Well, it was bugging me last night. I just knew the skeptics and naysayers would look at my previously posted video and scream that it wasn't valid because I wasn't in a field, away from trees, the house, etc. Now, even though I knew it would make a marginal difference, I decided today to head back to the field (although I didn't hike out as far as usual) and make a similar video to the previous one, only this time, out in the open. So I did. It didn't make the trasnmitter any more legal. Taking into account variables like positioning of the power and audio cables (you noticed in the previous video they vary as you move the cables) the difference between open field testing and front yard next to a pine tree and an enclosed porch (no metal in the porch however, it's all wood and glass) is really quite negligible.
Then, I figured as long as I went to all this trouble, and people had asked, I moved the transmitter and meter out to 30 meters apart (98.4 feet) to get a field strength reading at the Canadian distance. Now, you'll note in the video the reading at this distance is 260 uV/m (.26 mV). Which, once the antenna factor is applied is a field strength of 585 uV/m. I believe the Canadian limit at 30 meters is 100 uV/m, correct? Uh oh!
Couldn't decide if I should add this video to the other topic, or start new. I guess I decided on starting a new one.
Video is at:
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