That sounds like an excellent idea to get around the burocrats. I'll have to keep it in the back of my mind when and if I need to yank in a translator for an AM somewhere. If they allow the chain move then so be it. Joke's on them.
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TRANSLATOR QUESTION
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One reason they're directional is they just need to cover a narrow area. No reason a translator can't run omni & CP with 250 watts ERP from up there. Wonder if a translator could hook up to a multi-station combiner?
No reason (except money) why not, as long as they keep making 3 1/8" to N female adapters.... If that translator is using an off the shelf yagi, it's a very inexpensive way to get that kind of coverage. Only gotcha is that from my experience, the yagi may spec -15db off the back, but mount it on a large tower & the null off the back may be far in excess of that. That's fine if you have a mountain off the back, but if you have a town of 10000 & the yagi specs predict a 60dbu & produces a 40dbu, then suddenly you got what you paid for.boiseengineer said:
Whon knows what the pattern really looks like.
"SCALA CA2-CP ANTENNA GAIN: 1.259"
http://www.fybush.com/Tower%20Site/080808/deerpt-ktrvtwr2.jpg
Located just above the "LPTV's" antennat near the "Ex 90.3" lable on the pic.
"SCALA CA2-CP ANTENNA GAIN: 1.259"
http://www.fybush.com/Tower%20Site/080808/deerpt-ktrvtwr2.jpg
Located just above the "LPTV's" antennat near the "Ex 90.3" lable on the pic.
What I would give to be collecting the tower rental income from the antennas on that photo.......
After you deduct what he pays to the U.S. Forest Service, County taxes, maintenance, well…
Yup... Lighting is pretty expensive these days too.
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RE: Translator hopping. A good example of this is "(Facility ID
146879" the former , W243CD on 96.5 in Gloucester, MA. It has hopped, skipped and jumped it's way across mass over to Fitcburg (over 40 miles), to eventually become a translator for 1280 AM in Fitchburg. (It hasn't finished moving yet, if the CDBS wasn't down, I would tell you how many jumps it has made so far.)
RE: High power translators. Take a look at W235AV, as seen on this picture, transmitting 230 watts from the WSRS tower on Asnebumkit hill in Paxton, which is well above the height of just about everything around it in the Worcester-Boston area. If it wasn't for the pirate(s) on 94.9 in the Boston area, this would be a regular catch well into the big city, some 25 miles away. It is relaying sister AM WTAG.
146879" the former , W243CD on 96.5 in Gloucester, MA. It has hopped, skipped and jumped it's way across mass over to Fitcburg (over 40 miles), to eventually become a translator for 1280 AM in Fitchburg. (It hasn't finished moving yet, if the CDBS wasn't down, I would tell you how many jumps it has made so far.)RE: High power translators. Take a look at W235AV, as seen on this picture, transmitting 230 watts from the WSRS tower on Asnebumkit hill in Paxton, which is well above the height of just about everything around it in the Worcester-Boston area. If it wasn't for the pirate(s) on 94.9 in the Boston area, this would be a regular catch well into the big city, some 25 miles away. It is relaying sister AM WTAG.
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