I thought that WLW ran 500 KW during the 30's.

There is still a station in Saudi Arabia on 1521 KHz running 2 megawatts,
and a few others in Europe or Asia near the 1 MW level.  And many of the
shortwave broadcast stations run 250 KW, then feed it into directional
arrays that raise the ERP to several megawatts in a particular direction.
  
Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 3:02 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Really Big Transmitters
> 
> And in the same mode, here is a link to old time W L W in
> Cincinnati.  For some years they ran a megawatt.
> Interesting reading.
> Pat, K9JAU
>   <http://www.ominous-valve.com/wlw.html>
> At 01:58 PM 1/24/2011, you wrote:
> >so these power house stations would set up on mexican soil, right at the
> >boarder?
> >I suspect mexico didn't have any real laws surrounding communications and
> so
> >on back then, so the operators of those stations had more or less free
> rain
> >if they were on mexican soil right?
> >seems like a pretty slick way of promoting your own propiganda lol.
> >Though I've always found it slightly interesting how much media broadcast
> >stations are controlled by the government.  Power restrictions, direction
> >restrictions, location restrictions and so on.
> >there doesn't seem to be the pervasive all american capitalistic attitude
> >when it comes to mass media and broadcasting when the government controls
> >it.
> >
> >73
> >Colin, V A6BKX
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dave Marthouse" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:16 AM
> >Subject: Re: Really Big Transmitters
> >
> >
> > > Martin,
> > >
> > > I read that book as well being a professional broadcaster and a radio
> > > history buff.  Another book worth obtaining is boarder radio.  It
> talks
> > > about the Mexican boarder blaster stations in detail.  Unfortunately
> it
> > > isn't available through nls.  I've heard loads of good things about it
> and
> > > if you want to get a whole lot of interesting information on those
> > > stations
> > > that's where to find it.
> > >
> > > In addition I think it's out of print.  Maybe in the future someone
> will
> > > scan it and put it up on bookshare.  I for one would love to read it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave Marthouse N2AAM
> > > [log in to unmask]