RE: WNTN (was WPTR)

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

Well, both the FCC public AM database and the Kodis site 
at www.radiostation.com show three towers days and four 
towers nights. At most, one tower could be shared 
between the day and night arrays. All towers but one are 
90 degrees, which would make them about 150' tall, short 
enough to obviate the need for illumination, except in 
special circumstances (for example if they were near an 
airport and in the glide path). The lowest power tower 
in the day array is even shorter--80 degrees. Usually in 
a situation like this, one tower is shared between the 
day and night arrays, but there are a few stations that 
maintain entirely separate day and night arrays at the 
same site. Both WDZK arrays are in-line with equally 
spaced towers. The four towers in the night array are 
spaced 80 degrees apart along an azimuth of 325 degrees; 
the three towers in the day array are spaced 185 degrees 
apart on an azimuth of 352 degrees. The day pattern is a 
three-leaf clover with lobes to the north, southeast, 
and southwest, and no really severe nulls. The night 
pattern appears to be a cosine, which is a circle on a 
polar plot. The TX is not at the center of the circle, 
however; it is on the periphery, with the diameter (axis 
of the array) extending at 145 degrees (325 - 180).

> When I went to the WDZK (1550 Bloomfield) site, I only saw three towers.
> They are very hard to spot. They are located in a field at the end of a dirt
> road
> (Mucko Rd, off of Woodland Ave, off of Ct Rte 187). There is a older house
> and alot of garbage out there too. The towers where smaller unlit towers
> (like WNEB's in Worcester). Could I be missing something or could there be
> four other towers located that I just didn't see. The three I did spot were
> hard to see from where I was.