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tower problems at WTIG 990?

T

Tim

On my way to and from the Dover-New Philadelphia area on Saturday I noticed only one tower at the site of WTIG in Massillon.

Granted, I was on Rt. 21...but, for many years I've easily noticed their 3-tower array about a half-mile west of Rt. 21 north of town.

But yesterday, there clearly was only 1 tower.

WTIG is licensed to run 250 watts days, 125 watts night into a 3-tower array.

Anybody hear what happened?
 
There is an application and several extensions for STA on the FCC database dating back to 3/24/09.

WTIG IS LICENSED TO OPERATE WITH 0.25 KILOWATTS DAY AND 0.112 KILOWATTS NIGHT USING THE SAME THREE TOWER DIRECTIONAL PATTERN FOR BOTH DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME OPERATION. TOWER #3 (NORTH) OF THE WTIG DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM RECENTLY COLLAPSED, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR WTIG TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE USING ITS LICENSED DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM. TO MAINTAIN SERVICE, WTIG HAS COMMENCED NONDIRECTIONAL OPERATION AT 25% OF ITS LICENSED DIRECTIONAL POWER USING TOWER #1 OF ITS DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM, PURSUANT TO THE EMERGENCY ANTENNA PROVISIONS OF SECTION 73.1680 OF THE FCC RULES. IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS TOWER COLLAPSE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE ALSO STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE OTHER TWO TOWERS WHICH REMAIN STANDING. AS A RESULT, AUTHORITY IS REQUESTED TO PERMIT THIS REDUCED POWER NONDIRECTIONAL OPERATION FROM ANY OF THE TOWERS WHICH COMPRISE THIS DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FLEXIBILITY TO CONTINUE SERVICE AS EACH TOWER OF THIS ARRAY IS REPAIRED AND/OR REPLACED.
 
Thanks for info.

Wow...approximately 60 watts days, 30 watts nights, NDA.

It's amazing how well they get out daytimes!
 
I hope they get everything fixed soon, they're my connection for listening to the Reds while I'm at school in Kent!
 
I have never heard 990 as far northeast of Massillon as Kent. Maybe I'm just not trying hard enough!

Its regular 250w signal gets pretty well into Canton, tho.
 
OhioMediaWatch said:
I have never heard 990 as far northeast of Massillon as Kent. Maybe I'm just not trying hard enough!

Its regular 250w signal gets pretty well into Canton, tho.
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I've heard it in Kent, but it takes patience and a good radio. The Sangean PR-D5 does the trick.
 
almaniac27 said:
I've heard it in Kent, but it takes patience and a good radio. The Sangean PR-D5 does the trick.
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I wonder if the Sangean in question has the same DSP superchip that's in the Tecsun ultralight radios. I'm drooling over the 606 right now...
 
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