1 MILLION watts—really? FM Supertower Part 2!

You had a LOT of questions about the 1 million watt FM tower, so we went back, and went even deeper! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://redshirtjeff.com Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JeffGeerling Contents: 00:00 - Megawatt, really? ERP Explained 01:39 - Not all radiation is ionizing 04:05 - Thousands of pounds of rigid coax 05:25 - It didn't fry the drone! 06:39 - Ice and other falling objects 08:12 - A bubble of lightning protection 09:01 - Incandescent? Why not LED? 10:14 - 90-degree coax (not waveguides) 12:00 - Little coax, BIG coax 12:50 - A blue flame of RF 13:35 - Why combine signals? 14:23 - A desk fan is so cool 15:09 - Inside a 30 kW FM Transmitter 15:53 - HD Radio (US) vs DAB+ (EU) 17:31 - Analog tubes? RF burns! 18:18 - Reflected Kilowatts 19:06 - We love hams!