[BC] WLW--when it was 500 kW

[John Vodenik]

Yes, I do remember something about a tower across Rt. 42, where Scott took 
the picture that is on his web site.  And they were building a shopping 
center when I was home last year.
John @ VOA / Delano

> Meanwhile, though, we have this from Randy Michaels, who recalls that 
> there were two towers, one west of the current tower, the other south, 
> behind what's now a shopping center on 22:
>
> "I don't think the towers were passive. There were two shorter (90
> degree, I think) towers that were part of the DA. I have an original
> copy of the tune-up study and can check. That array was the first array
> designed for pertinent vertical angle suppression. It controlled skywave
> towards Toronto, while maintaining ground wave. WLW had a monitoring
> station at Niagara Falls for over a year. Measurement showed that when
> the DA was switched in, the signal level dropped to 31% of its ND value
> at Niagara Falls, which is the same as dropping power to 50kw from 500
> kW. The signal level in Columbus did not change. We kept one of the
> towers as an aux until 1985."
>
> He's looking for some paperwork that he thinks he still has from the 
> original tower design. Stay tuned.
>
> s
>
>
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