{"id":2949,"date":"2011-06-01T13:13:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T17:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2023-04-30T12:32:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T16:32:02","slug":"nice-work-if-you-can-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2011\/06\/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice work, if you can get it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have been to many, many transmitter sites. \u00a0They range from mountaintop sites in NY and VT to flat fields with tall towers in Florida to coastal or wetlands AM sites. \u00a0 One site in Massachusetts was located in a state park near Westover AFB. \u00a0It was formerly the microwave relay site for the Northeast Command and Control bunker, now reused as an FM site for WRNX, Amherst. \u00a0 Access to that site required walking about a mile and a half on a hiking trail, often carrying things like a shop vac, garbage bags, or other stuff. \u00a0Walking in the woods carrying a shop vac will get you some funny looks by fellow hikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday was my Bridgeport, CT day and I took the time to head out to the WICC transmitter site. \u00a0There are two ways to get there, one can call the Bridgeport harbor master or harbor police and catch a ride via boat, which is fun. \u00a0Or one can walk down the beach from the long beach parking lot. \u00a0If it is not an emergency or nighttime access, I like to walk down the beach. \u00a0It is about one mile either way. \u00a0I normally bring my backpack with some basic tools, water, and a sandwich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"WICC<\/a>
WICC towers in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have been working with another engineer who complains about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pleasure<\/a>
Pleasure beach former cottage area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now that the cottages are gone, it is a very pleasant walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Osprey<\/a>
Osprey on WICC north tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This Osprey apparently didn’t get the memo: \u00a0Radio towers are the arch-enemy of birds, actually sitting on one and using it as a good place to scout for lunch is akin to sleeping with the enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"United<\/a>
United Illuminating pole-mounted circuit breaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Circuit breakers on new three-phase power circuit installed by United Illuminating last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn’t want to hike down this strand of beach at night or in a thunderstorm, but on a nice day, it is a pleasant stroll.  There are far worse transmitter site access problems.  It is a pain if any equipment needs to be taken in or out, that requires some special equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been to many, many transmitter sites. \u00a0They range from mountaintop sites in NY and VT to flat fields with tall towers in Florida to coastal or wetlands AM sites. \u00a0 One site in Massachusetts was located in a state park near Westover AFB. \u00a0It was formerly the microwave relay site for the Northeast … Continue reading Nice work, if you can get it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-am-transmitter-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949","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=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11801,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions\/11801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}