[BC] Re: Valcom

[Chuck Lakaytis]

I think that they also had a big problem with the AM drawing arcs off the 
cranes in the port!


Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW" <AM-DXer at webtv.net>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:13 PM
Subject: [BC] Re: Valcom


> This think of putting a Valcom on a ship has been done before and the
> results were not good.
> ////
> I presume you are referring to KKOL in Seattle. In all fairness KKOL was
> a little less than an optimum situation. The ship was anchored at the
> west side of Elliott Bay with rising terrain immediately to the west of
> it. The only real saltwater path was to the east directly into downtown
> Seattle. It might have performed better if it were anchored in the bay
> and truly surrounded by water. But its dependance on shore power
> appraently prevented that. There photos of the KKOL shipboard
> installation on my web site at http://community.webtv.net/am-dxer/ that
> clearly show the high terrain immediately to the west of the ship and
> the saltwater path into downtown Seattle to the east.
>
> On the same web site you will also find a link to my tour of the CKWX
> studios in Vancouver BC which sport a 75-foot Valcom and a 400 watt
> Nautel transmitter on the roof as a backup system. Also, CKNW in
> Vancouver has two 75-foot Valcom backup antennas - one atop the building
> housing the studios and another at the main transmitter site.
>
> Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO
> Certified Broadcast Technician
> NRC Broadcasting - Denver
> http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/
> http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/
>
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