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Post by Michaeljwyo on May 22, 2003 3:44:50 GMT -5
Hi gang
Just wanted to let you know that on Tuesday I once again made the trek out west of Nephi in search of the new 820's tower site. Indeed a little sunshine DOES make a difference. Last time it was pouring raining and I couldn't see anything. THIS time, I made it! And the towers...count 'em...all 6 are indeed up! My first 6-tower array that I've ever seen. Nice little building too....not just a little cinderblock shed. Drove right up to it but no one was around. But it looked from the outside like everything was ready to go! So I imagine it won't be long. For those interested, just head west of Lehi on Highway 73....10 miles to the west is the little town of Cedar Fort. Can't miss 'em. It's right there just east of Cedar Fort. 6 towers!
Cool stuff!
Michael n WYO
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Post by admin on May 22, 2003 6:00:57 GMT -5
I would imagine sign-on along with KPKK is waiting for the media ownership ruling but on the other hand both stations are actually outside of the SLC market I think that's correct?
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Post by James W Anderson on May 22, 2003 11:26:33 GMT -5
AM 820, which has been given the calls KUTR, is going to be licensed to Taylorsville.
It's odd, knowing that the mountains to the north of Eagle Mountain (just to the east of Cedar Fort on U-73) are in the way, how will that affect reception in either Utah or Salt Lake County?
I should also note that the calls have been used here before, the other two failed as both were LDS formats. Both 'KUTR' stations were from the 80s and early 90s. The first was on 860 and the second one was on 1320. Before failing, the first KUTR LDS format made the top ten in the Arbs, probably fall 85 or spring 86, I believe.
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Post by WA7UUJ on May 22, 2003 12:37:26 GMT -5
FYI...
There are bigger arrays than that one. There's a 12 tower in Dallas.
It going to be a while before 820 comes on. There is no three-phase power to the site yet and it has to be brought from nearly four miles away. UP&L says it will be about 5 or 6 weeks before they can get to it.
Then, of course, the station is being sold so that may delay it's premier, although Simmons could certainly decide to put it on as long as they still own it.
As for coverage, at 50 KW daytime it should be gangbusters during the day and "OK" in the S.L. valley at night (2.5kw). Provo will be hurting for signal at night because of the necessary null towards Dallas and WBAP.
Measurements made on 860, 700, and 1160 at the site indicate that Traverse ridge will not be much of a problem.
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Post by radiorelic on May 22, 2003 13:24:49 GMT -5
It's AM.... and locally the most important component of the signal strenth is the ground wave... and the grounding system at the ant site is VERY important to how strong it sounds locally.... FM, being a High Frequency signal in the area of a 100 megahertz is VERY line of site (coincidentally between either channels 5 and 6 or 6 and 7 in the current TV spectrum... in the reeeeelly old days of continuous tuning TV's you could tune your TV in between there and get the FM stations... the audio portion of the TV signal is Frequency modulated)... AM being long wave... in the 200 meter territory, follows the contours pretty well..... Example... you can hear KSL just fine in heber.... and all over Utah Valley...
But don't confuse this local groundwave with the nighttime skip an AM can get when the ionosphere compacts up and turns into a nice reflector for those long waves...
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Post by Doh on May 22, 2003 15:25:24 GMT -5
Groundwave is yes most important but you forget skywave is a very important part of a stations coverage and I'm not talking about nighttime coverage, but daytime skywave this is why you lose an AM station when you go under a bridge when you get further away from the transmitter
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Post by henry on May 22, 2003 18:58:26 GMT -5
I don't think you'll hear anything until it's Bonneville's. I'm amazed it's come as far as it is, as I don't think Simmons said how far along the station needed to be to be sold. Couldn't they have just sold them the licence permit?
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Post by James W Anderson on May 22, 2003 19:07:39 GMT -5
It's not uncommon to sell a CP for anything, whether it be a AM, FM, TV, translator, LPFM, LPTV, etc. I've seen some CPs sold recently.
Simmons got the CP in the fall and the calls in December. This appears to be a very fast setup of a station as it is. It's even possible Bonneville and Simmons could LMA the station until the paperwork is done as well.
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