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WBJX to build new tower

Don't know about the sold part, but yes there is a new tower being built a few miles north of where the old one was. With the new power comes a power downgrade from 500 watts to 300 something.
 
I'm confused. Wouldn't the purpose of a new tour be a power upgrade rather than a down grade? Why would a station want less coverage than it is already getting?
 
1.) Moving the tower could cause some overlap issues

2.) The new tower is taller then the old one. A Taller tower is more efficent therefore, a reduction in power.
 
The drop from 500 to 360 would not be terribly noticeable except in the fringe area and in buildings... theyd hafta cut power in half to notice a difference
 
The reasons:

1) Their original tower was knocked down twice by vandals.

2) They want to cover Milwaukee as good as possible so they have a better chance against WDDW.

3) They have to protect 1470 WBKV West Bend which is north of Milwaukee in Washington County. They can't do that at full power.

Night coverage: It doesnt cover anything but Racine and the northside of Kenosha at its current state anyway so it wouldn't really matter.
 
If you've got a good crew and they work 8 to 10 hours a day, a single tower could take anywhere between 2 weeks and 2 months.. all depending o nseveral factors

If it's a multiple tower array, 2 or 3 towers would take 2 to 3 months or so.. from start to finish....
 
Why would it take that long to build one tower ? It's just mounting and guying the tower and burying the copper wire in a cicrcle
 
You have to build the tower, have it delivered, hoisted up, installed, have the ground dug up to lay the radials, lay the radials, bury them.. tune everything up.. there's ALOT involved with making a tower is installed and working properly.
 
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