After finishing in Afton I headed to Pinedale to check in on things…Unfortunately I had run out of certain supplies so I’ll need to come back on a later trip to finish a few things.
UW88 perched atop Mt. Airy outside of Pinedale
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Afton
Posted in September 30th, 2010
Off to Afton in the heart of the Star Valley for another routine stop on my annual network tour…More gorgeous country.
Just finished here…Time to lock up and head to the next stop…
Jackson
Posted in September 30th, 2010
I continued my tour by heading from Dubois over to Jackson. It’s always a gorgeous drive.
Heading through Togwotee Pass…The Grand Teton mountain range looms large in the distance.
Windy Ridge (Dubois)
Posted in September 29th, 2010
After my visit to Copper Mountain it was time to head for Windy Ridge in Dubois. This is a translator site fed via satellite and delayed to match the audio from the Copper Mountain transmitter site which is on the same frequency. Getting to Windy Ridge is always somewhat of a challenge…
This road isn’t open to the public…It’s quite a challenge to access.
I have the keys from the landlord for the gate and the site.
Copper Mountain
Posted in September 28th, 2010
Next stop: Copper Mountain. The task at this site was to install a remote control interface for the transmitter. This interface will allow me to monitor all of the transmitter’s parameters via the network. This provides much more information than the existing dialup remote control system in place…
The KUWT transmitter and equipment rack…This site has a network connection so we are able to closely monitor all parameters at the site.
Riverton
Posted in September 27th, 2010
Next stop on the tour, Riverton. This time I’m just checking in on things as part of my routine network tour. We had just put this translator back on the air earlier this year with our Jazz signal. It has since been moved to a new frequency to avoid interference with another new station that will be going on the air (not ours, unfortunately).
This is the Riverton “Tower”…Arrangements like this were quite common in many locations for TV translators where a traditional tower structure was either too expensive or impractical. Utility poles, on the other hand, were readily available and cheap.
Lander
Posted in September 27th, 2010
We had suffered some power issues in Lander which blew up a transformer at the site. While our equipment is protected inside the building with an additional transformer, the stepdown transformer on the power pole had failed multiple times. Our electrician suggested installing a surge protector on the incoming line to prevent it from happening again in the future. Since this is oilfield power (i.e. very unpredictable in terms of quality) it seemed like a good idea.
As I mentioned, this site is in the middle of an oilfield. It doesn’t seem like it but it’s actually pretty high above surrounding terrain…
Douglas
Posted in September 24th, 2010
Once I had finished up in Casper, I headed down to our Douglas site to do some additional wiring on the remote control system.
The building…It isn’t much to look at and could probably use a new roof and some air handling.
It’s about one step above having the equipment rack directly outdoors…
Casper
Posted in September 24th, 2010
Off to Casper to remove a faulty remote control…It needs to go back to the manufacturer for service.
My trusty chariot, UW88 sits atop a lookout point on Casper Mountain…
Cody
Posted in September 23rd, 2010
After finishing up in Worland, I headed over to our transmitter site in Cody.
Wildlife crossing the road is a recurring theme out here…
