Re: Let's Talk About Transmitters, part 2

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

I think what you're looking at is just the beacon. 
Remember, the array is only a couple of miles from 
Hanscom Field and given the wide spacing between the 
towers, I'd say that there was no chance of the FAA's 
granting permission to not illuminate the short tower. 
It's rather amazing that the FAA (or the CAB, back in 
the '40s when the array was built) didn't balk at the 
location. I guess the FAA doesn't have a track record of 
requiring stations in locations such as this to change 
from red beacons to Xenon strobes, but you could 
certainly make a case that the WRKO towers should be 
strobed.

Although I never saw the 93.7 antenna on the 
WLAW/WNAC/WRKO center tower, I assume that when the FM 
antenna was there, it brought the tower up to the full 
height (or very close to the full height) of the end 
towers.
 
> > I'm not sure why the FM antenna wasn't allowed to just remain atop the
> > center tower. Most stations don't bother removing unused FM antennas from
> AM
> 
> I just went to the Archives to view a picture of the site to get a better
> understanding of this conversation.  If you look at the WRKO site picture it
> appears that there still is something atop the middle tower.  What am I
> looking at?