[Kzyxtalk] Transmitter failed

[Patricia Kovner]

When and how will election results be announced?
On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 9:26 PM, Rick <rbharris11 at comcast.net> wrote:
  
Just a reminder: You can go to the kzyx website (kzyx.org) if you need news like station outages or just want to get station schedules and information. You can also listen online if your connection speed is fast enough although the fidelity isn't very good.

Station was still out as I write at 10:00 on Tuesday night.


Rick
Little River


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Thank you, Tim, for letting us know. Miss you! Thanks 
for being on it. 
- Sallie Werson 

 
From: Tim Bray  
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 7:51 AM 
To: kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org  
Subject: [Kzyxtalk] Transmitter failed 
From the KZYX website:

"First 91.7 
went down this morning - Monday March 31 - and then after 3 PM 90.7 went 
down.  It looks like the "STL" unit up at Cold Springs that receives the 
signal from the Philo studio (which it then transmits on 90.7 and also goes over 
to 91.5) has failed.  We are working to get a spare unit working as a 
temporary backup while we order a new replacement - or possibly repair it.  
These are very expensive units (possibly as much as $10K each, sold in sets of 
2) but are absolutely necessary for broadcast.  It is possible we will have 
it back up late Tuesday but can't guarantee it.  (This is why we have to 
have backup units ready to go all along the chain of equipment.) 
91.5 may have iced up Monday morning in the short but intense snow storm that 
hit.  It is located on Laughlin Peak and even with a 4X4, it was too snowy 
to reach the transmitter building at the top.  We will not likely be able 
to get to it until it thaws, which could take several days.  If it is ice 
on the antenna, it will come back of its own accord once it thaws.  But you 
won't hear anything until we get 90.7 working."
 
A couple of years ago, when the station was still mired in debt and had no 
access to credit, this could have been fatal.  I remember Rich telling me 
it was the thing that kept him awake at night worrying about, because they 
didn't have the money for a new STL.  (They probably still don't, but at 
least the line of credit is accessible.  It will undoubtedly blow a hole in 
the budget.)
 
Tim
 
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& Thorn
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