{"id":10087,"date":"2019-05-13T11:21:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=10087"},"modified":"2024-03-14T18:01:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T22:01:47","slug":"another-fax-5-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2019\/05\/another-fax-5-install\/","title":{"rendered":"Another FAX 5 install"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the risk of becoming redundant, here are a few pictures of a GatesAir FAX-5 install recently completed in Westerly, RI.  This was installed in a recently vacated Verizon cell site next to the old transmitter building.  The old transmitter building and the equipment contained therein had seen better days, to be sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As requested, the only pre-installation photo I can find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some Verizon equipment still in place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That photo was taken back in October 2018, when we first looked at the Verizon shelter as a viable alternative to the current transmitter site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FAX-5 transmitter with fancy logo, placed in position<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Transmitter in place, AC mains and RF connections made<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ground strap installation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Test mode, clamp-on AC current meter, measuring amps per leg at full power<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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FAX-5 transmitter and equipment rack, on the air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Transmission line, supported by unistrut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Delta coax switch and Electro impulse dummy load, salvaged from old installation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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FAX-5 running into antenna for the first time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the transmitter sounds great.  Much better than the old unit which had an AM noise problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it wasn’t so far away, this would have been a pretty easy project.  There were minor miscues along the way that added up.  I will say that I learned a few good life lessons about the reliability and responsibility of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the risk of becoming redundant, here are a few pictures of a GatesAir FAX-5 install recently completed in Westerly, RI.  This was installed in a recently vacated Verizon cell site next to the old transmitter building.  The old transmitter building and the equipment contained therein had seen better days, to be sure. UPDATE: As … Continue reading Another FAX 5 install<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[215,15],"class_list":["post-10087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-installations","tag-fm-transmitter-site","tag-fm-transmitters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10087"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12731,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10087\/revisions\/12731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}