stations with most towers in a directional array

[alok]

I know this award goes to and still is the old KLIF 1190 Dallas, now KFXR. Plus they have two different sites for day / night, the night site has the 12.

Then I think 1130 WDFN in Detroit was next with 12 at one time but did away with 3, now have 9 or was it 1130 KTLK in Minneapolis that had 12 at one time , now has 9 , doing away with 3 ??? I believe it was one of them ???
Then you have 1070 KNTH in Houston with 11 towers.

Is that is, I think that is it for the most towers, all other stations in the U.S. drop to about 9 towers and downwards.

Al

 

[kevtronics]

36 towers in Ukraine:

Krasne Antenna Array: Help Rick solve a 22 year old mysetery

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rick Slobodian, who seeks help solving a 22 year old mystery. Rick writes: [Perhaps you can help me] explain this antenna….a 22 year old mystery antenn…

swling.com

 

[Michi]

The record according to CDBS data right now is KFXR, 1190 Dallas... 12 towers daytime:

https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=25375

 

[alok]

Kev,

I was thinking in the U.S. and AM ( MW ) radio only, I should have indicated that , but 36 overseas. . . WOW !

Al

 

[alok]

Michi,
that info shows 4 towers day and 12 night, for KFXR in Dallas which is correct. Towers are listed as A,B,C ,etc.
take care,

Al

 

[kevtronics]

that info shows 4 towers day and 12 night, for KFXR in Dallas which is correct. Towers are listed as A,B,C ,etc.

KFXR has separate daytime and nighttime transmitter sites, so that's a total of 16 sticks in the air, for one station!

 

[davideduardo]

36 towers in Ukraine:

Krasne Antenna Array: Help Rick solve a 22 year old mysetery

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rick Slobodian, who seeks help solving a 22 year old mystery. Rick writes: [Perhaps you can help me] explain this antenna….a 22 year old mystery antenn…

swling.com

I've seen similar antenna systems described as being used for over the horizon radar. Not being familiar with the technology or locations of those systems, this is just a guess.

Note that here the towers are support structures as the antenna elements can be seen hung between the towers. This is also typical of systems used for shortwave curtain antennas, but not usually all in a straight line.

The comments in the link are not definitive, with some form of radar or military communication being the most logical.

 

[kevtronics]

The comments in the link are not definitive, with some form of radar or military communication being the most logical.

I saw the Zarya array pictured in the World Radio-TV Handbook and described as being for nighttime MW broadcasting. But maybe that was just the "official" description of what it was used for. It was certainly putting out a heck of a signal to speckle the film like that!

 

[davideduardo]

I saw the Zarya array pictured in the World Radio-TV Handbook and described as being for nighttime MW broadcasting. But maybe that was just the "official" description of what it was used for. It was certainly putting out a heck of a signal to speckle the film like that!

The tower heights and the radiating element length between towers both make use on MW very unlikely..

 

[Radio Bob]

WDFN in Detroit did go from three to 12 back in the day. I visited the site once and the engineer showed me the phasor which he said took a half hour to get back on pattern after a change from day to night and back. IIRR the old towers were self supporters while the ones added later were guyed. At any rate they went to nine towers later

 

[Michi]

Michi,
that info shows 4 towers day and 12 night, for KFXR in Dallas which is correct. Towers are listed as A,B,C ,etc.
take care,

Al

I get my days and nights confused sometimes... similar to my current sleeping schedule on occasion.

 

[ContinuousWave]

The record according to CDBS data right now is KFXR, 1190 Dallas... 12 towers daytime:

https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=25375

No, 12 nighttime at 5kw..the 50kw day site in Irving is 4 towers. My former station.

 

[ThePowerCow]

I guess KFXR is making money at night. Otherwise, why bother?

 

[davideduardo]

I guess KFXR is making money at night. Otherwise, why bother?

Stations don't evaluate their profitability hour by hour, as the ideal situation is to be on at all times listeners might turn their radio on. If you are not on at night, listeners may go to another station and not return.

 

[kevtronics]

1995 WRTH article with info on the Zarya array:

 

[Kelly A]

One not mistake individual radiating towers from towers supporting a curtain array.