{"id":5004,"date":"2012-05-18T09:09:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T13:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=5004"},"modified":"2023-04-29T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T12:50:07","slug":"wvtq-mount-equinox-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2012\/05\/wvtq-mount-equinox-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"WVTQ Mount Equinox, Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The transmitter for Vermont Public Radio<\/a>, WVTQ 95.1Sudbury is located on Mount Equinox<\/a>, near Manchester Vermont.\u00a0 Mount Equinox<\/a> is one of the better mountain top transmitter sites to get to as it has a good access road, no jeep trails through the woods or ski lifts, etc.\u00a0 The Summit is 3,580 feet (1,175 m), which is the third-highest peak in the green mountains.\u00a0 On a nice day, the view from the top is spectacular:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"South<\/a>
South view, Mount Equinox, Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The southern view with US Route 7 cutting through the valley below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WVTQ is a part of VPR’s classical music network.  They had a Nautel VS-1000 that had developed issues with the directional coupler.  This unit was repaired and re-installed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"WVTQ<\/a>
WVTQ Nautel VS-1000 transmitter, Mount Equinox, Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The transmitter has a 7\/8 EIA flange on the back, which had an elbow, then an adapter to a type N connector all unsupported. My boss felt that perhaps that perhaps too much weight on the EIA flange caused the crack in the directional coupler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"WVTQ<\/a>
WVTQ transmitter racks and STL equipment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The transmitter site used to be in the basement of the hotel, but as that building no longer exists, it was moved over to the former RADAR site.\u00a0 The RADAR site consists of four 80-foot towers arranged in a square around a building.\u00a0 These towers now support two-way radio equipment and the like<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"WVTQ<\/a>
WVTQ transmitter site, Mount Equinox, Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Finer<\/a>
Finer points of GPS antennas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Your author (left) with Rich Parker of VPR discussing the finer points of GPS antennas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Stairway<\/a>
Stairway to heaven<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ladder to the top of one of the towers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Hang<\/a>
Hang Glider’s view, east side pulloff, Mount Equinox, Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

View from the turn-off on the east side of Skyline Drive.\u00a0 Known as “hang glider’s view” with good reason.\u00a0 This is on the saddle that connects little Equinox with big Equinox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a nice day, such as yesterday, it is very pleasant.  When the road is covered in ice and snow, not so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The transmitter for Vermont Public Radio, WVTQ 95.1Sudbury is located on Mount Equinox, near Manchester Vermont.\u00a0 Mount Equinox is one of the better mountain top transmitter sites to get to as it has a good access road, no jeep trails through the woods or ski lifts, etc.\u00a0 The Summit is 3,580 feet (1,175 m), which … Continue reading WVTQ Mount Equinox, Vermont<\/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":[82,215],"class_list":["post-5004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-fm","tag-fm-transmitter-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004","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=5004"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11604,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5004\/revisions\/11604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}