I have figured out a sure-fire way to put an end to any future drought: Have a tower rigging crew scheduled to do work on one of the towers. Tomorrow is at least the fifth time I’ve had a crew scheduled to finish taking down a tower at one of the sites. But of course […]
Tag: engineering
A Busy Few Weeks with Broadcast Engineering Service Calls
Things have been crazy busy around here lately. Along with a notable increase in the number of duplexers coming in for tuning (some including repairs), there have been several broadcast engineering service calls. Here’s some of the fun that has been included. Retuning of Marti STL in order to get a new low power FM […]
Reinstalling the 72 MHz Simulcast Transmitter for Warm-Up Period
Just a couple of photos taken while reinstalling a Quintron 72 MHz paging system simulcast transmitter for a client. This is the “main” simulcast transmitter. We switched over to the “backup” transmitter to give it another workout while pulled and I did a re-check of this transmitter, which I had repaired and realigned back around […]
Engineering Mode Switch Is On A Lot Lately
The old “Engineering Mode” switch has had to remain in the “On” mode a LOT lately. All related to the the work in progress on the replacement of this 450′ broadcast/communications tower. If work stays on track and goes as planned, the new tower will be completed and all antennas, feedlines, etc. operating on the […]