[BC] Directional Antenna Proofs/WIBG->WZZD->WNTP
peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com
peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com
Sat Jun 30 22:52:49 CDT 2012
> WFIL is still a 3 tower DA-2, now diplexed with 990. With the 990 towers
> being short electrically for 560, WFIL now runs 7.3 kW day, and 8.1 kW
> at night. I worked for the 990 in RI that protected WIBG; it started
> life as WLKW, now dark as WALE. A 6- tower(2x3)that protected possibly
> Winnipeg and 990 in Newfoundland as well. Main cigar shaped lobe was
> pointed at downtown Providence.
WIBG, according to my recollection, was originally a 5-tower DA.
The east-most tower was removed when Salem's WFIL moved in with Salem's
WIBG, probably in a "tower reduction" nod to the NIMBY folks.
The two new WFIL towers are about the same height as the east-most WIBG
tower, which is in common to the two arrays.
The two east-most WFIL towers are top loaded. The east most (common) tower
is left short.
If you look closely on a satellite view of the 560/990 site, you can still
make out where the fifth WIBG tower was.
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