[BC] Arrays separated by highways

[Kirk Harnack]

Thanks for this update, Jay.  I wondered what happened to that array.  I 
tuned it up - at least made the antenna monitor read right - one day in 
1989 or 1990.

Kirk Harnack


Jay Braswell wrote:
> The former WKYD (originally WCTA) at Andalusia, Alabama, was a sight to 
> see. The three tower array had US Highway 84 running through it. The 
> towers were spaced 180 degrees (at 920), and tower 3 was located on the 
> other side of the highway, with tower 2 guyed in the highway median.
> 
> The old highway bypassed the site, but the highway department decided to 
> do a four-laned bypass, and that's the way it ended up.
> 
> It's all gone now. Towers 2 and 3 were taken down about 10 years 
> ago...they were old Windchargers, and they not not been maintained. The 
> station went from 500w DA-N, to some miniscule night power (it was 5kw 
> omni daytime), and then finally surrendered the license.