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When 1450 moved

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Big 121

...to the new site near the brewery in Escondido, I was in the area a few weeks after it powered up. It has a galvanized tower that needs no
lights or paint. A small, pre-fab concrete 'shack' is about 8' from the tower. Walking around these two, I was surprised that Astor, inc., was
flaunting rather important FCC regulations.
(1) No tower registration number mounted at the base.(2)The tower had NO enclosure around it, and the copper feedline from the shack to the
tower was fully exposed. And, judging by the height of the weeds nearby, it had been this way for many weeks. A return trip a month later
showed a rent-a-fence installed, but still no number at the base.
But, at least the audio quality is pretty darn good!

Big 121
 
Q Tip said:
Where is the FCC and FAA on this one? Lol
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I think that if you are flying low enough to hit that tower, your landing gear will probably hit the top of someone's pickup.
 
No need for lights and paint- the tower is less than 200', (150') and is far enough from any airport.
It also seems far away from the FCC.

Big 121
 
The hospital near by precludes the need for lights -- and the paint. It is taller than the self supporting tower. I've been out there and ran a story earlier this year; the FCC data was there; but perhaps the sign went walking!
 
I was at the site in July this year and took some pics...

This may give you an idea of how strong the signal was. Even when tuned to the highest non-FM harmonic my PL-380 could tune, it still pegged the meter.

This is a wide-angle version picture of the above, where I was comparing selectivity / overload / strong signal handling on a few radios. (Recordings, comparisons between the Tecsun PL-380 and Panasonic RQ-SW20, are available here. Interestingly, the Panasonic did much better at hearing other stations than the Tecsun did, in spite of its having slightly inferior sensitivity and much inferior selectivity compared to the PL-380.)

I can't quite make out what they say, but I do see a couple notice signs on the shack near the tower.

I also see a fence around the tower in this photo.
 
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