Hi Gang So I did not read any thing realy in responce to me helping KSEG FM 96.9 with there format. Jim Smith NOR CAL [Non-text portions of this message have...
Some 2009-model cars are shipping without AM/FM radios. At least eight car models, says consumer electronics site Twice.com. They're mostly vehicles toward the...
... KSEG FM 96.9 with there format. Jim Smith NOR CAL ... Hi Jim!!! Sorry, I lost your question. Could you repeat it, please? GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!! Juan J....
Hi Gang!!! I had done this question before but I don't remember any answer. If we use an AM tower connected directly to ground, and we use isolated wires as...
... helping ... Hi Jaun I would be glad to repeat a radio related subject. About 2 years ago my local radio station 96.9 FM THE EAGALE KSEG Sacramento Ca was...
Interesting enough, we have "The Eagle" here in El Dorado. I don't know when stations had to be "The Something or Another". Back in St. Louis, there is an...
Yes, the tower guys wires must be insulated as the RF voltage along the tower is not zero. Basically a shunt fed tower is tapped at some height such that the...
There is also "The Eagle" XHNK in Nuevo Loredo, Tamaulipas/Texas, same thing, classic rock...and horrible boardwork! (or bad computer?) We have one here in...
... along the tower ... such that ... capacitor to ... Hi Mike!!! What a hell!!! I will have to look for the damned isolators, HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Some idea...
Juan, I can look for some insulators. They're actually quite common as perhaps 90% or more of AM towers in the U.S. are guyed. What size are the guy wires and...
Is this an ebay item? Link? Scott Todd ... From: John P. To: K.T. radio list AMS 2001 Maybe Clear Channel is selling one of their C-Quam exciters on eBay, as...
... perhaps 90% ... required? ... Hi Mike!!! This is exactly my great problem: I DON'T KNOW!!! I've looked for that here and I've just found some plastic...
Hi Gang!!! I wonder if somebody in this forum knows where in the web I could find information about the very good series of radiorecorders made in the last...
Hi Juan, That's funny; I just asked a question about those in another group. In U.S. English, they are commonly know as "boomboxes" (because of their big,...
Some folks hail Charles Herrold as the true father of broadcasting, and call 2009 the 100th anniversary of his achievement. There are plaques down at the...
The tensile strength requirement is more of a structural engineering question than an electrical one. Do you have access to a tensometer to measure the ...
Juan, Take a look at this: Click here: Porcelain Guy Strain Insulator (33,000 Ibs. ultimate strength): Antenna Systems & Solutions There is a company that has...
Juan, These folks might have tower that could sell you. It's for 1240 and not 1260, but you could fiddle with ATU. 442 feet sounds tall for 1240. Mike Click...
Hi Did I hear that a radio station is changing there format from talk to talk?? That music bill is like K-SUK!!!!!! Jim Smith NOR CAL [Non-text portions of...
... broadcasting, and call 2009 the 100th anniversary of his achievement. There are plaques down at the corner of First and San Fernando Streets in San Jose,...
... and not ... 1240. ... Hi Mike!!! Thank you so much for your time!!! But I just need the insulators. I'll have the new tower and the guy wires in two...
The first extended broadcast of the human voice was transmitted through the air on December 24, 1906 from Brant Rock, Massachusetts. A Canadian engineer,...
Could be something near 1/2-5/8 wave. My 1280 towers are just under 200'. Scott Todd ... From: mjgrant@... To: amstereoforum@yahoogroups.com These folks...
WKDK 1240 is 207 feet with the beacon. Sounds like 5/8 wave. WCOS's 5/8 wave is around 400 something. WCOS it 1400 Powell NNNN POP email is powell at backroads...
Juan, You have to use the insulators or the guy wires will short the tower. However, if the old guy wire insulators are in good condition (no cracks), I don't...
Scott, I checked their file. It's around 200 degrees or a tad over 1/2 wave. However, their field strength doesn't reflect it on their old tower. Apparently,...
... tower ... are thieves that ... Hahahahahahaha!!!! I thought it was a chilean problem only!!! Here, from time to time, the electric company has to replace...
Juan, I thought Chile had massive copper deposits? Apparently, the word got out here in the U.S. that there were "copper mines" hidden below AM towers that...
