Re: [IRCA] WWVA Tower Rebuild

[Karl Zuk <karlzuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Scott:

I can tell they are not yet up to full power and directional pattern.

As I am sure you have witnessed during past decades, they used to burn holes through the Northeast,
but not since the tower incident. I still miss the Jamboree broadcasts on Saturday night.

Thanks for the informative update.   Karl Zuk  N2KZ






> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 18:26:19 -0400
> From: scott@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWVA Tower Rebuild
> 
> Karl Zuk wrote:
> > Does anyone know the status of the WWVA 1170 Wheeling WV tower rebuild?
> > 
> > Are they still using a makeshift antenna? It sounds like it.
> > 
> > Will the three downed towers ever be rebuilt?
> 
> The three downed towers have all been rebuilt. Last I heard, they were 
> still operating ND (50 day/12.5 kW nights) from the first of the rebuilt 
> towers while getting the new phasor in place and the directional pattern 
> proofed.
> 
> Even for a company with a sizable engineering staff, CC has been swamped 
> with emergency AM engineering work, most recently in Memphis where the 
> WDIA 1070 array is underwater, so I'm not sure if the company's AM gurus 
> have finished the work in Wheeling yet.
> 
> s
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