One Broadcast Engineer's blog…
I had received a call from my Lingle transmitter site that the transmitter was running at low power. I made a trip up to the site to check it out. Fortunately this site was an easy drive. I decided to take a new (to me) vehicle–a 2005 Dodge Durango. It was a very enjoyable drive. […]
At long last I received approval to go ahead and purchase a reliable utility vehicle that I can use during the winter to access my transmitter sites. The vehicle is a 4×4 Polaris Ranger Crew Cab. It will comfortably haul up to 6 people and a bed full of cargo. Towing capacity is up to […]
After the work in Afton we went to Pinedale to investigate a reception issue. Everything turned out to be OK but the remote control is giving some strange readings. I will have to come back once I have a snow vehicle. The view from my hotel room in Pinedale
Today’s travels brought me to beautiful Afton, Wyoming. Shortly after I had received the report of the Rock Springs outage I received additional reports that Afton was off the air as well. Once again, I suspected satellite receiver issues but had no way to positively confirm it without an Internet connection to the site. The […]
I received a message earlier this morning that both of my Rock Springs stations were off the air. All indications were that the satellite receiver had failed. This was not an uncommon issue in the past with these receivers but it had not happened recently. The first challenge was getting to the site… Interstate 80–Lots […]
I’d like to welcome the newest station in the Wyoming Public Media network, 90.9 KUWW in Fort Washakie. This station was recently transferred to WPM by another broadcaster. I visited the transmitter site recently to install some additional equipment and ensure FCC compliance. Once again UW88 stands waiting at the building inside the fence. This […]
Yesterday I had driven up to my Gillette transmitter site and discovered a failed blower motor in the air conditioning system. I was able to find a replacement and have it shipped overnight to my hotel. Callie and Leo wait patiently with me at the hotel until the parts arrive…
I had received an alert of high temperatures at our Gillette transmitter site…A (not so short) drive up to the site later and I found the issue… Here’s the problem…The blower motor had stopped running. I quickly worked to find a replacement and have it sent overnight. To be continued…
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 […]
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