Re: Smooth Jazz 102.1 WGUY off air

[Cooper Fox <fox893@yahoo.com>]

Is there carrier or static?  If there is carrier it is
possible that Enco kicked the bucket.  Enco is not the
most reliable system in the world.  Well, designed,
but not user friendly unless you have a computer
engineer on your staff.


--- Rod O'Connor <rjoc@webtv.net> wrote:
> Sorry to report that one of my favorite Bangor-area
> stations Smooth Jazz
> 102.1 WGUR Dexter/Bangor" has been off the air since
> last (Wed) night.
> 
> An intense thunderstorm passed thru the area between
> 8-10PM last night
> and I noticed that WGUY was constantly cutting off
> every few seconds.
> Presumably from lightning and/or satellite receiever
> demod problems.
> 
> All of Mount Desett Island and Ellsworth area lost
> power between
> 9-10:30PM, and ever since WGUY has been off the air,
> right thru 7:30PM
> this evening.
> 
> Hope they get back on soon, but this was a Naaaaasty
> thunderstormn,
> especially for down-east Maine. with near-continuous
> lightning and lots
> of wind damage and power outages in Bangor/Old
> Town/Dexter/Newport area,
> as well as Ellsworth and Washington County (waaaaaay
> down-east)
> 
> Also off was WDEA-1370 during height of storm. But
> the lightning static
> was so bad on AM to be unlistenable anyway. They got
> back on this
> morning.
> 
> Hope WGUY gets back on soon...A most welcome station
> to Down-east Maine!
> 
> Rod O'Connor
> Southwest Harbor, Maine 
> ((45 miles SE of Bangor; 115 miles NE of Portland))
> 


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