If they don't work out the whole 99.1 situation with KFXY-LP, the AIA may still need the EVIT stations to cover Mesa and Gilbert.
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If they don't work out the whole 99.1 situation with KFXY-LP, the AIA may still need the EVIT stations to cover Mesa and Gilbert.
Not sure if Buck had a case of penis envy, but spending all that money to make it 50kw at night with six sticks sure wasn't worth it!
The six-tower array was the triumph of Owens' faithful engineer, the late Elliott Klein.
The night pattern of 15~Eighty reminds Los Buckeye Boyz of 11~Ninety's in Dallas. Gordon McLendon so wanted KLIF to reach Ft Worth at night, he had a 12 tower array built east of Dallas with 5kw. It got to Ft Worth alright, but if you made a left hand turn outside the main lobe, you'd lose the station!
But another mystery Nurse Jeff and I haven't figured out, is why the guy wire anchors rusted out at the six tower site? That installation is about 30 years old, and things usually don't rust in the desert. Did Buck have AMC build the towers?
Metal does rust in the desert but usually very slowly compared with wetter environs. What kind of metal is usual for guy wires? I suspect they used a high-iron metal which will rust faster than the stainless variety.
Generally hot dip galvanized steel. Depends on the size, weight, wind load of the tower.
Here is an example of a supplier. http://www.uscargocontrol.com/Rigging-Supplies-Hardware/Galvanized-Guy-Strand-1x7-and-1x19 I believe that strands are galvanized individually, then wound in bundles as the flexing of guys (they move a LOT!) would make galvanized bundles impractical. As it is, the friction between strands can cause wear of the galvanization, as can the tensions of winter icing.
Some use Phillystran Kevlar fiber material guys, which are good dielectrics, and Phillystran may also be used on the top section of a guy wire on FM structures so the guys do not affect the radiation pattern. Kevlar is sensitive to UV light, so Kevlar is often put in a sheath.
The many 2000 foot TV towers were built to last 50+ years.
Wouldn't those be boat anchors?
Yes indeedy, and they're self rusting! If anything should have crapped out by now, it's that self supported tower at Lumberyard 14~Forty. It's older than the Lamptimer thread.
Klein was a well-regarded engineer, so I'd think he would have used the best materials to build out the station (although he had an affinity for Harris transmitters, for better or for worse). Maybe there was a bad batch of steel for those guy wires installed in 1987.
As for 99.1, KFXY-LP has received the approval for their move off of Usery, and will continue to jam out The Fanatic's soon-to-be-activated translator in the far East Valley. They're still begging for the money to build it out every hour, which could take some time.
As for 99.1, KFXY-LP has received the approval for their move off of Usery, and will continue to jam out The Fanatic's soon-to-be-activated translator in the far East Valley. They're still begging for the money to build it out every hour, which could take some time.
I think there lamptimer looks to be incorrect. After bribing Nurse Jeff with gallons of Polar Pops and bowls of microwavable menudo, he came up with the goods: http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1696527.pdf And not to pile on, but has the licensee informed the FCC they're running reduced power and daytime only? (sfx: fake studio audience) oooooh!
Barry Young would be very proud of your fake studio audience clap Doc!
As far as 1580 KHEP-AM is concerned, today The Lamptimer cut off the transmitter at 6:34 P.M. Still not nearly close enough to the 6:15 P.M. sunset time, but maybe the Fanatics are just a little crazy with their inconsistent carrier dump!
I too have heard 99.1 KFXY-LPFM running desperation ads saying that "a new station in Fountain Hills is coming on the air" and is trying to run them off the dial. They go on to state how desperately needed listener help is to keep the station running and moved to a new transmitter site (if their format was not Country and still alternative or, even better, an oldies station, I would consider contributing something). My question is this: why doesn't KFXY-LPFM just try to find another dial position to run their programming on? 102.9 FM, 96.3 FM or even back to 106.7 FM wouldn't be a bad place or, if they really wanted to be bold, try 92.9 FM, 107.5 FM or 99.5 FM and jam out the Tucson stations (I know this is not a popular suggestion for listeners of Tucson stations in the East Valley, but let's face it, we are not the target audience for Tucson stations).
Both 99.1 the Fanatic's translator and KFXY-LPFM are in dire straits because if things stay the way they are, KFXY-LPFM will be unlistenable except near their transmitter. Beyond that, they will cause enough interference for those of us in the East Valley (Gilbert / Mesa in particular) to where the new Fountain Hills 99.1 FM translator won't do us much good listening to the Fanatic. Also, I don't know how a translator in Fountain Hills will even improve their signal all that much to the Southeast Valley unless it is directional toward us. I guess we will just have to wait and see!
They should not interfere with each other. Usery Mountain is in the way. The Fountain Hills translator is directional almost totally due west, while KFXY will be blocked to the north by the mountain.
Wonder if I ♥ Debt is considering calling him back for the second time to rescue 5~Fifty? And would that offer include Raul?
Guess they've forgotten what LPFM means! We'll be happy to donate the Gremlin for them to auction for cash. Should bring at least $87.00
Now that we're back from a long winter's nap, time to catch up with the doings at KHEP 15~Eighty, The Fanatic!
On 2/15, some two days after returning to the air at reduced power and operating daytime only, KHEP petitioned the FCC to do just that.
On 2/23, some ten days after returning to the air, the FCC granted KHEP permission to do the aforementioned.
Now, Los Buckeye Boyz are but mere Middle Eastern Men of the Media, but we axe you - did the cart get ahead of the horse on this one? Never fear, KHEP has been given until 8/22 of next year to figure out how they can get 15~Eighty back to 50kw with at least 95 watts at night. The latest application for 700 watts of nighttime pow-pow-power is currently being reviewed.
On 2/15, some two days after returning to the air at reduced power and operating daytime only, KHEP petitioned the FCC to do just that.
On 2/23, some ten days after returning to the air, the FCC granted KHEP permission to do the aforementioned.
Now, Los Buckeye Boyz are but mere Middle Eastern Men of the Media, but we axe you - did the cart get ahead of the horse on this one? Never fear, KHEP has been given until 8/22 of next year to figure out how they can get 15~Eighty back to 50kw with at least 95 watts at night. The latest application for 700 watts of nighttime pow-pow-power is currently being reviewed.
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The only viable options for KFXY are 105.1, 99.5, 106.7 and 92.9. All of them have a station bleeding in. They aren't good frequencies. 99.1 is a good frequency and they know that. Even with the new translator coming on, once they move to their new site, they will have a fighting chance and only have interference in parts of Mesa.
Hey weren't you a part of their station when it was dance?
I agree, I'm a huge fan of having variety on the radio dial and LP-FM's like KFXY. They will be fighting a losing battle, though, if they stay on 99.1. I'm not a fan of their current classic country format at all, but I still hold out hope that they will flip back to alternative music and be more like sister station 93.9 KWSS LP-FM. For a while they were simulcasting similar shows in the morning on 99.1 X and 93.9 KWSS, but that changed quickly.
As far as 1580 KHEP-AM is concerned, I noticed sign-off yesterday on the first day of March was 7:03 P.M. which I believe is a little late for legal sign-off for the month of March. Then again, they didn't sign-on until well after 7:30 A.M. this morning so that station is all over the map!
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