[Antennas] Next dumb question

Thu Nov 29 12:07:58 EST 2012

KNBR in San Francisco (actually in San Mateo) is another classic example 
of an AM station with a capacity hat on their sectionalized tower for 
680 kHz. - Terry
http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-051021.html
On 2012年11月28日 8:29 PM, Andy wrote:
>> For those of you who live in North New Jersey, in sight
>> of NYC, there was, or is, a group of four radio towers
>> which have hats on them. I understand they were used
>> for commercial oversees radio circuits.
> They belong to an AM broadcast station, WPAT, Paterson, NJ, 930 kHz.
> I drove past them not three days ago. One of my favorite examples of
> capacity hats. The hats make the towers electrically long enough to
> be suitable for 930 kHz.
>> http://goo.gl/maps/ffM6y
> In this Google Maps view you can even see the hexagonal rings that
> make up the capacity hats, around the tops of each tower.
>> http://hawkins.pair.com/wpat.shtml
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffs4653/4044609209/
>> The connections between the rings (hats) and the towers are faint but visible.
>> Regards,
> Andy
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