[BC] Roof Top Arrays

[RON DOT'O SR.]

My first chief job was at KFLS in Klamath Falls, OR in 1977.  The TX/Tower was on the roof of the local Ford dealer downtown.  They had  two 2 story Quonset hut like buildings joined side by side with the tower (155') set in the trough between them and the counterpoise in the roofs, and the old Bauer 1kw TX on the second floor beneath it.  The tower got taken down and moved to KCKX in Stayton, OR where I'm taking care of it again over 20 years later.

Ron D, Salem, OR
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Linc Reed-Nickerson<mailto:linc at bycx.com> 
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  Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 22:31
  Subject: [BC] Roof Top Arrays


  DA's with highways, on Islands, in shopping centers, I think there is one in
  Allentown, PA and another in Meriden, CT in a shopping center parking lot.
  (Or was it the non-D of WMMW that was in the parking lot?)

  Lest we forget WJJZ, 1460 in Mount Holly, NJ, 4 towers on an island in the
  Delaware... Spent most of it's life dark.  Towers came down in the mid-90's
  when WWJZ was built, but shortly thereafter WIFI appeared on 1460 in nearby
  Florence. That one was built on church property. I pulled their application
  when I was in D.C. a few years back, after it was on for tests then dark for
  about 6 months... Worst application for license I have ever seen, data for
  only 3 of their 4 towers.

  I've seen a number or rooftop towers - a single tower with a counterpoise.
  Most everyone I have seen was a Class IV (OK, so I'm dating myself).

  But, something I thought I would never see, a DA on a roof top, in Oakland
  KPIG is on the roof of a warehouse, 4 tower day - 8 kW, 5 tower night - 230
  watts.  Scott Fybush where are you?

  Are there others?

  Linc Reed-Nickerson
  Qualcomm MediaFLO
  San Diego, CA


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