[BC] WATO Tower falls.

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

In the "olden days" the order of operations was:

(1) Do whatever is necessary to get the station on-the-air.

(2) Call the engineer in charge of the radio district so that he knows
      what you did and can advise you about alternative methods if
      necessary.

(3) Call the FCC broadcast bureau chief and get "telegraphic authority"
      for whatever you did.

(4) Get some sleep, it'll be a long day tomorrow.

When KFAB in Omaha, Nebraska, 50 kW, had its towers twisted
together by a tornado, they were off the air for a few seconds.
Practically every engineer in the Midwest was available to offer
their assistance. The damage was completely repaired within
a month and they ran 5 kW into a slant-wire during critical times
when the array was being taken down and replaced. They would
have run more, but they had an old 5 kW Gates that could match
the load directly. The coverage was adequate for their business
area from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Grand Island, Nebraska
 --partly because of the luck of being on the North Platte River
with good ground conductivity.

In those days, everybody helped.

--
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Read about my book
http://www.LymanSchool.org


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Neal Newman <cozy659 at yahoo.com>
> who is their engineer?
> 
> why make the station silent?
> File an emergency STA for reduced power as a NON-D.
> from one of the other 2 towers..
> and get them back on the air......
> geeze   whats so hard about that..
> 
> Neal..
> Station Emergencies ( putting out Fires) is my
> specialty <sp>..
>