One Broadcast Engineer's blog…
I was recently informed by our power company in Rock Springs that they would need to disconnect power to our site for most of a day to switch from the overhead power feed to a newly installed underground feed. This will ultimately result in more reliable power service to the site. The overhead service was […]
A couple of years ago we installed a (used) transmitter that we had rebuilt at a new station in Rawlins. Well, that transmitter finally gave up the ghost and needed to be replaced. Of course this failure occurred while I was away at the National Association of Broadcasters convention–Fortunately this is the PERFECT place to […]
Once again, I’m back in Sundance…Time time I’m riding in style! My trusty Ford F250 SuperDuty (UW88) and a 2012 Polaris Ranger Crew Cab with tracks and full cab.
I knew it wouldn’t be very long before I was back in Jackson…This time I received a report that our backup audio feed had failed. Most likely another satellite receiver failure.. Our backup audio link is located in an attic…The satellite dish is on the roof. Up I go!
On one of my last trips to this site I noticed a failure with one of the power amplifier modules in the newly installed transmitter. The manufacturer has sent a replacement part and now I need to install it before snow completely shuts me out of the site… This time I needed the chains […]
Well, speaking of equipment failures…I had another piece of equipment at the site suffer a failure. This time it was a piece of monitoring equipment that is at least as much computer as anything else…Very common with modern broadcast equipment. A number of these pieces of equipment contain common PC components such as hard drives, […]
As with any new technology, there is always the chance of premature failure for a variety of reasons. At one point you could purchase a piece of equipment and count on it to work pretty much trouble free for 10-20 years without needing much attention but as equipment has become increasingly more complex and compact […]
As I continue the process of upgrading and re-wiring our sites, the Jackson transmitter site was next on the list. It was well overdue for a pretty major wiring cleanup. UW88 on Snow King…Probably one of the last times I will be able to access the site via truck.
Our site in Rock Springs had suffered a number of outages due to a pretty badly damaged satellite dish. I was able to purchase a replacement dish that would fit in the existing location without modifying the mounting structure. UW88 outside of the transmitter building at the tower site…I have just finished unloading the dish […]
One heck of a snowy morning here in Rock Springs! Not unusual for this time of year…Brrr!!!
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