[BC] AMs on top of buildings

[Milton R. Holladay Jr." <miltron@mindspring.com]

Ten or15 years ago, I measured the base impedance of WMFR in High Point, NC,
located atop a 7 or 9 storey building; AFAIK,it's still there. Their
engineer used to be on this list or Radio Tech.................
M
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From: "Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg at att.net>
To: <wharms at comcast.net>
Cc: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:03 PM
Subject: [BC] AMs on top of buildings


 > I believe that there are three in Chicago alone: 820 and 1240 are a diplex
 > and 950 (days only) is the third with a conventional array at a separate
 > night site (if you can call any six-tower in-line array conventional--they
 > are quite rare). In LA, KYPA 1230 had moved off of its 70+ year-old L
 > rooftop antenna to a diplex from one tower of co-owned 1580's six-tower
 > array, but that meant moving farther from the target audience (Korean
 > speakers?) and after complaints about poor reception, the station has
 > reportedly moved back to its old facilities. KMZT 1510 licensed to
Piedmont
 > CA (near Oakland) has the US's only true rooftop DA (in Oakland), I
believe