals have also found the book to be interesting and informative.
Printed by Morris Publishing of Kearney, NE, it is 'perfect bound' with a full color glossy cover and is copyrighted 1998. The ISBN number is 0-7392-0085-2 and the Library of Congress Catalog Card Number is 98-93568.
The book consists of 78 pages in the large 8 1/2" x 11" format with over 40 black and white photos and illustrations. The photos are from my personal collection and represent AM broadcast station antenna systems from across the United States. In order to ensure technical accuracy, the book was edited by well known professional broadcast engineer Jack Layton who also wrote the foreword.
The book contains the following 6
chapters:
1. Propagation
2. Classes of AM Stations
3. F.C.C. Regulations
4. The AM Antenna
5. AM Directional Arrays
6. Other Considerations.
It also contains a definitions appendix
and a
large resources appendix with many
interesting Internet links.
The author has
been an
avid AM broadcast band listener and DXer
since 1964. He holds one of the original
Popular Electronics magazine listener
call
signs issued in the 1960s, WPE9HVW. He
is a
licensed amateur radio operator, call
sign
N0NNK. And he is a Certified Broadcast Technologist. Since 1988 his articles have
been
published regularly in periodicals such
as
Popular Communications, the APCO
Bulletin,
9-1-1 Magazine, American Fire Journal,
and
Monitoring Times. He authored the cover
story
for the April 1998 issue of Monitoring
Times,
entitled AM Radio Transmitter Sites,
which
was derived from his work in this
publication. He is an associate
member of
the Colorado Press Association and holds
Working Press credentials through that
organization. He also maintains
memberships
in the National Radio Club, the American
Radio Relay League, the Association of
Public-Safety Communications Officials,
the
Colorado Repeater Association, and the
Rocky
Mountain Radio League and is an associate member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. One of the author's
favorite
hobbies is locating and photographing AM
radio station transmitter sites. He also serves as volunteer QSL Coordinator for radio stations KBJD, KRKS, and KNUS in Denver. The
author can be contacted by e-mail at the
address shown at the bottom of this
page.
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National Radio Club Publications Center,
P.O.
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is
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