[BC] Re:WTOP off air last night?

[Mike McCarthy]

Could involve changing tower lights, doing a RS 222 inspection, a whole 
host of things (including installing an iso-coupler) which might make the 
difference of staying on the air during an ice/snow event. They could have 
done modeling of the antenna system for a new ATU or phasor system using a 
network analyzer.

Only the folks at WTOP know....

MM

At 07:44 AM 11/16/2005 -0700, wfifeng at aol.com wrote
>In a message dated 11/15/2005 9:58:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>rcarpen at erols.com writes:
>
> > WTOP announced that 1500 would be off for a few hours for
> >  "winterization".  I guess it must have been last night.  With three
> >  other frequencies I guess they no longer sweat 1500 being off during
> >  low-listenership hours.
>
>Hmmm.. interesting. If they plan to do this every year, it might not be a bad
>idea to schedule some DX tests and spread the word. Although I must admit,
>I've never heard of "winterizing" a transmitter/antenna site.
>
> >  I note that co-owned WGMS(FM) has a CP for an aux installation at
> >  WTOP's 1500 site.  Maybe that was the real cause.  WGMS already has
> >  another aux site.
>
>Could be.
>
>Willie...
>
>
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