[BC] Directional Antenna Proofs

[Cowboy]

On Saturday 30 June 2012 12:03:48 am James B. Potter wrote:
> Are you talking about WFIL AM 560?  I worked there in the then-new round
> building back in college in the late 1960s for Irv Ross, and over at WHAT &
> WWDB down the street for Bob Hoy. Don't know whatever became of either of
> them.  BTW, I often cite WFIL Famous 56 as having an exemplary signal
> compared to my 560 here.  I lived in Abington (suburb of Phila) when I was a
> kid, and we could carry WFIL all over the place, particularly to the Jersey
> Shore.  Never had any signal problems north, east, south or west with WFIL.
> That 3-tower in-line array did a fantastic job. Pretty much the same with
> the old WIBG nee WZZD AM 990, although their pattern was sharp and went away
> at sunset.  

 Rene is now "blessed" with the combination.
 We moved and diplexed WFIL onto what was then WZZD about '97 or so.
 That project ( like many ) had it's "fun" moments.   :)

 WFIL is still three towers, and WNTP is still four, though it now takes
 6 towers to do it.
 We "corrected" the tower line for WNTP as part of that project also.
 The old piers are still there, so one can easily see how far "off"
 the line of the original 4 actually was.

 Two of the old 'FIL towers have been recycled into one of the Denver
 stations, and one had to be cut down and scrapped when a rigger
 screwed up and nearly killed a friend of mine. 

 Kinda enjoyed getting back there to paint those towers, last year or
 was it the year before ?

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Cowboy