Reducing FM broadcast energy consumption using directional radiation pattern

• Main Author: Mappatao, Gerino P.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: FM broadcasting; Antenna radiation patterns; Electrical and Electronics; Systems and Communications
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1860
• Institution: De La Salle University

Much energy is saved in the daily operation of FM broadcast stations if the transmitting antenna system employed transmits RF signal only in directions where the signal is wanted. Most FM broadcasters employ antenna systems that radiate equally in all directions or having an omnidirectional pattern...