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KLTY harmonics EXPLODE!

T

Texas Gentleman

It happens to everybody at sometime............antenna bays fail. Wednesday was KLTY's turn. Harmonics up and down the dial from 94.9 began about 11am. Switching to the back-up antenna was only worse. To the credit of their engineers, prompt attention to the issue and some brave tower climbers, harmonics problems were corrected by 4pm. There are still those in broadcasting who step up. Thanks.
 
They were gone in Houston the whole time. Now back to their normal signal levels, perhaps a bit better than before. They now make it to almost I-10.
 
Just to be pedantic about it, these weren't harmonics. Harmonics are multiples of the station's intentional frequency -- for KLTY they'd be 94.9 ("1st harmonic"); 189.8 (94.9*2, 2nd harmonic); 284.7 (94.9*3, 3rd harmonic); 379.6 (94.9*4, 4th harmonic); etc., etc. The term "1st harmonic" is almost never used, "fundamental" is more common.

"Spurious emissions" would be a more accurate term.

Of course, regardless of what you call it, the interference potential & the fix are the same!
 
are you sure that was their main transmitter site and not their backup? There was supposed to be tower work on the main site this week sometime, so it could have been an issue with the transmitter/antenna at the aux site.
 
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