BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

(Glenn to Dan Brown, via dxld)
Hi Glenn: I do not think so. When I saw the TCI Log Periodic antenna at
WRNO's transmitter site near New Orleans about a year and a half ago the
feedpoint was at the rear of the property, right near (within a few
hundred feet) where a new subdivision had grown up since they went off the
air years ago. The wide open part of the Log was toward the street aimed
towards a large group of trees across the street.
This site is near the WWL AM transmitter site across and down the street a
ways. My guess is Larry the engineer will be passing a lot of ferrite RFI
filters out and there may even be vandalism to the transmitter building or
antenna due to the interference. This is why they wanted to put up a new
fence around the property before going on the air. The direction of the
antenna will have little effect on the blanket of RFI that will be created
in the area anyway.
I think it'd be very hard to physically move the antenna and am guessing
the FCC historical records of direction angle should indicate it is
probably still always where it has been. My guess is the TCI LP is still
where it was originally built, I believe aimed to the northeast and thus
"the Middle East" over the North Pole as I distantly remember. {see below,
wb.}
But then I have not been there in a year and a half and maybe they had
some weird reason to move it, which would require a total dismantling and
re-erection of the antenna after the towers were moved.
The transmitter building is the same old building. The transmitter is a
new Elcor 50 kW (old style plate modulated class C, not PDM or high
efficiency) rig. Doesn't sound bad though. I emailed Janet Mawire and told
her I heard the station and asked for a QSL if possible. Hope this helps.
(W1DAN, Dan Brown, CBTE, CBNT, WBZ-TV/DT, WSBK-TV/DT Engineering, Boston,
dxld July 20)
Equipment 50 kW at 20 degrees azimuth towards
LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, OH, Toronto, Quebec, Greenland, Narvik Norway,
Archangelsk Russia, Ural / Ufa.
G.C. 29 50 12.57 N 90 06 57.44 W
but Yahoo Maps image is wooden covered area instead, see:
Near to WWL 870 kHz mediumwave some 0.96 miles / 1.55 kms away at
29 50 13.99 N 90 07 54.98 W
(wb)
RFA gets NEW EQUIPMENT to help it compete with crosstown rival VOA.
"Radio Free Asia will install Axia Audio consoles and IP-Audio networking
equipment as part of news studios at its Washington facility. ... The
manufacturer said the project will encompass 35 studios." Radio World, 18
July 2008.
(kimandrewelliott.com via dxld July 20)