{"id":2235,"date":"2011-01-24T14:36:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T18:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2011-01-24T17:12:47","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T21:12:47","slug":"it-cold-enough-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2011\/01\/it-cold-enough-to\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s cold enough to&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cause the STL receiver to unlock. \u00a0A quick peak at the thermometer this morning showed -12\u00b0 F outside. \u00a0Meanwhile, out on the island, the WICC TFT STL receiver decided that it was just too cold to continue and gave up the ghost. \u00a0Weak sister. \u00a0This created quite a bit of hiss on the WICC signal until about 11 AM, when the program director finally called me to tell me of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Via remote control, we switched over to the backup analog <del datetime=\"2011-01-24T21:12:16+00:00\">8 KHz<\/del> 15 KHz TELCO line, which sounds fine, given the talk radio program material.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, vehicle access to the transmitter site is now gone. \u00a0I have the option of taking the Bridgeport harbor master boat over to the dock and walking .9 miles, or driving to the Long Beach parking lot and walking 1.3 miles in order to repair it. \u00a0This will likely be tomorrow, as the weather is supposed to be better, 36\u00b0F and light snow. \u00a0Well, it is what I get paid to do.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2247\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pleasure_beach_aerial1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2247\" title=\"pleasure_beach_aerial1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pleasure_beach_aerial1-650x389.jpg\" alt=\"Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport, CT\" width=\"650\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pleasure_beach_aerial1-650x389.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pleasure_beach_aerial1-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pleasure_beach_aerial1-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pleasure_beach_aerial1-400x239.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/pleasure_beach_aerial1.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport, CT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regarding the analog 8 KHz TELCO line, that is an anomaly. \u00a0These analog circuits where used to wire the country together, once delivering all of the network programming to affiliate stations before the widespread use of satellites. \u00a0They require unloaded dry pairs and normally have an equalizer on the Z (far) end. \u00a0Nowadays everything is digital, try and find a tech to repair one of these circuits when it goes down. \u00a0Fortunately, this is a short distance circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cause the STL receiver to unlock. \u00a0A quick peak at the thermometer this morning showed -12\u00b0 F outside. \u00a0Meanwhile, out on the island, the WICC TFT STL receiver decided that it was just too cold to continue and gave up the ghost. \u00a0Weak sister. \u00a0This created quite a bit of hiss on the WICC signal &hellip; 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