AM Broadcast Tower

    Facts about AM Broadcast Tower

The tower itself is the antenna.

Typically tower sits on a "base insulator"

Tower operates above ground potential and is
referred to as "hot" (Severe RF burns can occur
is standing on ground a person touches tower)

A guyed tower must have installed guy wire insulators no more than 10-percent of wavelength of stations frequency inserted into the guy wires.

A Austin Choke is necessary to get electrical power
across the tower to tower lighting.

The height of the tower is always referred to in
electrical degrees.