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Delano is a city located in Kern County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 38,824. Delano was founded on July 14, 1873 as a railroad town. The name was officially given by the Southern Pacific Railroad in honor of Columbus Delano, at the time the Secretary of the Interior for the United States. Kern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of California. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ...
1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ...
Columbus Delano, born June 4, 1809 Shoreham, Vermont, United States – died October 23, 1896 in Mount Vernon, Ohio, was a lawyer and a statesman, and a member of the prominent Delano family. ...
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ...
Geography Delano is located at 35°46'11" North, 119°14'47" West (35.769649, -119.246320)1. The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.3 km² (10.2 mi²). 26.2 km² (10.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.49% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
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Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there are 38,824 people, 8,409 households, and 7,248 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,484.2/km² (3,842.1/mi²). There are 8,830 housing units at an average density of 337.6/km² (873.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 26.16% White, 5.45% Black or African American, 0.91% Native American, 15.88% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 47.07% from other races, and 4.47% from two or more races. 68.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 8,409 households out of which 56.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.3% are married couples living together, 18.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 13.8% are non-families. 10.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 4.02 and the average family size is 4.27. Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals (termed spouses -- a male spouse is a husband and a female spouse, a wife) that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...
In the city the population is spread out with 32.5% under the age of 18, 12.4% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 14.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 129.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 143.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $28,143, and the median income for a family is $29,026. Males have a median income of $38,511 versus $21,509 for females. The per capita income for the city is $11,068. 28.2% of the population and 25.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 35.3% of those under the age of 18 and 20.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the number of people. ...
The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...
IBB SW Relay Station Delano The IBB (http://www.ibb.gov/) runs a shortwave relay station in the outskirts of Delano. This relay station is famous for having a rare installation of a TCI HRS 12/6/1 directional curtan array transmission system.
Although constructed from 1942-1944, this relay station has been added to over time. The IBB transmission network itself has been through many changes since 1942.
Many of IBB's Delano antennas may no longer be useful with respect to IBB's current audibility or political goals. Perhaps 30% of the existing transmission antennas at Delano are of little geopolical value and could be sold off, donated or re-deployed to other IBB sites.
The only known shortwave really station known to have similar transmission capacity (and output power) is the Novosibirsk Relay Station in Russian Siberia. Novosibirsk (Russian ÐовоÑибиÌÑ€Ñк, pop. ...
Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping landâ€) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ...
Like most Cold War era shortwave relay stations Delano is now a technolgical anacranism, with the exception of its HRS 12/6/1 transmission system. The ALLISS transmission technology, a product of Tompson-CSF (now called Thales Broadcast) research has seen to this. For the generic term for a high-tension rivalry between countries, see cold war (war). ...
// Technology FAQ ALLISS allows a broadcaster to change the follwing shortwave transmission parameters direction (azmuths from 0 - 360 degrees) frequency antenna configuration at any time. ...
Thales (in Greek: Θαλης) of Miletus (ca. ...
The Delano Relay Station could be partly phased out if IBB were to construct 4 ALLISS SW relay modules in California, New Mexico and Western Texas. // Technology FAQ ALLISS allows a broadcaster to change the follwing shortwave transmission parameters direction (azmuths from 0 - 360 degrees) frequency antenna configuration at any time. ...
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The IBB could also acquire (or lease as needed) transmission sites from existing US religious broadcasters and re-optimize its US SW transmission network.
Although the IBB tries to keep the antenna layout and radiation state secrets (in a callous disreguard for public health), the Delano Relay Station is clearly viewable from space via Spot Image and other commerical survailance sattilites.
Google Maps URL: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=35.754575,-119.283028&spn=0.007858,0.015044&t=k&hl=en
The most directive shortwave broadcasting antenna on earth? The 2 x HRS 12/6/1 (one High-band, one Low-band) curtan array antennas are some of the most directive HF antennas in use today. During peak operation hours Delano Relay Station is off limits to the public because of RF energy issues.
The Delano HRS 12/6/1 transmission system has been used in high power ionosphereic heating expriments funded by the DOD. These experiments were to see how RF saturation of the ionophere affects HF propagation over a region.
HRS 12/6/1 antennas are capable of 23dbi to 32dbi (directive isotropic gain), but can in theory acheve 36dbi under ideal design conditions.
Assuming 23dbi gain and 250kw transmitter power -- Delano's antennas have a Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) of 49.9 Megawatts and an Effective Radiated Power (ERP) of 30.4 Megawatts.
There is some residual contraversy about Delano's antennas being the most directive shortwave antennas in service. It has been postulated by stratigic analysists (but not proven) that the former USSR (now Russia) possesses more directive HF antennas.
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1441x430, 345 KB)HRS HF curtan array high and low band models installed next to each other File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1441x430, 345 KB)HRS HF curtan array high and low band models installed next to each other File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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