[BC] WSUN now WDAE 620, St. Pete, FL

[PeterH5322@aol.com]

>Those beautiful old Blaw Knox towers are coming down sometime this year.
>Clear channel has a CP to change the power to 5600 watts.  Dont quite know
>why they are downsizing from 10,000 watts though unless replacing the towers
>means they have to give up the STA theyve been operating on for 20 years or
>so.

The towers are being replaced because they are safety hazards.

The shorter (82 degree) vs. current (111 degree) sticks are on account of 
the existing piers not being able to support a replacement tower of 111 
degrees which meets current safety standards, but these piers are stated 
to be capable of supporting 82 degree towers without being reinforced.

The new 5.6 kW day and 5.5 kW night powers are for compensation for the 
lower efficiency of the new shorter towers.

The array parameters stay the same, and the RMS stays substantially the 
same.

Exemption from "ratcheting" is being requested.

As to the STA for 10 kW, that will remain: the the new STA day and night 
powers will be twice the new CP day and night powers.

Meaning, presently 10 kW day and night, under an STA, and this 
application is implicitly for 11.2 kW days and 11.0 kW nights, also under 
an STA, although it states 5.6 kW-D and 5.5 kW-N.

The STA is a consequence of interference being received from Cuba.

The tower coordinates are being corrected, so the array's location 
appears to be different. But it is not ... the original piers are being 
reused as-is.