[BC] WKOX site

[RichardBJohnson@comcast.net]

True v.s. magnetic heading? The photo is not misleading. It shows the 
trees where they are.  They are right near the towers, right in the 
ground-system. That site would never have passed an inspection in the 
'60s when Nathan Hallenstein was the engineering in charge of the 
radio district. You can read the NAB Engineering handbook about 
keeping the entire area around directional antenna sites clear of 
vegetation as far away from the bases of the towers as the length of 
the towers.
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Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson


  -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg at att.net>
 > Bill Smith wrote:
 >
 > > From: "Bill Smith" <brscomm at charter.net>
 > >
 > > Try this aerial view of the WKOX site. A better perspective on the trees I
 > > think.
 > > http://tinyurl.com/2c74wj
 > >
 > > Bill
 > >
 > ----------------
 >
 > There seems to be something wrong with the aerial view. According to CDBS,
 > the azimuth of the line between the two towers is 216 degrees. Yet the photo
 > makes the line of the towers appear to be close to east-west (270 degrees).
 > Maybe someone can explain this apparent discrepancy. I do not think that
 > this is a case of an error in CDBS. I suspect that the photo is misleading.
 >
 > --
 > Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg at att.net