RE: WAAF (was Re: WUMB/WMWM )

["Mike Fitzpatrick" <fitzradio@map.com>]

Actually they have a 3 bay Short-spaced Shively Antenna in those keg shaped
Radomes. If you look real closely at the installation (I've been studying my
pictures of it) you are able to see the directional mounting hardware on the
antenna. A friend of mine who does work on some other radio stations in the
area told me they had installed a directional antenna. They used to be on
this 2 bay ERI antenna in Radomes up almost across the street from that
house which is up there. I noticed that the new antenna's elements also aim
East, as you said, while the old one, aims towards Worcester , in the same
direction as WSRS's 4 Bay antenna does down on their tower.

--MIKE



> Hello.
>  I have been up to Big Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton and noticed the latest
> WAAF Installation. It was on the large self supporting type tower on the
> southern end of the hill. They have two bays with Radomes or what ever you
> call them mounted upper mid-tower. A cluster of cell antennas was located
> above the two bays so they are not as high up as a station could
> be on that
> tower. Both "buckets" were mounted exactly on the side of downtown Boston,
> as I could see the Boston skyline from the bottom of the tower where I was
> parked. The thickness of that tower where the bays are mounted is
> just that,
> very thick and if I recall correctly, it seemed to almost eclipse the
> thickness of the two bays, meaning, the opposite side, the West was very
> much shadowed. (At least visually) Would this not direct a focused or
> concentrated amount of energy towards Boston just by a sort of "default"?
> Like it can't be helped that we have to mount these antennas on this
> available tower, they have to be mounted, so here they go, all the while
> getting an unaccounted directionality much wanted towards Boston without
> having to have this on the books so to speak.