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A day in the life of a lamptimer
- Thread starter DrAkbar
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Ah Ha!
Interesting statement in the Gates-5 manual:
"POWER OUTPUT: 5000 watts (Rated). Six power levels adjustable between 500-5600 watts. Capable of lower power PSA/PSSA operation."
Interesting statement in the Gates-5 manual:
"POWER OUTPUT: 5000 watts (Rated). Six power levels adjustable between 500-5600 watts. Capable of lower power PSA/PSSA operation."
answer on that $$$ and convincing Chuck, so what's the return on investment on the electricity? How do you sell that? It ain't much power but why? Plus there isn't much of a ground system and how far would it cover? The Gates 5 really is not going to sound good at that power level.. it's just one mark above the SX line of transmitters.. and below that the MW series.. The new stuff will do it if you specify those power levels when you order a transmitter. There are some low powered stuff but there's no coax switch at the site, dummy load and no one wants the old CCA for even close to free.
boiseengineer said:
Nice find, boiseengineer.
Does it explain exactly how one gets it below 500 for PSRA/PSSA ops?
And...how low...will it go? 52 watts?
Yet another lamptimer adjustment made during the day today--it was 3:27
late (from atomic time) as of this morning's sign-on, however it's now only
a little more than a minute late with tonight's sign-off at 6:31:05 PM.
BTW, it was still the usual (52 watts? PSRA?) wattage at sign-on for the
first 15 minutes before spool up to daytime power.
If anyone has an idea on how KAZG can drop a legal ID track into its
sign-on and sign-off "procedures," please post it here. We'll ask catfish
(with a "C") to pass it along to Chuck and the guys. <smile>
catfish said:
Well you seem to be the one with the "insider track" to the Gumpdusky brain trust! <wink>
I have an idea how legal IDs can be part of the sign-on/sign-off proceedure.
Dr. Ackbar can get up every morning...gets into his Gremlin...and comes down to the studio...signs on the station, then returns each and every day to sign it off with the legal ID ,since times are tough he could really help by doing this for free..
Dr. Ackbar can get up every morning...gets into his Gremlin...and comes down to the studio...signs on the station, then returns each and every day to sign it off with the legal ID ,since times are tough he could really help by doing this for free..
catfish said:
1- A relay
2- An old cart machine (most transmitter sites have a few of those doorstops laying around)
3- A couple timed closures from the Burk/Lamptimer
In the morning the Burk/Lamptimer turns on the transmitter with the transmitter ON closure.
Then another times closure starts the cart machine with a legal cart in it that also routes the audio from the cart to the transmitter as long as the cart's playing.
Reverse the procedure at night except it's the transmitter OFF timed to happen after the cart's done.
catfish said:
hmmmmm....a tempting offer, as Nurse Czarina Jeff and I have nothing better to do than write about Phoenix's only daytimer!
If you agree to have my duties assigned to Austin Hill, Bruce St James or Jim Sharpe should a snail rail encounter our '76 Gremlin Levi's Special in a harmful manner resulting in me not being able perform my assigned duties for say, five months, and then when I return Pat McBland does an hour documentary featuring a weeping Nurse Czarina Jeff while sappy music plays in the background and the Az Socialist Republic runs several stories about my successful return to Lumberyard 14~Forty and Gumpdusky does a radiothon from 3-7, 3-7, 3-7 (or four hours prior to lamptimer killing audio and carrier at sunset)...then I'll do it!
T
The Beave
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If the place was mine Doc.. I'd say You are hired!
Scott Fybush said:
Didn't fix that during last wknd's "maintenance" did they.
Just have to continue doing it old-school :-(
We might have to give Gumpdusky a pass for Lumberyard 1440's
sign-on today. (Remember, a "pass" is not an "attaboy." <grin>)
The carrier popped on, with either 52 watts or the PSRA power,
at 6:01:34 AM with Good Vibrations well in progress. Then at
6:02:02, a legal ID was heard! Of course this was the usual
TOH cycle in their music automation, but it may well count as
"close enough for government work." <wink>
Power up to 5 kw was at 6:16:34 courtesy of the drifting lamptimer.
sign-on today. (Remember, a "pass" is not an "attaboy." <grin>)
The carrier popped on, with either 52 watts or the PSRA power,
at 6:01:34 AM with Good Vibrations well in progress. Then at
6:02:02, a legal ID was heard! Of course this was the usual
TOH cycle in their music automation, but it may well count as
"close enough for government work." <wink>
Power up to 5 kw was at 6:16:34 courtesy of the drifting lamptimer.
The Nurse Czarina and I are wonderin' if Lumberyard 14~Forty is a cheap knock-off of that legendary Ancient Modulation station in Pound Ridge, NY http://www.wvwa.com/ While the tower isn't a Blaw-Knox, the height is just about the same. YIKES!
Gumpdusky must be using a multi-tasking lamptimer at Lumberyard 14~Forty. Not only does it bring carrier on at 6am (reduced power) but bumps up the power to 5kw** at 6:15ish. So the question for Gold Mine mgmt is: when are you going to get around to setting the lamptimer pins for post sunset power? If it's important to be on at 6am, then it's equally important to stay on until 8pm ... if you insist on being a daytimer the rest of your life!
** unlike their infamous carrier dump at sunset, going from low to high power does not interrupt the 14 in a row format.
** unlike their infamous carrier dump at sunset, going from low to high power does not interrupt the 14 in a row format.
well it's like this.. want the lamptimer to do what it's supposed to? Donate $500 to purchase a Broadcast Tools progammable timer, problem solved. Want to be on after sunset, donate a new Dax 5 or Nautel 5KW transmitter to KSAG.. it's simple when you have money.. hey support those advertisers and hopefully someone who has a PPM listens and they get some numbers and make money.. that's what it's all about
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