[BC] unreliable old equipment query

[Bill Brister]

I worked at channel 10 there in the early 80's. I didn't know much about
channel 2 but I did hear a story about that link once. Their main problem
was getting the line from the channel 6 studios in Indianapolis across the
street to the start point. I heard they originally just strung it on
telephone poles and the utility crews would take it down because they didn't
recognize the wire putting channel 2 down for a while. I'm sure they got
that worked out somehow. I don't know if that story was true or not but it
is what I heard while I was there.

Bill

-----Original Message-----

 From: Tom Spencer

The NBC link from Ch. 6 to Ch 2 was only two relays -

Start point was at about 120 ft AGL, Danville was on a 300-ft SS tower,
IIRC, and Reelsville was on a 300 ft. guyed stick - and the RX at
Farmersburg was well up the side of the Ch. 2 tower; I don't recall just HOW
high, but probably some 250 ft or better.

Bill Brister wrote:
> I always felt the reason that inter-city never worked right was he 
> tried to design it with too few tower links.

>  That link was doomed from the design conception.

--
Tom Spencer

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