A Video That Would Bring Tears To An Engineer

[Laurence Glavin]

Wow: take a look at what happened to WWVA-AM 1170's towers outside Wheeling, WV; I do believe they were on a past issue of Scott Fybush's Tower Calendar:

http://www.wegw.com/pages/tyson.html

 

[CAPECRUSADER]

What a shame....
listen to 1170 kHz tonight for some interesting DX

 

[pqgeorge]

Wow: take a look at what happened to WWVA-AM 1170's towers outside Wheeling, WV; I do believe they were on a past issue of Scott Fybush's Tower Calendar:

http://www.wegw.com/pages/tyson.html

*OUCH!* Those towers probably broadcast some of this country's most historical events (JFK, RFK, WW2) as well as some of the most memorable preachers around (Kathryn Kuhlman, Billy Graham and more). . That is sad to see it all gone in a flash. I hope that are able to duplicate their original pattern. That was one killer of a signal!, especially here in the northeast. Hope for their return soon.

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts

 

[robotique]

oh man, i didnt know wwva was down for the count

 

[carmen]

theyre bback on. sounds like 1000 watts - not a blazing signal into boston for sure

 

[DCBurns]

What other stations are on 1170? Night time.

 

[DToTheJ]

they're back on. sounds like 1000 watts...

One wonders if the Clear Channel-owned station will once again return to its original "clear channel" form...

 

[Laurence Glavin]

I tried listening to 1170 around midnight, but heard nothing on that frequency at all, but I did pick up a lot of HD hash from WHAM 1180. Then, I noticed that for a Class 1A just a few hundred miles away, WHAM seemed to be subject to interference from some other station. What other operation on 1180 could be troubling WHAM so much? Is it in the USA, Canada, Cuber, Central America, Mexico?

 

[carmen]

I tried listening to 1170 around midnight, but heard nothing on that frequency at all,

nothing barefoot, on a milk crate coil it came in fine after 11pm

 

[Rusty Muck]

What other stations are on 1170? Night time.

KFAQ/Tulsa, which for decades was otherwise known under their original calls, KVOO-AM.

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

theyre bback on. sounds like 1000 watts - not a blazing signal into boston for sure

5kW, using the bottom 50-ft stub of the east tower plus about 150 feet of guy wire strung over to what was left of the center tower (and insulated from it). It covers the COL, but probably not much else. (Whoever came up with that idea HAD to be a ham!)

 

[fybush]

It's covering more than just the COL. I'm hearing it in Rochester tonight - of course, it helps that they turned off WHAM's IBOC.

 

[C414B]

(Whoever came up with that idea HAD to be a ham!)

Gotta love us hams!

73 from the Buckeye State!

 

[DCBurns]

Drove from Charlotte NC to NH last night and it BOOMED in. No problem with the signal at all. I was hoping for some good DX on 1170... oh well.. happy for them.

 

[DG02816]

The inverted-L was also putting a good signal into the Philly area. All I heard while they were off was a low-level jumble on a barefoot Grundig S350. Had to wait of course for local daytimer WFYL 1180 to sign off at sunset. Once WWVA came back with the 5 kW into the inverted-L, I was surprised at how strong it was given the situation.