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The warehouses were built around the towers. Each tower sits in a "well" with walls around it (like an elevator shaft). The ground system that was under the site remains somewhat. But when the buildings were built, the ground became a counterpoise system, with the radials /screen spread over the roof and as a copper wire mesh, in the air, above the parking lot areas. The wells where the towers have ground screen on all four sides, tied into the mesh under the roofing material and then to the copper wire mesh over the parking areas.
Sidenote to original question=
Before it moved to the present site, KGBS/KTNQ was located in a not-so-desirable area of Lynwood, and used an
RCA Ampliphase w/50kw daytime ; the modulation peaks were hitting 150% positive when I was there.
The current call letters with the "Q" were the brainchild of RichBro Robbin from KCBQ, San Diego. He envisioned a string of stations a "Q" in the callsign; KGBS to KTNQ, KNBR to KNBQ, etc.
Sure was, and I still use pictures of the site when I give one of my "unusual tower sites I've visited" talks. Here's the Tower Site of the Week installment from 2006:
Are there any pictures of the KBCQ 1020 AM (now KCKN?) towers in Roswell, NM? It's six towers and was set up by KTNQ engineers in 1977. The station was 50,000 watts and had a figure eight pattern. We also broadcast with an RCA Ampliphase and had a very clean sound.
Are there any pictures of the KBCQ 1020 AM (now KCKN?) towers in Roswell, NM? It's six towers and was set up by KTNQ engineers in 1977. The station was 50,000 watts and had a figure eight pattern. We also broadcast with an RCA Ampliphase and had a very clean sound.
You can see the ex KBCQ now KCKN transmitter site using Google "Street View". I went to Radio Locator used the map coordinates for the aerial view, tried Google Street View and to my surprise, there it was, a large rambling building out in the very middle of nowhere surrounded by nothing for miles around. The entrance road to the site gives a view of the front of the building, the road to the east shows views of the antenna array plus the back and side of the building. Who would of thought there would be a "Street View" of the desert near Roswell...
[quote Who would of thought there would be a "Street View" of the desert near Roswell...
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Well considering that there are vast areas of inhabited cities not covered it is amazing. But then it is Roswell and it will come in handy to see where the saucers land when they return.
Well considering that there are vast areas of inhabited cities not covered it is amazing. But then it is Roswell and it will come in handy to see where the saucers land when they return.
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Probably "Street View" was instead "Saucer View" :
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