AM Broadcast Antenna Engineering Problem Report Submitted to the College of Engineering of West Virginia University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering by John Edwin Ross III, B.S.E.E. Morgantown West Virginia 1987Figure 1, Ground Conductivity Map ... Figure Al. Figure A2. Figure BL. Figure B2. Figure Di. Figure D2, Figure D3. Figure D4. Figure D5. Figure D6. Figure D7. Figure D8, LIST OF FIGURES Sample Input Deck . wee 36 Sample Output . 50 Sample Input Deck ... Sample Output Results for WGR and WFRE .. Results for WFIL Results for WCKL .. Results for WHLM . 2 Results for WSYR .. seseeeeee 9B Attempted Service Area... Protected Contour Points .. Maximum Pattern Envelope . itCONTENTS DIST(OF FIGURES eerste es eet CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES «04.45 CHAPTER IT. OVERVIEW OF DESIGN PROCEDURE . CHAPTER ITT. INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES A, DETERMINATION OF PROTECTED SERVICE AREAS ...... 14 B, SITE FEASIBILITY AND GUIDES FOR PATTERN SPAPE AND SIZE CHAPTER IV. EXAMPLE PROBLEMS A, FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR SMETHPORT, PENNSYLVANIA. (720) "4: ggoonunodaudnoadadronocedasepa0d + 28 B, POTENTIAL SERVICE AREAS ON 360 KHZ IN PENNSYLVANIA 29 CHAPTER V. SUMMARY RESULTS eres ee 32 B. CONCLUSIONS . eee a2 C, RECOVMENDATIONS pag oso BIBLIOGRAPHY se APPENDIX A. STDPATRN SAMPLE INPUTS, OUTPUTS, AND PROGRAM LISTING . : 85 APPENDIX B. PCMLL2 SAMPLE INPUTS, OUTPUTS, AND PROGRAM LISTING . 48, APPENDIX C. FCC GROUND WAVE CHARTS wseeeeessseeeees 8? APPENDIX D, EXAMPLE PROBLEM .osseeeseeessseeeee 88 APPROVAL OF EXAMINING COMMITTEE ” aad.