[BC] KFI Tower replacement ?

[RON DOT'O SR.]

I seem to recall an aerosol spray shoeshine with silicon in it that might 
work.  I haven't seen it since the '50's but then I haven't been looking for 
it either.  Might check with a cobbler.

Ron D, Salem, OR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Smith W4KNX" <paul at amtower.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 15:13
Subject: RE: [BC] KFI Tower replacement ?


> A good coat of car wax works pretty good.  But I dont think it goes on 
> well
> in the winter.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of WFIFeng at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 8:09 AM
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> Subject: Re: [BC] KFI Tower replacement ?
>
>
> In a message dated 01/03/2006 07:22:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> MichaelGolchert at clearchannel.com writes:
>
> >   Zoning, Permits, Environmental Studies, FAA Notifications,
> >  NIMBY's, Public Official Ego's, multiple "claimed" jurisdictions, etc.
> >  These all take LOTS of time in a very densely populated area such as
> >  where KFI's transmitter site is located.  CC would be very happy to
> >  start stacking steel today on a replacement tower....but all the 
> > "ducks"
> >  have yet to come back into a row.  So we wait....without a definitive
> >  start date at present.
>
> It took us *two blooming YEARS* just to get a lousy satellite dish
> installed!
> The way it all has to proceed, you would think we were trying to build 
> some
> kind of Toxic Waste Dump! It's just a simple fiberglass dish (3 meter) on 
> a
> concrete slab with 6' anchor. Because it's close to wetlands, every "swamp
> thing"
> known to Man has to be consulted and give their seal of approval...
> surveyors, enviro people, Civil Engineers, etc. etc, ad nauseam.
>
> It was almost two years to the week, that the thing was finally up and
> running. Now, I just have to deal with cleaning the slush off the cover
> every hour
> or so! Any suggestions for a water/snow repellant spray we can use to keep
> this
> crud from sticking like oatmeal?
>
> Willie...
>
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