Re: 910
> I did notice that 910 was briefly on at Lower Power, but
> then again it seems like they have problems everytime the
> weather acts up. I remember back when they were JAMZ 910
> they would go off the air quite a bit during heavy rain. Not
> thunderstorms. Just heavy rain. Funny I didn't notice
> anything wrong with WRCH. Must've missed it. Earlier in the
> evening around 5PMish WTIC AM 1080 kept going off and on but
> it was only for a second or two every few minutes and Bruce
> and Collin were talking about how the lights in the studio
> were going off and on.
I was in the Ct School of Broadcasting building, which is where the 910 transmitter is located, for the duration of the storm. Downed wires caused a large electrical fire in the middle of the street a few doors down from CSB, which caused 910 to go off for about five seconds while it switched to generator power. Shortly thereafter, the station towers suffered at least one direct lightning hit, resulting in the transmitter protecting itself by drasticly reducing power for a few minutes. This is what Jay heard. 910 was back at full power by 8 pm and remained on generator until early the next morning. I also witnessed the Channel 61 tower take several direct hits. That was one of the worst storms I've seen in years. It seemed to be mostly cloud to ground lightning which is unusual.
I spoke with the CE at WDRC today and he confirmed that the SBE T1 line that is used to carry the FM audio from the studio to the transmitter in Meriden went down. They had no audio for a while and then got back on the air using their remote equipment that is not designed for music, that's why they sounded weird. Everything was back to normal by 6 am this morning.
> I did notice that 910 was briefly on at Lower Power, but
> then again it seems like they have problems everytime the
> weather acts up. I remember back when they were JAMZ 910
> they would go off the air quite a bit during heavy rain. Not
> thunderstorms. Just heavy rain. Funny I didn't notice
> anything wrong with WRCH. Must've missed it. Earlier in the
> evening around 5PMish WTIC AM 1080 kept going off and on but
> it was only for a second or two every few minutes and Bruce
> and Collin were talking about how the lights in the studio
> were going off and on.
I was in the Ct School of Broadcasting building, which is where the 910 transmitter is located, for the duration of the storm. Downed wires caused a large electrical fire in the middle of the street a few doors down from CSB, which caused 910 to go off for about five seconds while it switched to generator power. Shortly thereafter, the station towers suffered at least one direct lightning hit, resulting in the transmitter protecting itself by drasticly reducing power for a few minutes. This is what Jay heard. 910 was back at full power by 8 pm and remained on generator until early the next morning. I also witnessed the Channel 61 tower take several direct hits. That was one of the worst storms I've seen in years. It seemed to be mostly cloud to ground lightning which is unusual.
I spoke with the CE at WDRC today and he confirmed that the SBE T1 line that is used to carry the FM audio from the studio to the transmitter in Meriden went down. They had no audio for a while and then got back on the air using their remote equipment that is not designed for music, that's why they sounded weird. Everything was back to normal by 6 am this morning.