Wintertime is here…Callie and Leo frolic in the snow!
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Evanston Antenna Delivery
Posted in October 6th, 2011
Now that the new transmitter is installed it is time to start on the new antenna installation. The first step is getting the antenna to the site…We had taken delivery of the antenna in Laramie and brought it to the site in Evanston. Even for a relatively small two bay antenna it was quite a task to unpack it and get everything ready to go up on the tower.
Two antenna bays (on the trailer) and a number of miscellaneous parts arrive in Evanston…
Evanston Transmitter Install
Posted in September 30th, 2011
It is finally time to construct our Evanston station. This station was approved by the FCC after they rejected a bogus application from another broadcaster proposing to build a site in a wilderness area where there was no existing site and none would ever be authorized. This station will replace a translator that has long been in need of an upgrade.
It’s an absolutely gorgeous day up on Medicine Butte north of Evanston.
Casper importer repairs
Posted in September 29th, 2011
We use a device called an “importer” to generate additional HD Radio channels at a number of our sites. These devices are essentially Windows XP based PCs and occasionally require the same maintenance any other PC would. This time Casper is in need of attention…
Quite a view from Casper Mountain…
Casper–Dish re-pointing
Posted in September 22nd, 2011
Time to re-point the Casper dish…This one was a bit of a challenge since it is mounted up on the tower structure. We hired a bucket truck to give us a “lift” to the dish.
The upper dish is ours…
Douglas
Posted in August 24th, 2011
At our Douglas site I caught these guys dangling from an adjacent tower. It’s quite amazing to watch a skilled tower crew work.
Sundance
Posted in August 23rd, 2011
The next dish to re-point was at our Sundance site…
Getting everything in position…
Lander
Posted in August 22nd, 2011
Next stop: Lander.
This dish is fairly high off the ground…A ladder is required to access the feed point.
Sheridan
Posted in July 20th, 2011
Satellite dish pointing–Gillette
Posted in July 19th, 2011
Another summer project this year is re-pointing all of our satellite dishes. We changed satellite providers which also required pointing everything to a different satellite. One of the first sites on the list was our Gillette transmitter.
The dish
