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Is the former stand alone 460' 50kw PST tower still standing in the heart of Trenton, I remember years back when you got off the route 1 bridge into Trenton you could of viewed it to the left about a mile away.....a stand alone...Today going over the same bridge I did not notice it...was it torn down or is it the backup for the Fanatic...and still standing.
 
That tower is a big money maker for the owner, with or without 97.5 ...
It's on Ingham Avenue in Trenton, behind the old newspaper building.
It's covered with cellphone and other antennas, probably bringing in
about $ 20,000 a month. It's not going anywhere.
 
Me and the guy who some of your could "blame" for Ibiquity-HD-Radio, Jeff Detweiler climbed that tower in January of '85 together to throw and mostly destroy dozens and dozens of copies of 45's and LPs featuring "Seasons In The Sun." We got to about the 300 foot level, and HE decided to stop there, as it was a VERY cold and windy day. We were BOTH tethered to the tower's ladder so we weren't going anywhere...and I must say it was a very unique experience for both of us. He was the chief engineer at that time. I was just an oaf jock.

The original Nassau Broadcasting had to get a special rider on their insurance to allow ME to climb for that 1/2 hour. I literally could see Center City Philly and I THINK I remember seeing the Twin Towers in Manhattan from that height. I KNOW you could see them from Channel 52's tower, as I went to the highest observation platform on THAT tower when I worked at NJ 101.5 (their transmission site.)

THAT my friends is scary. It's a tower about 10 feet wide in a square...in which the elevator rides in the middle. That is EERIE up there, as you can't hear the noise from Rt. 1 or I-295 from up there. It was PEACEFUL and FRIGHTENING at the same time. I am guessing that's about 750 feet up at that point. I may be off on the demensions.

But the most FUN was the PST tower climb by HAND and LADDER. It's the self-supporting kind with NO guy wires...the NJN tower has many of them..I must say I felt SAFER on the PST tower...although if I had fallen from EITHER one, I'd be a pancake now.

BE BIG!
The Flying Wallendas
 
bigjay said:
Me and the guy who some of your could "blame" for Ibiquity-HD-Radio, Jeff Detweiler climbed that tower in January of '85 together to throw and mostly destroy dozens and dozens of copies of 45's and LPs featuring "Seasons In The Sun." We got to about the 300 foot level, and HE decided to stop there, as it was a VERY cold and windy day. We were BOTH tethered to the tower's ladder so we weren't going anywhere...and I must say it was a very unique experience for both of us. He was the chief engineer at that time. I was just an oaf jock.

The original Nassau Broadcasting had to get a special rider on their insurance to allow ME to climb for that 1/2 hour. I literally could see Center City Philly and I THINK I remember seeing the Twin Towers in Manhattan from that height. I KNOW you could see them from Channel 52's tower, as I went to the highest observation platform on THAT tower when I worked at NJ 101.5 (their transmission site.)

THAT my friends is scary. It's a tower about 10 feet wide in a square...in which the elevator rides in the middle. That is EERIE up there, as you can't hear the noise from Rt. 1 or I-295 from up there. It was PEACEFUL and FRIGHTENING at the same time. I am guessing that's about 750 feet up at that point. I may be off on the demensions.

But the most FUN was the PST tower climb by HAND and LADDER. It's the self-supporting kind with NO guy wires...the NJN tower has many of them..I must say I felt SAFER on the PST tower...although if I had fallen from EITHER one, I'd be a pancake now.
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When I moved here in '88, Susquahanna Broadcasting was building a new tower for 102.5. The end result was a 10 bay 100kw 1,667ft antenna in a field about 10 miles east of I-75. I climbed the tower twice. I went to the 150' level the first time. The 300' the next. By the 3rd time they had built a fence around it and had a security guard. I thought because of climbers, such as me. As it was, the aircraft warning lights were being shot by the farmers thinking they were disturbing their cows.

Empire's 102 is the ultimate of all time, I'm sure. But there is not the thrill because its enclosed - no danger of falling. It is the only place I know that you can be completely surrounded by the transmitting elements (Alford), though.
BE BIG!
The Flying Wallendas
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They are my neighbors.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
I remember Charlie Hecht and I being chased "up the tower" by a bull when we were at the original WBRW together. He as the CE and I as the PD. We had a loose ground strap that was arcing. We took the station down and made our way along the Raritan River bank to service the strap. We were located on a farm on Nimitz Road which literally had animals roaming about. We were spotted by a bull which came running toward us. We went about 10 feet up the tower. That's about as far as I will ever climb the side of a guyed tower..That was plenty for me LOL.

BTW, we had a walkie-talkie to communicate back to the studio. Dick Andrews was my PM drive guy, standing by in the transmitter room.
I came down first. As Charlie was coming down I said to Dick, "Dick, don't turn on the transmitter yet." He thought I said, "Turn on the transmitter." Next thing you know, we hear the carrier come up on the transistor radio we took with us. Now I'm yelling up to Charlie to stay where he is on the hot tower until I could get Dick to power down. We were inly running 500 watts and this was one of the lower powered towers in the array...but RF is RF so Charlie waited till we heard the carrier drop.

I have climber the 100 foot tower that my amateur radio club uses to house its repeater antennas many times. But we are enclosed and the climb is via a staircase that winds around the inside of the tower. Easy peasy.
 
Pete Tauriello said:
I remember Charlie Hecht and I being chased "up the tower" by a bull when we were at the original WBRW together. He as the CE and I as the PD. We had a loose ground strap that was arcing. We took the station down and made our way along the Raritan River bank to service the strap. We were located on a farm on Nimitz Road which literally had animals roaming about. We were spotted by a bull which came running toward us. We went about 10 feet up the tower. That's about as far as I will ever climb the side of a guyed tower..That was plenty for me LOL.
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And I think you've since discovered that it wasn't the last time in radio you'd found yourself being chased by bull. :eek:
 
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