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Post by kenglish on Sept 30, 2012 13:05:45 GMT -6
KSL-AM is off the air right now. Neither transmitter will stay on line more than a couple of seconds.
One of the engineers has arrived at the site, and is working on it.
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Post by dxstuboy on Sept 30, 2012 20:46:35 GMT -6
Is it still off Ken?
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Oct 1, 2012 0:01:29 GMT -6
I'm not Ken, but I can report that both 1160 and 102.7 are on-air at the moment.
Any word on what the issue was?
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Post by kenglish on Oct 1, 2012 9:44:16 GMT -6
We noticed a loss of the remote control system link, which is carried on the STL, Saturday afternoon. That was re-connected later that day.
On Sunday, the STL receiver went bonkers, and not only lost the audio link, but started the control system going nuts, due to switching the STL receivers back and forth.
It seemed to have intermittently put both transmitters on the air at the same time (via the separate antennas), one with delayed audio, one without.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Oct 1, 2012 21:54:45 GMT -6
Whoops.
That must have been horrible to listen to, since both signals would come through about equally. Is the backup also a 50kw?
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Post by kenglish on Oct 2, 2012 9:07:52 GMT -6
The old transmitter, which is the backup, is 50 KW. The new one (Nautel XL-60) is rated for 60 KW. The new one runs at 52 KW, to make up for line losses, so it's 50 KW at the antenna. Not sure if the old Kluge is still there (inside joke)  . |
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Post by dxstuboy on Oct 3, 2012 19:45:10 GMT -6
I wonder what 50kw would sound like from the old KSL antenna. It reminded me of one of those aircraft towers with the turning light on it.
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Post by kenglish on Oct 8, 2012 6:14:16 GMT -6
I guess you mean the old "T"-antenna, which was horizontally polarized....
There were two towers there. I think the remaining one is (or, was) used as a standby antenna. Last time I was out there (long ago), it still had the old reflector section from LDS Hospital on it. That was a quarter of the reflector that used to bounce the STL from the University Club building roof to Farnsworth. It was installed after construction of the Beneficial Life Tower ("the BLT") blocked the direct path from Social Hall Avenue.
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