Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] FW: Story about ZNS Bahamas

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

It would be interesting/nice if someone could find the photos and post them
to share somewhere.

Paul

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> from the Medium Wave Circle's e-mail list:
>
> (unfortunately no photos either in the e-mail or on the site this was taken
> from)
>
>
>
> BAHAMAS   I'm sending you this letter and some photos of the Bahamas
>> hopping.
>> (Lev Lytovchenko-CAN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1)
>>
>> While visiting Nassau (New Providence Island in the Bahamas), I used the
>> opportunity to take some photos of the TX sites of two AM Stations: 1540
>> kHz (ZNS-1) and 1240 kHz (ZNS-2). The latter one appeared to be a former
>> AM station. I was told that it hasn't worked for about a year and there is
>> now a plan to use the tower for FM transmission. So far the tower is used
>> for TV only. (See the TV antennas on top of it in pic. 1). Regarding the
>> station ZNS-1 (1540 kHz) it was much more interesting.
>>
>> It was there I met a radio engineer and he told me what had happened about
>> two months ago (Aug 2010) on their antenna field. One night all the ground
>> copper wires (hundreds of pieces of about 50m long each) were stolen by
>> some guys.
>>
>> For the thieves it was quite convenient to do their job throughout the
>> night because the transmission building is located about 150m from the
>> antenna field, which looks like a deserted rural area. Then the copper
>> wires were probably sold as scrap metal.
>>
>> There are two antenna towers: in the pics. 2,3,4,5 on the right one was
>> used for transmission of 1540 kHz, on the left - for something else. Now
>> they decided to synchronize and combine both for 1540 kHz transmission, so
>> as to get them omnidirectional. And, of course, to install new groundings
>> but to put the wires underground this time to prevent further thefts.
>>
>> They are also doing a renovation inside of the TX building (see pics
>> 6,7,8).
>>
>> The power of the transmitter is supposed to be 50 kW, (pic 9) enough to
>> cover the whole area of the Bahamas archipelago (700 islands). The antenna
>> near the transmission building is used to receive signals from the studio,
>> which is about 7.5 km away.
>>
>> I also took a photo of their studio site where you can see the same type
>> of antenna. (pic. 10) like near the TX building of ZNS-1 (pic11). The
>> frequency to send signals to and from is very low - 460 kHz. That I was
>> told.
>>
>> The current address of the studio is: Harcourt (Rusty) Bethel Dr., (see
>> pic 12). The address is the former 3rd Terrace, which is associated with
>> the TX site of the 1540 kHz Station ZNS-1 (WRTH 2010). But it's not true.
>> (Bahamas now BC studio house at 25 04 19.51 N  77 20 00.54 W )
>>
>> The Tx site is about 7.5 km down south in an area called South Beach
>> (see pic. 13).
>> 25 00 14.57 N  77 21 01.85 W
>>
>> <
>> http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=25+00+14.57+N+
>> +77+21+01.85+W&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=17.47851,49.702148&ie=UTF8&ll=
>> 25.004655,-77.349812&spn=0.003077,0.006067&t=h&z=18>
>>
>> The address of former ZNS-2 AM Station is: South Beach Harold Pong, in the
>> same area but a bit to the NorthWest (pic 14).
>>
>> 25 00 22.19 N  77 21 06.60 W
>>
>> <
>> http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=25+00+22.19+N+
>> +77+21+06.60+W&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=17.47851,49.702148&ie=UTF8&ll=
>> 25.005978,-77.351609&spn=0.001539,0.003034&t=h&z=19>
>> (Lev Lytovchenko-CAN, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1)
>>
>> From: http://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.htm
>>
>>
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