{"id":10983,"date":"2023-03-15T08:04:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=10983"},"modified":"2023-03-15T08:04:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T12:04:23","slug":"one-of-the-perks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2023\/03\/one-of-the-perks\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the perks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Occasionally, I get to go for a nice walk in a snowstorm. No, I am not being sarcastic. It is the middle of March and winter has decided to make an appearance. One of the FM stations we take care of went off the air and the remote control was not able to get the transmitter to come back on, so a stroll through the woods was necessary. This station is located at Sam’s Point Preserve<\/a>, in Craigsmore NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Self-supporting tower has ATT and a Low Power TV station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The site is owned by Vertical Bridge. There are a few tenants on the tower and fortunately, somebody left the gate open before it snowed. I was somewhat dreading trying to wrestle with it when I got to the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The problem itself seems to be due to a power hit; the main transmitter was off and the remote control, a wheezing Genter VRC-2000, was not able to control either the main or the backup. Those should be replaced at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Neighboring tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are several other towers up here for various cell carriers, 911 dispatch, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My SO decided to come along. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My phone said we walked 2.7 miles round trip, which sounds about right. The station is back on the air. When I can get up there with a vehicle in a few weeks, I will look into the remote control problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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