Friday, January 19, 2007

Updates

On the air:

KJY-94, Chickasha, OK — 300 W, 162.450 MHz, NWS Norman

Back on the air:

All but Lenora, KS (tower collapse)

Power Upgrades:
Neah Bay, WA: 100w to 330w (not a typo, it is 330).
Pueblo, CO: 100w to 300w
Booneville, MS: 700w to 1000w
Cullman, AL: 100w to 300w
Akron, OH: 500w to 750w.
Stamford, NY: 60w to 300w
Grand Forks, ND: 50w to 300w.

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Stations off the air

Lenora, KS (WWF-87, 162.425 MHZ): Completely destroyed tower/antenna after the weight of 1/2″-3/4″ of ice accumulation on the entire tower brought it down.

Goodland/Gem, KS (WXK-96, 162.400 MHZ): Unknown failure, will take “several days” to get to transmitter site to see what happened, as blowing/drifting snow has made travel impossible to the site.

Ulysses, KS (WXN-81, 162.450 MHZ): Heavy ice accumulation on transmitting antenna has knocked it off the air. Hopefully, the
tower will remain standing and warmer weather will melt the ice in due time.

Dighton, KS (WNG-535, 162.525 MHz): Power outage

Hays, KS (WXM-35, 162.450 MHz): Off the air; exact reason unknown.

Chickasha, OK update

The Chickasha, Oklahoma station is expected to be on the air soon…
KJY-94 will operate on 162.450 MHz at 300 watts from a transmitter site near Chickasha.

A coverage map can be found here:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/wxradio/images/kjy94.gif